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TSA Whistleblower Speaks Out About Security Flaws That Endanger Flyers
A TSA senior manager-turned-whistleblower spoke out publicly for the first time about retaliation within the agency and growing safety concerns.
Bernie Sanders Once Advocated Abolishing CIA, Calling It a “Dangerous Institution’
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders once called the CIA a “dangerous institution that has go to go.”
FBI Director James Comey on Encrypted Phone: ‘San Bernardino Litigation Isn’t About Trying to Set a Precedent or Send Any Kind of Message’
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The battle between the FBI and Apple is on. The FBI wants the giant company to help the bureau crack the encryption of a phone belonging to one of the terrorist in San Bernardino is a big deal. A federal judge has ordered the company to help the FBI, but Apple…
Parker: Supreme Court Oral Arguments in March, With An Empty Seat On the Bench
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com When counsel approach the lectern in the Supreme Court for oral argument during the rest of the term, instead of facing the blistering…
Facebook, Twitter Support Apple’s phone encryption battle with FBI
Social media giants Facebook and Twitter are siding with Apple’s fight against the FBI’s attempt to weaken encryption.
Buffalo Woman Accused of Supporting ISIS, Threatening FBI Agents on Twitter
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Buffalo woman is accused of using Twitter to make pro-ISIS statements and threaten two FBI agents. A criminal complaint says Safya Roe Yassin, 38, tweeted the names, phone numbers and cities of two FBI agents under the words, “Wanted to Kill,” the Springfield News-Leader reports. Yassin also is accused of…
Inspector General: Remote Border Patrol Facilities Riddled with Security Issues
Some have problems with providing safe drinking water to employees, and one facility had inadequate living conditions.