By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One school district in Alabama has taken the unusual step of hiring a former FBI agent to monitor students on social media, the Daily Intelligencer reports. The idea was to catch students who make statements linking them to drugs, guns, sex and gangs. The effort led to 14 expulsions last year….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI announced Tuesday that it has reached 1 million followers on Twitter. That’s quite an achievement for a federal agency that uses social media to help capture suspects, locate missing children and warn of dangers. As we pass one million followers, we #thankyou for connecting to learn more about your…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA’s decision to set up a fake account on Facebook by stealing a woman’s identity was a “knowing and serious breach” of the social networks’ terms and policies, the company wrote in a letter to the DEA. Gizmodo reports that Facebook will enforce its policy of users creating accounts under…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A political consultant who was the subject of a nationwide search had the necessary material for an improvised bomb in his San Francisco apartment. The Los Angeles Times reports that the FBI found explosive powder, wires for a detonator, ball bearings and a motor in Ryan Chamberlain’s apartment. What’s unclear is what…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT — It’s not easy making friends in one of America’s most dangerous cities. Since becoming chief of the Detroit Police Department in July, James Craig has become a thorn in the side of criminal enterprises after making five highly publicized drug sweeps and averaging 35 weekly raids. The Detroit Free Press…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is urging local police to closely monitor social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, for criminal activity, according to an official publication on the bureau’s website. The FBI publication also encourages law enforcement to be cautious about their own postings to avoid trouble with the law and others. In some cases,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Agents searching for securities fraud rely heavily on social media such as Twitter and Facebook to find inside traders, Reuters reports. Agents said inside traders use advances in technology and social media to communicate. “I will tell you technology will play a huge part, social media, Twitter. Any kind of technology…
By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com In 1982 legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler called the FBI office in Ann Arbor. Bo wanted the FBI to talk to his team primarily about the perils of illegal sports gambling. The Senior Resident Agent, Tom Love, agreed to make the presentation. Tom knew I had played (read mostly practiced)…
