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By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com In 1982 legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler called the FBI office in Ann Arbor. Bo wanted the FBI to talk to his team primarily about the perils of illegal sports gambling. The Senior Resident Agent, Tom Love, agreed to make the presentation. Tom knew I had played (read mostly practiced)…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge rejected a lawsuit against the FBI that alleges the agency unlawfully spied on Orange County Muslims in California, the Los Angeles Times reports. U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney wrote that “the state secrets privilege may unfortunately mean the sacrifice of individual liberties for the sake of national security.”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Washington’s funding crisis likely will mean fewer FBI agents and border patrol officers as Congress tries to cut $55 billion from domestic programs, the Associated Press reports. The across-the-board, 8%-12% cuts are set to go into effect Jan. 2. It’s unclear, however, whether those cuts would remain as Republicans and Democrats try to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The focus of an FBI investigation into Trenton City Hall is spreading beyond Mayor Tony Mack’s first two years in office, the Times of Trenton reports. Included in the probe is Mack’s 2010 mayoral campaign. The Times of Trenton reported that agents are quizzing his officials about Mack donors. The FBI raided…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Gary Douglas Perdue has been tapped to head up the Pittsburgh office of the FBI. Perdue had last served as chief of the Counterproliferation Center in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate at FBI Headquarters. Perdue began his career with the FBI as a contract language specialist in 1985. He became…
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