Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents raided the South Florida business of an eye doctor accused of providing underage prostitutes and free trips to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, Fox News reports. The New Jersey Democrat adamantly denied any wrongdoing. Federal authorities accuse Dr. Salomon Melgen, a big supporter of the senator, of providing perks to Menendez,…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Diane Hathaway must have wanted to pinch herself, wake up from the nightmare and return to her prestigious perch in life, sitting on the state Supreme Court. She couldn’t have imagined it would have ended like this. But here she was, the daughter of a Detroit…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The father of a young man charged with terrorism testified during his son’s trial Monday that his son was brainwashed and manipulated by the FBI, the Associated Press reports. Osma Barre, the father of Oregon terrorism suspect Mohamed Mohamud, was the first witness for a defense that plans to portray Mohamud as…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is mired in internal dysfunction and turf battles and is unable to stem corruption within its ranks, according to an internal study, the TheDailyBeast.com reports. The website says the agency, which has about 60,000 employees, has been unable to control its disciplinary system or a culture…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent with extensive experience in counterterrorism is taking over the bureau’s Albany Division, the Associated Press reports. Andrew Vale has been named agent in charge of the division, which is responsible for investigations in northern New York and Vermont, the AP wrote. Vale began his career with the FBI…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI plans to launch new technology later this year that would scan images of criminals’ eyes. Nextgov.com wrote that agents will begin using the iris scans to verify the identities of release convicts and those on the lam. The eye-scanning trial will last about a year, Nexgov.com wrote. The launch follows…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In the month since a shooting at a school in Connecticut killed 20 children and six adults, gun purchases appear to be rapidly on the rise, Reuters reports. Background checks for firearm purchases spiked since the Dec. 14 mass killing, Reuters wrote. Of the 10 most popular days for background checks in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The gun lobby is making it difficult for President Obama find a new permanent director of the ATF, the Chicago Tribune reports. Obama had to give up on his previous nomination Andrew Traver, who headed the ATF office in Chicago, after pressure from the gun lobby made it impossible to get Senate…
