April 5, 2010
FBI Still Using FBI Agent Who Interviewed Saddam Hussein as Recruiting Tool
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI continues to use the agent who interviewed and befriended the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to entice new agents. “Imagine sitting across from Saddam Hussein every day for nearly seven straight months—slowly earning his trust, getting him to spill secrets on everything from whether he gave the…
FBI Says Ranking Mexican Gang Member No Easy Find
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI knows Mexican gang member Eduardo Ravelo — who may have had a hand in the recent murders of three people linked to the U.S. Consulate in Mexico — is no easy find. The Los Angeles Times reports that Ravelo — on the FBI’s Top Ten Fugitives — probably had…
Mobster John Gotti Jr. to Make Film and Write Book About His Life With Dad
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mobster John Gotti Jr., who escaped prison after mistrials were declared in four straight trials in New York, is off to make some doe the legitimate way. The website Deadline Hollywood reports that the Dapper Don Jr., the former chief of the Gambino crime family, wants to peddle his life story…