August 2010
Off-Duty FBI Agent Shoots and Wounds Teenager After Robbery in Cleveland Heights
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An off-duty FBI agent from Chicago on Monday night shot and wounded a teenager in Cleveland Heights who held up him and a friend, WKYC TV reported. The station, attributing the information to the Cleveland FBI office, reported that the agent and a friend were returning from dinner around 11 p.m….
Acting Genovese Capo Pleads to Plotting to Kill Hitman for Russian Mob
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The acting capo of the Genovese organized crime family pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in New York to taking part in a conspiracy to commit murder of a hitman for the Russian mob, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Authorities say that Anthony Palumbo, a soldier and Acting Capo in the…
DEA to Conduct Program to Destroy Prescription Drugs
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Prescription drugs stored in medicine cabinets and in kitchens and bedrooms may not be as innocent as they appear. With that in mind, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, along with government, community, public health and law enforcement partners, plan next month to launch a “Take-Back” initiative “that seeks to…
FBI Challenges NY Times Story on Civil Rights Era Murder Investigations
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI’s chief spokesman fired off a letter editor to the New York Times challenging a story the paper published that was critical of the bureau’s efforts to solve cold case murders from the civil rights era. “I am concerned that ‘Despite F.B.I. Fanfare, Time Runs Out on Cold…
Lawyer Accuses Feds of Misconduct in Gambino Crime Family Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A defense lawyer is accusing the feds of misconduct, alleging in federal court in New York that authorities helped promote teen prostitution, a crime the Gambino Crime family is accused of, the New York Times reports. The paper reports federal authorities have charged the crime family with sex trafficking with girls…
Column: Reporter Bashes NY Times For Bashing FBI
Ronald Kessler is chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com. Kessler has authored several books including “The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI”. By Ronald Kessler Newsmax.com When it comes to the FBI, The New York Times has the same story line: The bureau is either incompetent, over-reactive, or spying on innocent Americans. In most cases,…