By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Not everyone is sounding the sirens about the radicalization of American Muslims. A new study released by Duke University and the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill says the threat has been overstated, the Associated Press reported. The study identified 139 American Muslims accused of terrorist plots or violence…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Just in case you needed a reminder, Yes, the New Jersey mob isn’t just committing crimes on the Sopranos. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Andrew Merola, 42, the reputed leader of a North Jersey faction of the Gambino crime family, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Newark to heading up an organization involved…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A historic link to the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover and JFK and Robert Kennedy is gone. Courtney A. Evans, 95, a high ranking FBI official who was a liaison between Hoover and the Kennedy’s, died last month of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Naples, Fla., the Washington Post reported….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — I’ll say it again, as I did recently: the feds shouldn’t waste their time trying to figure out whether to criminally charge the famous White House party crashers, Tareq and Michaele Salahi. It’s a waste of time, and a distraction from the task at hand: plugging up all the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Perhaps it should come as no big shock that Johnny Lee Wicks, the man who killed one court security officer and wounded a deputy Marshal in the Las Vegas federal courthouse on Monday, had a violent criminal past. The Associated Press is reporting that Wicks, 66, served 12 to 15 years…
By Greg Stejskal A little over 20 years ago, I met with Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler to discuss a concern he had. I had come to know Bo through making presentations to the football team since 1982. Bo’s concern was the increasing use of steroids by football players. He was not only concerned about…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border patrol agent in southern Arizona on Monday shot and killed an illegal immigrant who allegedly threw rocks at the agent, the Associated Press reported. Attributing information to Border Patrol spokesman Omar Candelaria, AP reported that the incident happened when the agent and his dog encountered the illegal immigrant…
