By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com That rascally bandit known as the “Geezer Bandit” continues his elusive ways. On Wednesday, the FBI issued a statement that the bandit, who appears to be in his 70s, had hit his 15th bank in the San Diego area on Sept. 30, the Associated Press reported. The robbery occured at a…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com In more sobering news… The family of Brian Terry, the border agent killed last year near the Arizona border, issued a statement on Wednesday in response to US Attorney General Eric Holder’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The message: Holder needs to “take responsibility” for their son’s death, reports Arizona…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Elio Lorenzana, on who’s head the U.S. government placed a $200,000 reward, was peacefully detained after a DEA-supported operation. The lede of the story, on the website InSight (tagline: “Organized crime in the Americas”), reads: “Guatemala has now captured more top-level drug traffickers in the past two years than in the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Six Estonians operated a vast internet fraud that infected approximately 4 million computers in more than a hundred countries–500,000 of which were in the US–according to a federal indictment unsealed in New York Wednesday. Their arrests in Estonia on Tuesday were the culmination of a two-year FBI probe named Operation Ghost…
Schwarz is a retired FBI agent. By Gregg Schwarz for ticklethewire.com For just one small moment, let’s take a look at this trade called journalism. I thought this was to be based on some facts. Possibly an interview or two. Maybe even some research that was based in fact. That is not what I see…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke has admitted that he leaked a sensitive document about an ATF agent, who was a whistleblower in the latest mess known as Operation Fast and Furious, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia). In a press release, Grassley stated that the leaked document was “deemed so sensitive…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI’s footprint in Wisconsin could be shrinking. The agency plans to close three of its seven offices in the state, according to a press release by Sen. Herb Kohl’s office. The Wisconsin Democrat raised the issue on Tuesday to Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr., who appeared before the Senate Judiciary…
