By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Andrew Arena, a familiar fixture in Detroit law enforcement community, who oversaw some of the biggest public corruption probes in Detroit in recent times and other high profile cases including the “Underwear Bomber”, is retiring as head of the Detroit FBI. The Detroit News reports that Arena will leave…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-U.S. Secret Service agent Daniel Bongino was triumphant Tuesday, winning the Republican Maryland primary for U.S. Senate, the Associated Press reported. He will now square off in November against incumbent Democrat Benjamin Cardin in what’s expected to be an uphill battle. Bongino has been campaigning on the need to reduce tax…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A controversy is brewing over the Russian spy ring the feds busted up in 2010. USA Today reports that the FBI is denying a report that the feds shut down the probe into the spy ring because one of the spies, the glamorous Anna Chapman, was “edging closer to President Obama’s…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Twenty years ago to this month, the feds finally nailed Godfather John Gotti, convicting him after several failed attempts. As the FBI points out on its website, he was known as the “Dapper Don” for his nice threads and the “Teflon Don” for his ability to avoid convictions. To commemorate the…
