By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some members of Congress and other experts believe the next director of the Secret Service should come from outside because much of the agency’s problems are its insular culture, the USA Today reports. If the White House taps someone with no ties to the agency, it will be the first time…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is mulling whether to investigate NYPD’s use of the controversial crime fighting strategy known as “broken windows,” the New York Daily News reports. The Justice Department Civil Rights Division is considering a request from six members of Congress to investigate whether black people and Hispanics are disproportionately affected…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s appeal for more information on Americans joining ISIS has led to strong leads, ABC News reports. “The FBI tips website that was announced yesterday has received a substantial number of web visits, some of which have generated leads,” another FBI official said Thursday. “We continue to call on the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Should law enforcement have the right to conduct an investigation by using photos and other personal information to create a fake Facebook page in a real person’s name? The Justice Department said Tuesday it will examine the after Sondra Arquiett in Watertown, N.Y., filed a lawsuit that claims the DEA used…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Texas Tech University is trying to get to the bottom of racist photos that allegedly show members of a sorority preparing for a “Border Patrol” party with two women posing as immigrants with sombreros and ponchos, the San Antonio Express-News reports. The photos depict two women dressed as police officers “arresting”…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s still anyone’s guess why someone would ambush two Pennsylvania state troopers and then shoot them with a high-caliber rifle on Sept. 12. One special agent with the FBI offered some insight into the suspect – 31-year-old Eric Matthew Frein. Frein lived with his parents and likely was unsatisfied with life, said…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired FBI agent pleaded guilty to 11 federal charges of fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of justice after prosecutors say he tried to derail an investigation into a $54 million military contract, the Associated Press reports. Robert Lustyik Jr. was expected to start trail Monday in federal court but decided to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Did one of the top leaders of the DEA intimidate members of Congress while discussing a prescription drug bill? That’s the claim by two Republicans – Reps. Marsha Blackburn, Tenn., and Tom Marino, Pa. – who say in a letter to the Justice Department’s inspector general that DEA Deputy Assistant Administrator Joe…
