By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service Director Joe Clancy disputed news reports that two high-ranking agents drunkenly crashed into a gate at the White House. “Previous reports of a crash are inaccurate — there was no crash,” Clancy said at a Senate Appropriations Homeland Security subcommittee hearing, CNN reports. “The video shows the vehicle entering…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Justice Department investigation into Rupert Murdoch-owned media companies won’t result in charges following allegations of voicemail hacking and payments to public officials in the U.K., the USA Today reports. News Corp. and 21st Century Fox were under investigation after hacking the voicemail accounts of sources, celebrities and politicians. They also…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent testified Wednesday that there is no direct evidence that an ex-CIA officer leaked classified information to a New York Times reporter, the Associated Press reports. But the agent said CIA man Jeffrey Sterling was often in contact with journalist James Risen as prosecutors finished up their case based…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The New York Times’ decision to quote an anonymous source from a terrorist group about the bloody attacks last week in France was in poor taste and provided a platform for violent extremists, FBI Director James Comey said in a sharply worded letter to the Times, the newspaper reports. The…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has launched a review of the police response to 16 days of Ferguson protests in wake of the fatal shooting of an unarmed teen, CNN reports. The review will examine the handling of crowd control, protesters and the media. The task will be undertaken by a 12-person team…
By Alexander Dominquez Daily Titan Government agencies sometimes do whatever they feel is necessary to accomplish their goal of catching people engaged in criminal activities. However, there are times when even these agencies must ask themselves whether they are crossing the line. In their pursuit of criminals, agencies like the FBI could be in the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Washington Post published a story in October that revealed White House aides knew of a possible link between Columbia and prostitution. But since then, some questions have been raised about the credibility of one of the story’s sources, The Huffington Post reported. The report suggested that David Nieland, one of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI warned Thursday that it has “credible information” that extremists from an Islamic State-affiliated group plan to kidnap journalists in the region, the Washington Post reports. The kidnappings are meant to be retaliation against the U.S. for attacks on Iraq and Syria. Journalists have been called “desirable targets.” The Islamic…
