2011
Woman Tells United Airlines Boyfriend is Terrorist; FBI Arrests Her
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s a good reminder for jilted lovers who feel the great need for revenge: DON’T ever Do this. The New York Daily News reports that a woman called the United Airlines shortly before her ex-boyfriend boarded an international flight on Sept. 25 from Las Vegas to Paris and suggested he was…
Newark Jury Deadlocks in Murder Case Against Ex-Fed Prosecutor Paul Bergrin
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The day before Thanksgiving, Paul Bergrin, the ex-fed prosecutor who became a high-profile defense attorney representing rappers and gangbangers, had plenty to be thankful for. That’s because a federal judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked over whether Bergrin, 55, helped orchestrate a 2004 murder of an FBI witness…
Column: FBI and CIA Deserve As Much Thanks as the Military
Kessler is the author of “The Secrets of the FBI.” By Ronald Kessler Newsmax Because of the terrorist threat, the FBI and CIA have become as important as the military in preserving our freedom. Yet while thanking our military is standard practice in American life, no one thinks of thanking the FBI, the CIA, or…
Happy Thanksgiving from ticklethewire.com
“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.”Alphonse Karr ******* “You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Column: Ex-FBI Official Mike Mason Challenges Comment by FBI Profiler on Penn State Scandal
Michael Mason, a former assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington field office, retired as the executive assistant director at FBI headquarters in 2007. His column is in response to a column ex-fed prosecutor Ross Parker wrote in the form of a letter to his son about the Penn State Scandal in which he quoted…
Retired FBI Employee Who Helped Crew in “J. Edgar” Reflects on Movie and Power of Hollywood
Rex Tomb served in the FBI from 1968 until his retirement in 2006. For most of his career he served in the Office of Public Affairs, retiring as Chief of its Investigative Publicity and Public Affairs Unit. By Rex Tomb for ticklethewire.com About a year ago I received a telephone call from my former…
Blago Fundraiser Gets 10 1/2 Years for Extorting Millions
By Danny Fenster ticklethwire.com A top fundraiser and advisor to ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich got handed a stiff sentence Tuesday in Chicago federal court for extorting millions of dollars in exchange for regulatory approval or business. Fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko was sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison — a sentence that prompted Rezko’s daughter to…