By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s interview on 60 Minutes on Sunday has stirred up dust inside the Beltway and beyond including talk of a Senate investigation. McCabe, who was fired by the Trump administration, said that a “crime may have been committed” when President Donald Trump fired the head of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For the first time since the awards were given in 2008, a former, rather than current federal law enforcement official has been named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year. Joe Rannazzisi, a retired DEA deputy assistant administrator with a law degree and a pharmacy degree, has been named Fed of the Year…
By Jeff Stein Newsweek Nobody at 60 Minutes has been fired or even publicly disciplined for its odd, inflammatory and dead-wrong October 27 story on the Islamist assault in Benghazi that killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. But it has apologized. That mea culpa, however, left some large and troubling questions unanswered;…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI kept a close eye on late “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace during a 1970 trip to Cuba, recently released files show, CBS News reports. The documents detail the luggage and travel information of Wallace and “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt, according to CBS News. The FBI also investigated a threatening…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Before long everyone knew Bernie Madoff’s son Mark killed himself last year by hangning himself by a dog leash. But what few know is that Madoff himself and his wife tried committing suicide as well, according to an interview this Sunday on CBS’ 60 Minutes, the Associated Press reported. “I don’t…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The doping case involving Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong — the subject of a federal grand jury in Los Angeles — is heating up. A former teammate of Armstrong’s Tyler Hamilton told 60 Minutes that the international cycling authorities helped the legendary Armstrong cover up a positive test for the…
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CBS’s 60 Minutes knows Mobsters make good tv whether they’re real people or fictional characters like Tony Soprano. In this case, it was worth a shot. By Gangland News John Gotti died in prison seven years ago yesterday. His son Junior, who has been behind bars for 10 months now, no longer has any clout…
