By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A behavior-protection program designed to spot suspected terrorists and others who pose dangers at U.S. airports doesn’t appear to be working all that well. The Boston Globe reports that at least 16 people who were later tied to terror plots passed through U.S. airports without being detected by federal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Legendary syndicated newspaper column Robert Novak, who was nicknamed “The Prince of Darkness”, was on the FBI’s radar way before he stepped into a controversy in 2003 by publishing the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame. The Washington Post’s Joe Stephens reports that just obtained FBI records show the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama nominated two more U.S. Attorneys on Thursday, this time for Pittsburgh and Knoxville, Tenn. The nominees are: Private attorneys David J. Hickton for the Pittsburgh post and William C. Killian for Knoxville, according to a White House press release. Hickton replaces the controversial Bush-appointed Mary Beth Buchanan,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Nashville FBI agent, who is married to a Christian gospel singer, has been indicted on host of fraud charges, including allegations he defrauded the SunTrust Mortgage Company to buy $1.25 million in rental properties in 2006, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville announced. Additionally, the 19-count indictment issued Wednesday charged…
By Glynnesha Taylor and Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An FBI badge was inside a parked car one moment and gone the next. News of the missing badge first turned up in a blurb on Thursday in a weekly section of the Washington Post that lists crimes in Fairfax County, a suburb of Washington. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The real math lesson here is: Don’t be so creative while teaching a math lesson. Better that it be boring. The Secret Service investigated a Corner High School math teacher in Jefferson County, Ala. after he demonstrated parallel lines and angles and explained where an assassin should stand to shoot President…
UPDATE: (Fri. May 21) — The battle between Richard Convertino and prosecutors came to an abrupt halt Thursday when Convertino’s client, ex-state Rep. Mary Waters pleaded guilty in the bribery case along with her co-defendant Sam Riddle. Waters, who pleaded to a misdemeanor, is expected to get probation and Riddle could get up to 37…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI agent shot and killed an Army veteran Wednesday night after he allegedly came at the agent with a knife at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., authorities said, according to a press conference aired on Tampa television. Authorities said that the veteran was a guest at the base’s…
