Tickle the Wire - "Tapping into the latest news in Federal Law Enforcement"
TickleTheWire.com
TickleTheWire.com features federal law enforcement news from around the country. The site includes reports from newspapers and wire services including the New York Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald, the Associated Press and Los Angeles Times. It also includes original reporting from top-notch journalists. The targeted audience is the more 300,000 people in federal law enforcement as well as the media, academics and the general public. The name for the site, TickleTheWire.com, comes from a law enforcement term, which means to create a situation that will encourage targets of a probe to talk on a wiretapped phone. TickleTheWire.com welcomes suggestions for news stories or comments at lengela@ticklethewire.com.

ALLAN LENGEL, Editor & Founder
The editor of TickleTheWire.com is Allan Lengel, a veteran journalist who has covered law enforcement at major publications including the Washington Post and the Detroit News. He also served as an intern under the late investigative columnist Jack Anderson. Over the years, Mr. Lengel has covered major events including the 9-11 attacks, the Congressman William Jefferson investigation, the Chandra Levy probe, the anthrax attacks and the Oklahoma City bombing. He is also an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Maryland.