httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCxhbVpyo6c WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST FBI Serves Terrorism Warrants in Minn. and Chicago (NY Times) U.S. Officials Defend State Secrets Claim in al-Aulaqi Suit (Washington Post)
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The convicted drug dealer whose wife shot and killed a Pittsburgh FBI agent in 2008 during a raid at their home was sentenced Friday in federal court to 25 years in prison, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The paper reported that Robert Korbe, who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking, gun and insurance…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration, which protects our airports, will be giving more employees secret clearances so they’ll have more access to intelligence, CNN reports. CNN reports that the number of employees with “secret” clearances will go to 10,000 or one sixth of the agency’s workforce. TSA Administrator John Pistole,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Speculation over the lifestyle of J. Edgar Hoover is likely to heat up again as Clint Eastwood prepares to make a film at Warner Bros. on the legendary FBI director. New York magazine’s website Vulture reports that that actor Joaquin Phoenix “is said to be the director’s top choice…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two men have been indicted in Oklahoma on charges of illegally buying weapons including military type semi-automatic rifles and smuggling some into Mexico, authorities announced Thursday. Gregorio Morales-Martinez, 34, an illegal immigrant from Lewisville, Tex. and Jorge Alexis Blanco, 25, of Stillwater, Ok. were charged with illegally purchasing 43 firearms, including…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News While 72-year-old swindler Bernie Madoff serves a 150-year sentence behind bars, federal authorities are working to use his ill-gotten gains to repay his many victims. On Wednesday, in the latest court filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said the government so far has recouped…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal authorities in Connecticut have charged Roland Prejean with allegedly sending more than 50 anthrax hoax and bomber threat letters to judges, government officials and citizens around the country. “This defendant is alleged to have sent more than 50 letters nationwide, in which he threatened to kill numerous victims, by shooting…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com By all accounts, this was not your typical sentencing. First, U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman in New York sentenced a U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist to 86 years for trying to kill U.S. federal agents and troops. That came after defendant Aafia Siddiqui, 38, called on Muslims to resist using violence, the…
