By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Members of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in the Washington Field Office will be among those honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) at a ceremony in D.C. on Sept. 24. The ADL, a Jewish organization that works closely with law enforcement on hate crimes and terrorism issues, is presenting the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In its effort to crack down on addictive painkillers like oxycodone, the DEA has revoked the controlled substance licenses of two CVS Caremark Corp drugstores in Florida, Reuters reports. The two stores, about 30 miles south of the Orlando, contend they did nothing wrong and were busy pharmacies. The DEA, however, alleges…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Justice Department does not plan to pursue charges against U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan following an 11-month investigation, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports. Buchanan’s attorneys said Tuesday that the Justice Department notified him that it’s ending the investigation into the whether Buchanan pressured a former business partner to sign a false affidavit…
By William La Jeunesse Fox News Dozens of senior-level U.S. government officials turned a blind eye to public safety as they pursued an ill-conceived and poorly managed investigation into gun trafficking in Mexico, according to a long-awaited inspector general’s report on Operation Fast and Furious. Portions of the Justice Department IG report, which has not…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Was the FBI keeping tabs on millions of Apple devices? No, says an Orlando company that claims it – not the FBI – was hacked to obtain millions of identification numbers for Apple devices, the New York Times reports. Hacking group AntiSec – a subset of the hacking collective known as Anonymous –…
Steve Neavling ticklthewire.com The attorney of a Moroccan immigrant who volunteered to kill himself in a bomb attack on the U.S. Capitol said his client was promised “martyrdom payments” by the FBI, the Associated Press reports. The attorney also alleges the FBI gave suspect Amine El-Khalifi, 29, more than $5,700 in living expenses during the six-month…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI used a government informant to see if Trenton Mayor Tony Mack and his sidekicks would accept a bribe over a fake land-development deal, the Associated Press reports. Turns out, it worked, the FBI announced after arresting Mack, his brother Ralphiel and others early Monday morning. Mack, his brother and mayoral…
