By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF files released on Monday shed some new light on the husband of Alabama professor Amy Bishop who killed and wounded some of her co-workers after going on a shooting rampage. The latest revolves around a 1993 incident in which two pipe bombs were mailed to the Newton home of Harvard…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Not everyone is buying into the FBI’s findings that scientist Bruce Ivins was the anthrax killer — including his supervisor. The Frederick News Post in Frederick, Md., where Ivins worked at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, reports that Ivins’ supervisor Jeffrey Adamovicz wasn’t impressed with the FBI…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Over the years, Toyota’s catchy slogans have included: “Oh, what a feeling!”; “I love what you do for me, Toyota! and “Who could ask for anything more”. Now of days, it may be something like: “Seriously, We’re Sorry!” The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the auto giant, which…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Anthony Pellicano case just keeps giving. The latest: Joann Wiggan, 56, a former SBC phone company worker, was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles to 3 years and 5 months in prison and fined $7,500 for helping Pellicano, the rogue detective to the stars, wiretap big name actors like Sylvester Stallone,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The former Denver airport shuttle driver who planned to bomb the New York subway is now a convicted terrorist. Najibullah Zazi, 25, an Afghan native, admitted in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn Monday to the plot and said he was recruited by al-Qaida in Pakistan for a “martyrdom plan” against America,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A tipline and DNA evidence led to the arrest of two men Sunday in connection with 10 church arsons and three attempted church break-ins in east Texas since Jan. 1, the Dallas Morning News reported. The paper reported that Daniel George McAllister, 21, of Ben Wheeler and Jason Robert Bourque, 19,…
It’s great to see the U.S. and Mexico cooperating at this level. But it won’t be without some disappointment. Sharing intelligence with the Mexican federal police has its drawbacks. The organization is subject to serious corruption, and it’s likely some intelligence is going to be shared with the drug cartels. Not that the U.S. federal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The body of a missing retired FBI agent was found in Waller County, Texas late last week near her car, the Waller County News Citizen reported. The paper said unconfirmed reports indicated Patricia Durney had suffered a bullet wound to the head. It said authorities were trying to determine whether it…
