Weekend Series on Law Enforcement: How the FBI and CIA Secretly Sheltered Nazi War Criminals
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A source tells The New York Daily News: “I have never heard anything like this happening before — ever.” John Marzulli of the Daily News writes that the court may have to be a do-over of the verdict in the federal Brooklyn trial of convicted Al Qaeda terrorist Abid Naseer. Apparently…
By Michael German Defense One There seems to be a growing consensus that protecting intelligence community whistleblowers is important to national security. More needs to be done to protect them. During his 2013 nomination hearing to be FBI director, James Comey called whistleblowers “a critical element of a functioning democracy” and vowed to protect them from reprisals. He said that “folks have to feel…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The long standoff between Republicans and President Obama ended with a fully funded Homeland Security bill that prevents a partial shutdown. The USA Today reports that the president signed the Homeland Security funding bill Wednesday after Republicans couldn’t come up with the votes to pass an alternative measure. Republicans had hoped…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Secret Service agent and sheriff’s deputy were allegedly assaulted while investigating threatening tweets against President Obama. WHIO.com reports that a 19-year-old Clark County, Ohio, man was arrested at his home after being alerted to online threats against Obama, police and other politicians. When the deputy and agent approached Ronald E….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The boost in oil production in North Dakota has brought a lot of wealth – and crime – to the state. The FBI is responding to an uptick in crime by opening an office in the state’s oil country, The Hill reports. The bureau plans to fully staff the Willinston office…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Berg, a former federal prosecutor and former acting U.S. Attorney, was shot and wounded Thursday night on Detroit’s northwest side. George Hunter of the Detroit News reports that it was an attempted robbery. He was shot in the leg outside his home in…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A married FBI informant who was spying on Muslims said the bureau instructed him to sleep with women to get intelligence, The Huffington Post reports. Craig Monteilh, who was known as Farouk al-Aziz, was told to get “personal information” such as phone numbers, emails and friends in the Los Angeles area….