Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI rushed its investigation into Trenton Mayor Tony Mack because agents were worried the administration knew about the probe, the Trenton Times reports. A city carpet salesman, who was Mack’s fraternity brother, warned the mayor of an investigation, prompting the FBI to scurry for search warrants. “We needed to execute immediately…
By Investor’s Business Daily Editorial The FBI says it won’t prosecute anyone at the IRS for its admitted targeting of the president’s political foes. This just as the agency claims the law is no longer its main mission. So it’s a political goon squad now. According to a leak to the Wall Street Journal, the…
By LUCY MCCALMONT Politico WASHINGTON — Lawyers for New York Times reporter James Risen have filed a petition to the Supreme Court on Monday to request that the court take up his case to recognize reporter’s privilege. It is the latest development in the ongoing battle Risen faces against the the government over confidential sources….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent was found dead in a workout room at a bay station in Michigan, the News-Messanger reports. An Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office report indicates Agent Scott M. Schoen, 30, was found on his back in a pool of blood at the Sandusky Bay Station. Schoen was not breathing and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether Wall Street conspired to rig rates on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to manipulate the key derivatives market, Reuters reports. Agents said the traders swapped messages through hand signals and ring tones to manipulate large orders by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Reuters wrote that a former…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com On the day a jury found two former Fullerton Police Department officers not guilty of beating a homeless man to death, the FBI said it would determine whether “further investigation is warranted” to bring new charges, the Los Angeles Times reports. The officers are accused of beating to death Kelly Thomas, a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s investigation of the IRS’ extra scrutiny of the Tea Party likely won’t lead to charges, Reuters reports. Investigators said there was no evidence of bias in the pursuit of the conservative groups to justify charges. President Obama’s administration has come under attack for give disproportionate attention to political enemies. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi may not have happened as described by the Obama administration, Fox News reports. The FBI interviewed survivors for three days and none reported a demonstration. Obama initially said the attack occurred after a protest of an anti-Islam film got out of…
