By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI on Wednesday busted 17 Baltimore cops in an extortion scheme involving two brothers who own a car repair, the Baltimore Sun reported. The Sun reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a criminal complaint alleging that the brothers paid the cops to arrange for their company to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mexican authorities say they have nabbed a suspect in the slaying of ICE agent Jaime Zapata in Mexico last week, the Associated Press reported. Another agent was wounded after being shot twice in the leg. The Mexican Defense Department issued a brief statement Wednesday but provided no details, AP reported. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-New Jersey U.S. Attorney and current Governor Chris Christie tried Wednesday to put an end to speculation that he might make a bid for president as a Republican in 2012. Appearing on NBC’s Today show, Christie, 48, told Ann Curry: “There is no chance , zero chance, under any circumstances. Close…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As part of an occasional snapshot of what’s going on at our nation’s airports, ticklethewire.com periodically publishes stats on activity at checkpoints. For the week of Feb. 14-20, the Transportation Security Administration reported that 19 firearms were found at checkpoints along with two “artfully concealed prohibited items.” Additionally, six…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A splash of trouble is bubbling over at ICE. The Center for Investigative Reporting reports in the Washington Post that several several agents at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including the ex-head of its intelligence office, have been the target of an internal investigation into personal misconduct. The journalistic investigative…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Disneyland is normally associated with fun and happiness. Well, ex-Disney secretary Bonnie Hoxie is anything but happy. A tearful Hoxie was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to four months of home confinement — she could have gotten 4 to 10 months in prison — for leaking inside financial…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The ACLU and a Muslim group filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court against the FBI and seven of its agents, alleging that a paid bureau informant violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of Muslims when he infiltrated a California mosque and indiscriminately conducted surveillance, the Washington Post reported….
