June 2011
Head of Boston FBI Says Speculation That the FBI Didn’t Want to Find Whitey Bulger is “Completely Unfounded”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The head of the Boston FBI Richard DesLauriers responded Friday to public speculation that the FBI didn’t really want to find mobster James “Whitey” Bulger because he had so much dirt on the agency that could surface publicly. He called the claims “completely unfounded.” DesLauriers, in a statement issued Friday afternoon,…
After 9 Days of Deliberation, No Verdict in Blago Case; Judge Appears to Have Imposed a Gag Order
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After 9 days of deliberation, the Chicago federal jurors in the retrial of Rod Blagojevich went home Thursday at the end of the day. They won’t t be back til Monday morning, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The paper also reported that it appeared that U.S. District Judge James Zagel had imposed…
Column: Ex-ATF Official Says System of Presidentially Appointing an ATF Director Isn’t Working
James Cavanaugh was an ATF agent and supervisor for 33 years before retiring in 2010. By James Cavanaugh For ticklethewire.com Since 2006 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives has been without a confirmed director to lead its critical missions for America. I spent more than 33 years in ATF and I have worked…
Boston Columnist Says FBI Needs to Let Other Agencies Help Restore Public Confidence in Whitey Bulger Case
By Kevin Cullen Boston Globe Columnist For the past 23 years, Whitey Bulger was the FBI’s worst nightmare. Now he’s their prisoner. It was hard to find anyone in the Boston Police Department, the State Police, or the US Drug Enforcement Administration who truly believed the FBI wanted to find Bulger. He was the FBI’s…
ATF Hosts Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month Program at HQ
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF had a gathering at headquarters in D.C. the other day that wasn’t typical of the ones you see in federal law enforcement. The agency on Wednesday hosted its first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month program at its headquarters, with Acting Director Kenneth Melson providing remarks along with…
2 Men Charged With Plotting to Attack Military Processing Center in Seattle
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two men who converted to Islam were arrested Wednesday and charged with plotting to kill recruits and employees at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Seattle, the U.S. Attorney’s announced Thursday. Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, aka Joseph Anthony Davis, 33, of Seattle, and Walli Mujahidh, aka Frederick Domingue, Jr., 32, of Los…