By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com DEA Special Agent James “Terry” Watson had spent an enjoyable evening with friends at a Bogota restaurant watching Game 7 of the Heat-Spurs NBA Championship game. He was assigned to Cartagena but was in the Colombian capital as part of his duties. Agent Watson knew how dangerous being in law enforcement…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are wondering whether Edward Snowden, the leaker of widespread surveillance, can make it to Ecuador, which has offered the U.S. citizen asylum, The Wall Street Journal reports. Authorities believe Snowden is in the transit zone at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, where Russian officials said they don’t have authority to apprehend…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Icelandic man is the first known FBI informant inside WikiLeaks, a secret-revealing website. Wired.com reports that Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson was an informant for three months in 2011 when he worked for WikiLeaks and the FBI. Ticklethewire.com mistakenly printed that Julian Paul Assange was the informant. He reportedly received $5,000 for his undercover…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Lawyers for accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger continued to hammer the FBI’s claims that Bulger secretly ratted out the Italian Mafia and other criminals, The Associated Press reports. For the second straight day, Bulger attorney Hank Brennan continued to grill James Marra, a special agent in the Justice Department’s Office of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine whether police stole cash from three suspects accused of robbing a King County credit union in California in March, the Monterey Herald reports. The FBI confirmed to the Herald that agent are investigating “several police officers assigned to the King City Police Department regarding their handling…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Was reputed mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger a rat? During tense testimony Tuesday in Bulger’s murder and racketeering trial, his defense attorneys tore into government witnesses who acknowledged Bulger’s files were falsified or inaccurate, the New York Daily News reports. FBI files suggest Bulger ratted out friends and associates, but defense…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four people accused of killing a DEA agent during an attempted robbery in Columbia last week are in custody, CNN reports. Columbia’s National Police apprehended the suspects and said two more are on the loose. The U.S. plans to request extradition, CNN wrote. Special Agent James “Terry” Watson was working on assignment…
By Joe Conason Express Milwaukee.com Immigration reform now seems certain to pass the U.S. Senate within days, in an amended bill that could win as many as 70 votes from both parties. The results will improve the lives of millions of undocumented workers and their families—but the costs will not be negligible, including a…
