By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Among the many varieties of weeds on my father’s Southwest Iowa farm in the 1950s and 60s was the hemp weed. Dad called it “ditch weed’ because that was where it mainly grew, along with in fence rows and sometimes in our cornfields. My brothers and I hated ditch weed…
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. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Among the many varieties of weeds on my father’s Southwest Iowa farm in the 1950s and 60s was the hemp weed. Dad…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jurors in the murder and racketeering trial of suspected mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger will deliberate for the second day after both sides delivered their closing remarks Monday, the Boston Globe reports. Bulger is charged with participating in 19 murders and wreaking havoc in Boston as the former leader of the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is in the business of hacking computers. Kind of. NBC reports that the FBI is installing malware and spyware on computers belonging to suspected terrorists or pedophiles, which allows agents to send a virus or other malware to spy on the suspects. The hacking is so sophisticated that the FBI…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly a year after protesters barged into the U.S. consulate in Benghazi , Libya, and killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, the Justice Department filed the first criminal charges in the case, the Washington Post reports. According to numerous reports, the Justice Department filed an unspecified number of counts…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jurors may decide as early as today whether Army Ranger Justin Slaby, who had his arm blown off, was unfairly denied a job with the FBI because of his prosthetic arm, the Wall Street Journal reports. Deliberations of the eight-person jury began Tuesday. Slaby, 30, says he was fired after the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A jury will begin deliberating today in the nearly month-long racketeering and murder trial against suspected mobster James “Whitey” Bulger after both sides delivered extensive closing arguments Monday, CNN reports. Bulger, who is accused of participating in 19 murders as the head of the former Winter Hill Gang, was called one…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The father of the Chechen man killed during an FBI interview at his home in Florida is suing the bureau for the wrongful death of his 27-year-old son, Time reports. Abdulbaki Todashev, who lives in Chechnya, arrived in Tampa Monday to begin filing the suit with the help of the ACLU. Todashev’s…
