Missing from the national debate on police officer-involved shootings, such as when deadly force is justified and how often race plays a role, is one key component: actual data.
Microsoft launched a lawsuit against the Justice Department, saying the government should not be able to prevent companies from notifying customers that law enforcement officials have requested their e-mails and data.
FBI Director James Comey expressed frustration Wednesday’s with the federal government’s failure to better track police-involved shooting.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A lot of criticism has surrounded the FBI’s database that is supposed to track all U.S. murders. Now a USA Today investigation has raised more serious questions about the accuracy of the database after discovering only a 57% accuracy rate for recording the killings of four or more people in a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com NSA leaker Edward J. Snowden plans to break his silence after spending nearly three weeks in legal limbo at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, The New York Times reports. Airport officials said Snowden plans to meet with international human rights groups Friday. The rights workers will be escorted through security and into the transit…
By CHARLIE SAVAGE New York Times WASHINGTON — Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been more likely to be hunting for potential threats to national security than for ordinary criminals in recent years, but much of the time found neither, according to newly disclosed internal information. Data from a recent two-year period showed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. Secret Service wants to upgrade its capabilities to intercept voice and data communications, according to a report by Government Security News. The publication reported that Secret Service wants to replace its current system “with a new, all-inclusive intercept platform that can collect, analyze, decode and reconstruct voice, data and…
If any FBI office is busy with public corruption, it’s New Orleans. The presence of FBI agents at city hall comes as the state’s infamous ex-Rep. William J. Jefferson is on trial in Alexandria, Va., on public corruption charges. By David Hammer New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — FBI agents have been in New Orleans…
