By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com New rules have been outlined by the Obama administration regarding when the FBI, as opposed to the military, can retain custody of al-Qaida terrorism suspects who are not U.S. citizens but are arrested by federal law enforcement agents, reports the Associated Press. The new rules from the White House came about…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com There’s apparently no shortage of snitches on Wall Street. The FBI said Monday that it plans to continue investigating alleged insider trading using its current “stable of informants” for the next five years, reports ValueWalk.com. The FBI has been running “Perfect Hedge” since 2009, an operation that has resulted in charges…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Wichita federal judge has granted more time for motions related to charges that a federal firearms sting was racially motivated, reports LJWorld.com. Defense lawyers are seeking to drop charges against black defendants charged in the ATF investigation, claiming the charges were racially motivated. At least 43 of 51 defendants in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has backed off a little on its plans and will keep open its La Crosse, Wisc. office, U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl announced Tuesday. Kohl had been fighting to get the FBI’s plan to close half of its office in the western district of Wisconsin. The original plan called for…
Holder Tackles Hot Button Issues Before Congress (Main Justice)
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — In this cash-strapped city on the brink of financial collapse, seeing public corruption run wild is tough. On Tuesday, the feds struck back, indicting the city’s former treasurer Jeffrey Beasley for taking bribes and kickbacks in return for approving more than $200 million in investments for two city of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com By Bye Blackberry. Daid Saleh Rauf of Politico reports that ATF plans to ditch the Blackberry phone “largely in favor of the iPhone.” “We’re going to delete the BlackBerry from the mix,” Rick Holgate, ATF’s chief information officer, said in an interview, according to Politico. To read more click here.
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI announced on Monday that US Senator Carl Levin’s downtown Detroit office was evacuated after an employee came across a letter filled with a “suspicious white powder,” reports the Detroit News. The powder was later determined to be harmless. Levin’s office, located in the McNamara Federal Building, has since been…
