Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Security screeners at overseas airports may begin seizing cell phones that don’t turn on as part of the continued effort to crack down on threats of terrorism, the Wall Street Journal reports. That means cell phones without battery power won’t be allowed on the plane and could subject the traveler to increased…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol’s ban on bringing cell phones or electronic devices to work following the leaked photos of an overcrowded processing center in Texas violates collectively-bargained guidelines, a union representative insists. The Blaze.com reports that the agency also is threatening employees who speak to the media. Prior to the release of photos…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two inmates in Indiana are accused of running a drug enterprise out of prison with the help of cellphones smuggled in by guards, the Associated Press reports. The pair, Oscar Perez and Justin Addler, who are housed at different prisons, sold methamphetamine and heroin to inmates, according to a federal indictment that…
