By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A historic link to the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover and JFK and Robert Kennedy is gone. Courtney A. Evans, 95, a high ranking FBI official who was a liaison between Hoover and the Kennedy’s, died last month of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Naples, Fla., the Washington Post reported….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — I’ll say it again, as I did recently: the feds shouldn’t waste their time trying to figure out whether to criminally charge the famous White House party crashers, Tareq and Michaele Salahi. It’s a waste of time, and a distraction from the task at hand: plugging up all the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Perhaps it should come as no big shock that Johnny Lee Wicks, the man who killed one court security officer and wounded a deputy Marshal in the Las Vegas federal courthouse on Monday, had a violent criminal past. The Associated Press is reporting that Wicks, 66, served 12 to 15 years…
By Greg Stejskal A little over 20 years ago, I met with Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler to discuss a concern he had. I had come to know Bo through making presentations to the football team since 1982. Bo’s concern was the increasing use of steroids by football players. He was not only concerned about…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border patrol agent in southern Arizona on Monday shot and killed an illegal immigrant who allegedly threw rocks at the agent, the Associated Press reported. Attributing information to Border Patrol spokesman Omar Candelaria, AP reported that the incident happened when the agent and his dog encountered the illegal immigrant…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Weysan Dun, who has headed the FBI’s Newark office, is leaving the east coast for the Midwest where he’ll take charge of the Omaha Division, the FBI announced Monday. Dun started out with the FBI in 1982 and worked in the San Francisco, Omaha, and Chicago Divisions, where he…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Famous White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi have opened what continues to be a public relations nightmare for the U.S. Secret Service and its director Mark Sullivan. The latest is that a third uninvited guest was at the now infamous state dinner, according to media reports including…
