By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The star power of the late Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith lives on. She’s making headlines again after the Associated Press reported that the FBI had investigated in 2000 and 2001 whether she was involved in a murder-for hire plot to kill her late wealthy husband’s son E. Pierce Marshall during…
This really does say it all. If the director of the FBI can almost fall for this, then you have to believe almost all of us can fall victim. By Elinor Mills CNET News SAN FRANCISCO–No one is immune from cyberthreats, not even the head of the FBI. FBI Director Robert Mueller was banned by…
International cooperation is good. But not in this case. The FBI has busted up a U.S. and Egyptian crime ring. By Thomas Watkins Associated Press LOS ANGELES –– Authorities said Wednesday they have arrested 33 people in breaking up a crime ring in the U.S. and Egypt in which an elaborate “phishing” scam bilked bank…
It’s not hard to buy an illegal gun on the streets. But this study shows what we’ve all known for a long long time: it’s not hard to illegally buy a gun at gun shows. It’s simply ridiculous. These guns shows have been a haven for dope dealers and unstable people looking for guns. By…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DENVER — The number of in the line of duty federal and local law enforcement fatalities could hit a five decade low this year, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. The fund said law enforcement deaths, which increased in the first half of 2009, declined sharply in the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nothing like a good hotel war wrapped in a scandal. The Wall Street Journal reports that a federal grand jury is probing whether Hilton Worldwide and several former executives swiped thousands of pages of confidential documents from rival Starwood Hotels & Resorts. The paper, attributing the information to “people familiar with…
This is an interesting twist in the drug war. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out and how the Mexican Cartels react. Then again, this won’t put the cartels out of business. They seem to be doing fine financially. By Steve Fainaru and William Booth Washington Post Foreign Service ARCATA, Calif. —…
Here’s good news. It’s good to see law enforcement taking advantage of science. By Donna Leinwand USA TODAY WASHINGTON –– Reported rapes have fallen to the lowest level in 20 years as DNA evidence helps send more rapists to prison and victims are more willing to work with police and prosecutors, victims advocates and crime…
