Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI under J. Edgar Hoover’s leadership spied on David Frost’s program to monitor left-wing guests, newly released FBI reports show, the New York Post reports. At one point, an undercover FBI agent was even planted in the audience, in yet another bizarre discovery about the celebrities spied on by the bureau….
By Michael Winter USA Today Five foreigners extradited from Thailand to New York have been charged with conspiring to smuggle Breaking Bad-quality methamphetamine that was produced in North Korea, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. The suspects — two from Britain and one each from Taiwan, the Philippines and Slovakia — were arrested in September as part…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.) pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of possession of cocaine in D.C. Superior Court, the DEA announced. D.C. Superior Senior Judge Robert S. Tignor placed Radel on one year of probation. The DEA press release said if the probation is successfully completed, the Court could…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com George Zimmerman may have been exonerated in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, but that may change soon. Attorney General Eric Holder is weighing whether to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman, who recently was arrested on unrelated domestic violence charges, Huffington Post reports. Holder said his office is finishing up…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com A friend named Carolyne was a victim of a vicious and brutal crime last week. Such a crime is especially distressing when its victim is such a gifted and empathic person who has dedicated her life to making a difference in the lives of kids at risk. Her advice and guidance…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. He is the author of the book “Carving Out the Rule of Law: The History of the United States Attorney’s Office in Eastern Michigan 1815–2008″. By…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Racist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin was executed early this morning after a murderous cross-country spree from 1977 to 1980, the USA Today reports. The 63-year-old, who targeted black and Jewish people, was executed in Missouri. Franklin claimed responsibility for 20 murders but was convicted of seven. He also has admitted he…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Homeland Security employee who is an outspoken black nationalist who preached about the “unavoidable, inevitable clash with the white race” is still on the payroll, The Blaze reports. Ayo Kimathi was called out in August by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups. “(I)n order for Black people to…
