By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department accused some Ferguson officials of leaking information to the media in an effort to support Officer Darren Wilson, the Los Angeles Times reports. In recent days, details of the investigation have appeared in local and national news coverage at a time when a grand jury decision is imminent…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent has been disciplined for speaking to the media, the National Review reports. By speaking to the media, Agent Ron Zermeno violated an “cease and desist” order to stop issuing statements that contain “Law Enforcement sensitive” information to the media. Zermeno, who is the health and safety director…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI under J. Edgar Hoover was never as it seemed, and supportive reporters had no qualms changing the narrative to make the bureau look good, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports. Take April 6, 1939, when an inexperienced FBI agent shot and killed a bank robber, Bennie Dickson, under questionable circumstances. The agency…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sometimes the FBI and journalists don’t see eye to eye. So what’s a better way to nurture that relationship than to host a day at a firing range with reporters in Alabama, AL.com reports? Journalists and agents gathered Tuesday for FBI Range Day, which gives the media a firsthand look at guns,…
By CHARLIE SAVAGE New York Times WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., under fire over investigative tactics in leak cases, has opened internal discussions over tightening rules on when prosecutors may seek phone logs and other information that could identify reporters’ sources as he began a series of a meetings on Thursday with…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Authorities are investigating leaks about a thwarted al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S.-bound plane, reports the New York Times. FBI Director Robert Mueller told a Congressional Committee Wednesday that the the leaks are compromising national security efforts and would be pursued accordingly. White House efforts to prosecute individuals who leak security…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fed prosecutors in San Francisco have decided on Monday not to retry a man who was charged with threatening to kill President Obama via email, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The decision came after a jury on Nov.1 deadlocked in a 6 to 6 vote on whether the racist and violent…
