By JOSH GERSTEIN Politico WASHINGTON — A senior federal prosecutor in Arizona intends to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights rather than testify before a House committee next week looking into the Justice Department’s handling of the Fast and Furious gunrunning investigation, the prosecutor’s attorney told Congress in a letter on Thursday. On Wednesday, House Government…
By Larry Wack Retired FBI Agent In a Jan. 5, 2012 Los Angeles Times article, reporter Amy Dawes asked Armie Hammer a series of questions regarding his role as the FBI’s Clyde Tolson in the movie “J. Edgar.” In commenting on Tolson, Hammer is quoted by Ms. Dawes saying, in part: “But he was…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com There were some big happenings in snowy Spokane, Wash., on Thursday, where FBI agents executed multiple searches and made more than a dozen arrests in the culmination of the year-long investigation called Operation “Old School,” reports KXLY. Multi-agency SWAT teams made raids that stretched across Northern Oregon, Walla Walla, Tri-Cities and…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com “It is a sad day when law enforcement must pursue one of their own,” said US Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen R. Wigginton. Particularly when it involves stealing evidence, or more specifically, gaming consoles Xbox 360s. Wigginton was announcing on Thursday the guilty plea of Michael Baxton, the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is alleging that a Georgia cop tipped off drug dealers about an upcoming raid by the bureau, charges that the cop says are untrue, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Gabriel Hoskins III, the police officer, plead not guilty to the charges on Thursday, but was placed on supervised release…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It was outright war in the cyberworld this week. The feds on Thursday announced that they had shut down an incredibly popular website Mequapload, only to see hackers retaliate by blocking access to multiple web sites including the Justice Department and Universal Music. The Justice Department said that seven people and…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The mountains aren’t the only way to get high in Colorado Springs, Colo., apparently. Investigators seized seven pounds of meth and made four arrests in the ski resort town, reports KRDO. Vincente Martinez,40, Jovel Cristian, 27, Martin Martinez, 21, and Rafael Amezcua, 27, all from Los Angeles, were arrested at a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It may be a new year, but the controversy surrounding ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious isn’t going away any time soon. The latest: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), head of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced Thursday that a subpoena has been issued for Patrick J. Cunningham, Chief of the Criminal…
