By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the hacking thefts of credit cards, email messages and other information from websites of rural law enforcement departments, the Associated Press reported. AP reported that the hackers collective Anonymous said Saturday it attacked 70 websites of law enforcement departments in retaliation for the arrests of some of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Pennsylvania man who bit two FBI agents earlier this year, and tried to promote terror attacks online, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Pittsburgh, the Associated Press reported. Emerson Begolly, 22, pleaded guilty to using the Internet to promote terror attacks against American military and civilian targets. He posted…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Good news for ex-Detroit FBI agent Paul Lindsay. Millenium Films has acquired the rights to “The Bricklayer”, his best-selling novel penned under the pseudonym Noah Boyd, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The publication reports that Scottish actor Gerard Butler will star in the film as a rogue former agent…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI soon plans to give its employees a test on bureau policies for conducting surveillance on Americans. The test, if you recall, is called the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide. (DIOG) Last time the test was given for the DIOG, things didn’t go so well. In fact, a scandal developed….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The mystery man known as D.B. Cooper, who parachuted from a plane in 1971 with $200,000 in ransom money, probably died during his jump, according to FBI agents on the case, Ronald Kessler of Newsmax reports. FBI agent Ralph Himmelsbach was the case agent on the case, reported Kessler, who just…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There’s apps for everything from shopping to games like Angry Bird. Now the FBI has an iPhone App for parents called Child ID. The app allows parents to store photos and vital information about their children. That way parents can immediately share the info with police or security, for instance, at…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal magistrate judge in Buffalo this week expressed concern about the conduct of a federal prosecutor and FBI agent, saying the two may have crossed the line while seeking racketeering charges against members and associates of the Chosen Few motorcycle club, the Buffalo News reported. The paper reported that U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Robert S. Mueller III takes on two new records as the FBI director. For one, he’s the first director to serve a full 10-year term since J. Edgar Hoover died in 1972. And Wednesday, he became the first to get a two-year extension. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. swore Mueller in…
