By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The man shot and wounded by an off-duty FBI agent in Honolulu on Sunday was brandishing an airsoft gun that shoots plastic pellets, but resembles a real gun, the Honolulu Star Bulletin reported. “The important thing is not what kind of weapon he was carrying, but the perception of the agent…
By The Tennessean Editorial Page MEMPHIS — First give credit where it is due: to local New York and federal authorities who tracked down and apprehended the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing. In the nine days since Faisal Shahzad was placed in custody, he has been interviewed at great length and yielded much…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Brenna Marie Reilly had quite a fantasy. Now comes the reality. Reilly, 29, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., to impersonating an FBI agent, a fantasy she played out to the fullest. She even hired an assistant. The reality is that she faces a maximum sentence of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Chicago cop Victor Brown found himself on the wrong side of the law Monday when he was arrested by the FBI and internal affairs. The Chicago Tribune reports that Brown, 36, faces charges of lying to FBI agents about taking cash from another cop in exchange for a promise that he…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Things seldom get out of hand in federal court. Sometimes a defense attorney or prosecutor asks a witness an objectionable question that stirs a round of passionate arguments. Sometimes a judge loudly scolds. or even screams at an attorney. But Monday, the Detroit News reported that jurors in the Highwaymen Motorcycle…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Could it be that not every airline was given emergency notification that NY car bomber Faisal Shahzad had been put on the no fly list? Newsweek’s DeClassified blog says YES. It reports that the FBI asked Homeland Security officials to limit the notification to a select number of airlines out of…
