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Lengel: The Terrible Message President Obama is Sending About ATF and the U.S. Marshals Service
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Imagine if you will, if there was an interim director of the FBI and President Barack Obama announced that he wasn’t going to bother nominating the interim director to a permanent post because he didn’t want to expend the political capital and energy. Imagine the message that would send: Presumably that…
FBI Director Names New Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Division in Washington D.C.
E.W. “Bill” Priestap, a 17-year veteran of the FBI, has been named assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division on the bureau’s headquarters in Washington D.C.
Justice And Labor Departments Team Up to Crack Down on Employers with Unsafe Working Conditions
An average of 13 workers die on the job a day, often because of unsafe working conditions.
Senior Homeland Security Official Flip-Flops on Gun Sales to People on Terrorist Watch List
senior Homeland Security official who suggested last week that President Obama’s plan to ban firearm sales to people on the government’s terrorist watch list was misguided has taken an entirely different tone.
President Obama Won’t Nominate Interim ATF, U.S. Marshals Service Heads for Confirmation to Permanent Posts
President Obama has decided he won’t nominate permanent leaders to head the ATF and U.S. Marshals Service.
Man Accused of Helping San Bernardino Attackers Was Quiet Nerd And Recent Convert of Islam
To many people who knew him, Enrique Marquez was a quiet nerd who worked at Walmart and was a part-time security guard at a bar.
FBI Investigates Whether Pennsylvania Man Accused of Supporting ISIS Communicated with Terrorists
Days after they FBI arrested a 19-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of using 57 social media accounts to promote ISIS, their attention has turned to whether he was acting alone or had acquaintances.
Was Uber’s Competitor Responsible for Data Breach? Justice Department Investigates
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is investigating a 2014 data breach at Uber to determine whether its competitor, Lyft, or any of its employees were involved, Reuters reported. The probe is focused on a breach that led to 50,000 Uber drivers’ names and their license plates numbers being illegally downloaded. Uber’s investigation revealed…