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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.
West Texas Man Found Guilty of Trying to Kill Border Patrol Agent
A West Texas man faces up to 20 years in prion after a jury found him guilty of trying to kill a Border Patrol agent.
DEA Leaves Seized Drugs Vulnerable to Theft, Tampering, Report States
The DEA often improperly documents or tracks its seized drug, compromising evidence used in court.
FBI Hasn’t Ruled Out a Third Person in San Bernardino Shootings That Killed 14
By Allan Lengel and James Gordon Meek ABC News More than two months after a jihadi couple opened fire at a holiday party at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, killing 14 and wounding more than 20, the FBI has still not ruled out the possibility that a third militant was at the scene…