Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Hoping to strengthen its security to avoid another leak, the NSA is examining how former contractor Edward Snowden was able to access and remove sensitive information, The Los Angeles Times reports. “This failure originated from two practices that we need to reverse,” Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said at a security forum…
By Joe Conason Express Milwaukee.com Immigration reform now seems certain to pass the U.S. Senate within days, in an amended bill that could win as many as 70 votes from both parties. The results will improve the lives of millions of undocumented workers and their families—but the costs will not be negligible, including a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The NSA, which has come under fire for its widespread use of surveillance, may keep copies of intercepted material involving an American if it contains evidence of a crime or significant intelligence, the Associated Press reports on the agency’s secret rules. The documents, published by The Guardian in the latest leak, require…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are investigating whether on-duty Detroit police provided limo service and security to a swanky sex club a few blocks from the department’s Central District headquarters, the Detroit News reports. Citing sources familiar with the probe, the Detroit News wrote that a federal investigation is underway following complaints about police helping…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the U.S. continues to tighten land routes along the Mexican border, immigrants are increasingly risking their lives to reach the country by water, the Orange County Register reports. Immigrants pay up to $9,000 to make the dangerous journey from Baja to the Southern California coast, according to the Register. Since…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is upgrading its tools to track criminals. A $1 billion upgrade includes expanding its fingerprint database to include iris scans, facial images and palm prints, Slate reports. By 2014, the FBI hopes to roll out a pilot nationwide database of iris images from other law enforcement agencies. Slate reports that…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The TSA has got the Christmas-time itch for unwrapping gifts. The agency has announced a zero-tolerance towards wrapped gifts after one passenger was found to be carrying marijuana in a wrapped gift, reports CBS Los Angeles. That means the TSA will unwrap your wrap if it’s suspicious. The TSA realizes there …
