By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Times are tense at the Secret Service. The Business Insider reports that “the normally tight-lipped agency is now consumed by an intense, high-level guessing game over who was motivated to leak information to the Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig,” who first published accounts of misconduct at the agency. Secret Service officials are…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents are going to have a harder time getting overtime under a proposal to overhaul the system after a whistleblower exposed abuse, FOX10 News reports. The overhaul of the overtime system is expected to save about $100 million. The agents aren’t happy about the new system, though, because many…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four burglars masquerading as DEA agents were busted in the act. WKYT.com reports that Lexington Police interrupted these burglars at an apartment complex where they had barged in early this morning, claiming to be part of a DEA sting. “Some officers responded. They ended up interrupting a burglary. As they did…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The boost in oil production in North Dakota has brought a lot of wealth – and crime – to the state. The FBI is responding to an uptick in crime by opening an office in the state’s oil country, The Hill reports. The bureau plans to fully staff the Willinston office…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Enhancements at a San Diego park have caused an unusual rift between the Border Patrol union and city park officials. NBC San Diego reports that wooden bollards were placed around the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park in 2013 to prevent cars from driving into the park. But those roadblocks are now impeding…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The major hacking of Sony Pictures drew remarkably little consultation or collaboration between Sony and the FBI despite the high-profile attack, Fortune reports. As agents and company executives scurried to respond to the attack, they did so internally. The FBI, for example, withheld information and didn’t advise Sony on how to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration’s pledge to discipline Border Patrol agents who use excessive force is nearly a year old and hardly any progress has been made, The Los Angeles Times reports. Shooting cases remain unresolved and undisciplined. A review panel tasked with making recommendations has yet to do so. And internal affairs’…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents in Arizona have been advised they are under no obligation to arrest drunken drivers and will face no consequences for letting the suspects go, CBS5 reports. A training memo that has been circulating among agents reminded them that they have no legal authority to arrest someone for breaking…
