Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nine former heads of the DEA sent a strong message to Attorney General Eric Holder: Fight against efforts to legalize recreational marijuana in three states, the Reuters reports. Failing to say anything, they said, would suggest he condones legalization. The former officials told Holder that legalization would fly in the face of…
Kurt Eichenwald, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and a former reporter for The New York Times, is the author of “500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars.” By KURT EICHENWALD New York Times IT was perhaps the most famous presidential briefing in history. On Aug. 6, 2001, President George W. Bush received…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Wills, a retired FBI agent, former Chicago cop and award winning author, has cranked out his latest book: “Women Warriors: Stories from the Thin Blue Line.” The book is described on his website as “a compelling collection” of true stories about women in law enforcement from the radio dispatcher to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Current and retired FBI agents who were forced from their supervisory positions because of a 2004 policy will be compensated under a deal between Congress and the bureau, the FBI Agents Association announced today. The agency said a total of $6.4 million will be spread out in varying amounts to 94…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested Trenton Mayor Tony Mack and others this morning as part of an ongoing corruption investigation, NBC 4 New York reports. Among the potential charges facing the mayor is conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion. Also taken into custody were top campaign contributor Joseph “JoJo” Giorgianni and six others,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A gun used by a felon to shoot and kill a state trooper in the state of Washington in February was traced to a gun show in 2009, the Associated Press reports. The news comes from the ATF, which tracked the history of the .40-caliber Smith & Wesson. The proper documentation was…
By ALYSSA CHOINIERE Daily American Staff Writer Even the most tragic of stories needs a hero so that the listeners can eventually make sense of its ending. The passengers of Flight 93 were those heroes for Americans on Sept. 11. For the FBI investigators, the actions of the Flight 93 passengers made sense of the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is preparing its newest weapon against crime – a $1 billion national facial recognition system. The Next Generation Identification program, which is expected to be rolled out nationwide by 2014, matches surveillance images of known criminals, reports CNET. The system is designed to compare a photo to the FBI’s database of…
