Va. ATF Agent Under Investigation for Allegedly Stealing Tens of Thousands of Dollars of ATF-Owned Cigarettes

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are investigating allegations that an ATF agent in Virginia stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of ATF-owned cigarettes and sold them, according to the Daily Press newspaper. The agent Clifford D. Posey, 43, who is part of the Norfolk, Va. ATF office, has not been charged, but the…

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Feds Bust 2 Hackers for Stealing Emails from AT&T’s iPad Data Base; Some Famous Names Included

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With the most modern of technology comes the most modern of crimes. Two men — one from Arkansas and another from California — were arrested Tuesday and charged in Newark, N.J.  with hacking into the AT&T’s servers and stealing emails and personal info of about 120,000 Apple iPad users including such…

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Atty. Gen. Holder Announces New Professional Misconduct Review Unit

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has created a “Professional Misconduct Review Unit” to handle disciplinary actions for career attorneys at the department resulting from Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) investigations. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr., in announcing the new unit on Tuesday, said it will be headed up by Kevin Ohlson,who…

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Woman Pleads to Voluntary Manslaughter in Death of Pitts. FBI Agent Sam Hicks; Gets Nearly 16 Years

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A woman pleaded guilty Tuesday morning in federal court in Pittsburgh to voluntary manslaughter and discharging a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence in the fatal  shooting of FBI agent Sam Hicks in 2008, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Under the plea agreement, Christina Korbe was sentenced to 15…

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