Oregon’s Justice Department Spied on Black Lives Matter Protesters
Oregon’s Justice Department spied on Black Lives Matter supporters to determine whether they presented a threat.
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Twitter Becomes FBI’s Most Effective Informant As ISIS Supporters Take to Social Media
One of the FBI’s most effective informants in the crackdown against terrorism has been Twitter.
FBI Says Twitter Needs to Do More to Monitor Site for Terrorism-Related Activity
Could Twitter do more to stop terrorists from recruiting others?
Donald Trump Asks FBI to Investigate Alleged Threat from Escaped Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’
Presidential candidate and shrewd businessman Donald Trump is asking the FBI to investigate a Twitter threat he received from an account purportedly run by escaped Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Secret Service Kept Busy Monitoring President Obama’s New Twitter Account
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s decision to join Twitter unleashed a torrent of hateful, even threatening tweets that have already caught the attention of the Secret Service. Not only that, the White House is archiving every response to @POTUS, the Washington Post reports. So the newspaper kindly reminds readers to be wise when tweeting…
Federal Authorities Were Investigating One of the Gunmen at Texas Cartoon Contest
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the gunmen behind the shooting at a Texas cartoon contest that featured images of Prophet Muhammad strongly hinted on Twitter that he was about to get violent about 20 minutes before opening fire, the Chicago Tribune reports. “May Allah accept us as mujahideen,” or holy warriors, he tweeted. One…
DEA Group Apologizes for Tweet Commemorating Black History Month with Arrest
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A group affiliated with the DEA has apologized after tweeting a photo of a Harlem drug dealer to commemorate Black History month, The Washington Post reports. The DEA said the tweet was a misunderstanding. “The focus of original tweet was to be invaluable hard work of African American DEA agents, not…
Who Tweeted a Bomb Threat That Triggered F-16 Jets to Escort Commercial Aircraft?
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a bomb threat made in a tweet that prompted the U.S. military to send F-16 fighter aircraft to escort two jets bound for Atlanta on Saturday, the Associated Press reports. The threats involved a Southwest Airlines flight from Milwaukee and a Delta Air Lines flight from Portland,…