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![FBI Opens iPhone without the Help of Apple; Justice Department Withdraws Case](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Apple-logo.jpg)
FBI Opens iPhone without the Help of Apple; Justice Department Withdraws Case
The federal government has successfully cracked the security function on an iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists and officially withdrew its legal battle against Apple.
![Boston Globe: Apple’s Battle with FBI Is Not a Free Speech Issue](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Steve-Cook-apple.jpg)
Boston Globe: Apple’s Battle with FBI Is Not a Free Speech Issue
Apple is quietly pushing a pro-corporate interpretation of the First Amendment that could do real damage to the government’s ability to regulate commerce and protect consumers.
![Nearly 150 FBI Agents Investigating Clinton’s Use of Private E-Mail](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hilary-clinton.jpg)
Nearly 150 FBI Agents Investigating Clinton’s Use of Private E-Mail
If you think the FBI probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server is just a right-wing creation, consider this: 147 agents are investigating the case.
![Justice Department Resumes Controversial Program That Lets Cops Seize Cash, Property](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/cash2.jpg)
Justice Department Resumes Controversial Program That Lets Cops Seize Cash, Property
The Justice Department’s controversial program that allows police to seize and keep cash and property from people who have never been convicted or even charged is resuming.
![FBI, Local Officials Briefly Detain 17 Men of Middle Eastern Descent After 100+ Gunshots Reported](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-29-at-8.13.01-AM.png)
FBI, Local Officials Briefly Detain 17 Men of Middle Eastern Descent After 100+ Gunshots Reported
Law enforcement briefly detained 17 men of Middle Eastern descent in a remote part of Apple Valley, Calif., after campers said they heard chanting and hundreds of gunshots Sunday morning.
![Immigrant Smuggler Nabbed 24 Times Is Finally Sentenced to Prison](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/border-patrol-3.jpg)
Immigrant Smuggler Nabbed 24 Times Is Finally Sentenced to Prison
By all accounts, Efrain Delgado Rosales is a career smuggler.
![CIA Photographed Captives Nude Before Sending Them to Be Tortured](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CIA-headquarters.jpg)
CIA Photographed Captives Nude Before Sending Them to Be Tortured
CIA captives were photographed naked before being sent to other countries for torture.
![President Obama Apologies to Argentina for CIA Actions During Country’s ‘Dirty War’](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Argentina.gif)
President Obama Apologies to Argentina for CIA Actions During Country’s ‘Dirty War’
President Obama apologized to Argentina for CIA actions during the country’s “dirty war.”