By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The folks who protect our nation’s airports — the Transportation Security Administration — don’t need this kind of publicity. The feds in Los Angeles on Friday indicted TSA officer Paul Yashou, 38, for stealing watches and a prepaid credit card worth $1,000 at Los Angeles International Airport. The indictment alleges that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sibel Edmonds, an FBI contractor who founded the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, has sued the FBI and Attorney General for blocking publication of her book, Courthouse News Service reported. Edmonds claims her book does not contain any classified information. The website reported that Edmonds worked for the FBI for 6 months…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Philly interim U.S. Attorney Laurie Magid, who is now an assistant U.S. Attorney, has agreed to a 100 day suspension without pay for violating federal restrictions on political contributions in connection with fund-raisers for U.S. Rep. Patrick L. Meehan and former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The…
By The Washington Post Editorial Page WASHINGTON — RUMMAGING THROUGH a garbage can may yield important clues about an individual — from reading habits to monthly bills to telltale signs of drug abuse. The unglamorous technique has long been part of the investigative arsenal for a reason: It gets results. It should come as no…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The mystery surrounding the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X may remain just that — a mystery. The New York Times reports that the Justice Department has declined to reinvestigate the assassination. It said the statute of limitations had expired on any federal laws that might apply. “Although the Justice Department recognizes…
By Milton J. Valencia Boston Globe BOSTON — She is the United States attorney who barked back at former city councilor Chuck Turner, and it was her administration that convicted former House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, once one of the most powerful political figures in Massachusetts. US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz took office only 18…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI agent John Wills, who recently published his third suspense novel, “Targeted”, won First Place in the fiction novel category at the 2011 Writing Competition held by the the Public Safety Writers Association in Las Vegas earlier this month. Wills, whose book “Targeted” was part of his “Chicago Warriors Thriller” series,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com You’ve got to figure most New York mobsters in their 80s have a rap sheet as long as the lunch line at the Carnegie Deli on 7th Avenue in Manhattan. Then there’s Nicholas Rizzo, 84, who was featured in a story on the website Gang Land News written by mob expert…
