Ex-FBI Bomb Technician Pleads Guilty to Disclosing National Defense Info to Associated Press

By Sari Horwitz Washington Post WASHINGTON –– A former FBI bomb technician who later worked as a contractor for the Bureau has agreed to plead guilty to disclosing national defense information about a disrupted terrorist plot to the Associated Press, according to the Justice Department. Donald John Sachtleben, 55, of Carmel, Ind., who previously had…

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Bernie Kerik’s Sentence Officially Ends Oct. 15

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Disgraced NY Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik was released from prison in late May, and has been serving out the remainder of his sentence under house arrest at his home in Franklin Lakes, N.J. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate locator says Kerik, 58, will officially finish his sentence Oct. 15. He…

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Did FBI Conduct Warrantless Wiretapping of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack?

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI was listening to Trenton Mayor Tony Mack’s cell phone calls for nearly six months under the authority of a court. But that authorization ended two days after agents raided Mack’s home last summer, the NJ.com reports. Government records now suggest agents continued to tap Mack’s phone, raising major questions surrounding…

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