By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com What better way to announce that you’re going before a grand jury than to tweet it to the world. Ex-baseball slugger Jose Conseco did just that on Tuesday when he announced on Twitter that he had been subpoenaed by a grand jury looking into whether baseball star Roger Clemens lied to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Well, social networking isn’t just for socializing anymore. An internal Justice Department document obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows federal agents are going undercover on such social networks as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter to investigate cases, according to the Associated Press. The AP reports that agents…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The social networks like Facebook and Twitter, which have revolutionized communication among the masses, is likely to be fertile ground for con artists trying to cash in on Haiti fundraising scams, according to USA Today. The paper reports that authorities are bracing for that possibility. So far, authorities have…
The Internet has been a blessing and a curse for the justice system. This is one of the curses. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Al Schuler, one of 12 jurors weighing the fate of a 23-year-old charged with killing a homeless man in Maryland, was confused by the word “lividity”…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A cyber-security expert who has worked with such agencies as the FBI and Scotland Yard is warning that hackers and cyber criminals are targeting social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, the The Observer in London reports. “It’s happening all over the world,” said the expert Mikko Hypponen, who refuses to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It used to be — not all that long ago — that only teens and the terminally hip used the social networks like Facebook and Twitter. No more. The U.S. Justice Department, not particularly known for being terminally hip, is getting into the act. Reporter Joe Palazzolo of the…
The FBI is being forced to be well versed in such social networks as Twitter and Facebook. Welcome to the new frontier. By OMAR EL AKKAD Toronto Globe and Mail The arrest this month of an Oklahoma City man who is accused of posting death threats on Twitter shines a light on how law-enforcement agencies…
Federal agencies are going to need to figure out all the cutting-edge ways to communicate to the public. Here’s the latest illustration that it’s starting. By Chris Battle Security DeBrief WASHINGTON — On Monday, FEMA Administrator David Paulison participated in a citizens’ news conference on the social media Website Twitter. And, yes, that’s the news….
