Islamic Group: FBI Agents Intimidate Somali Man; Bureau Investigates

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Minneapolis office is investigating claims that two agents pressured a Somali man to work as an informant in the Somali community, the Pioneer Press reports. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil rights group, requested the probe last week. The man claims the agents were “intimidating and threatening” him in…

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The Inventor of “Nagra,” A Recording System Used by Fed Agents, Has Died

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal agents remember the “Nagra,”, the first portable professional sound recorder. Well, the inventor of the system, Stefan Kudelski, has died at age 84, according to swissinfo.ch, the website for the Swiss Broadcasting company.  The Kudelski Group in Switzerland made the announcement. One former federal official told ticklethewire.com that it was…

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