Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com You’re holed up in your office when a crazed gunman opens fire. What to do? Fight back with a pair of scissors. The advice is part of an instructional video from the Department of Homeland Security on how to respond to a mass killer, the New York Post reports. “If you are…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More than 30 Republican Congress members have called for the firing of Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. and now the NRA is running an advertising asking for the same. The NRA, which has historically been at odds with ATF, says in its ad that Holder lied about what he knew about…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the eyes of authorities, Luis Mijangos was a skilled computer hacker who went on the rampage and tried to extort sexually explicit videos from women and girls in what some referred to as a “sextortion” case. On Thursday, Mijangos ,32, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who lived in Santa Ana,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden may be gone, but a computer virus associated with the al Qaeda leader is making the rounds. The FBI on Tuesday warned “computer users to exercise caution when they receive e-mails that purport to show photos or videos of Usama bin Laden’s recent death.” “This content…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” which has been soliciting videos in search of the next big star, got one that prompted the program’s security to contact the FBI, law enforcement sources said. The video was of a man who had a Mac 10 machine gun in tow and was making…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is looking into death threats against ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who had previously been the target of a man who had videotaped her naked through hotel peep holes, the LA Times reported. Andrews’ attorney, Marshall Grossman said a media outlet had received emails that included death threats, the paper…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –In this tech savvy world of ours it’s not unusual to find a video of a public event worth noting. The Detroit News reported that federal authorities have “obtained at least two videos taken by passengers” aboard the now infamous Christmas day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. The bombing suspect…
