By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is not happy with how prosecutors handled the indictment of Blackwater security contractors involved in a deadly shooting in Iraq, saying political appointees in the Justice Department intentionally undermined the case. The FBI wanted to have charges filed that could have sent the defendants to prison for life. Citing…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The partisan delay in confirming Loretta Lynch as the next attorney general is beginning to impact promotions and policy decision at the Justice Department, The Los Angeles Times reports. The delay has prompted DOJ officials to question whether to hold a major intentional meeting on cybersecurity this spring. “There is a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In the latest embarrassment for the embattled Secret Service, a 4-year-old managed to breach the White House fence in broad daylight Sunday, forcing a lockdown. The Weekly Standard reports that an unidentified child climbed under the fence. “4 year old child climbed under temporary bike rack along PA Ave. Child was…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com About two weeks before the Sept. 11 attacks, a well-connected Saudi family left their luxury home in Sarasota, Fla., leaving behind expensive possessions without letting neighbors or the mail carrier know. The New York Post reports that a couple made a hasty, suspicious retreat back to Saudi Arabia. A subsequent investigation…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Trouble continues for the embattled Secret Service. This time an off-duty officer from the Uniformed Division was arrested Friday in Washington D.C., The USA Today reports. It wasn’t immediately clear what the agent is accused of doing, but he will be charged with one misdemeanor account of detraction of property. The…
Jerry Capeci is regarded as an expert on the mob. His website, Gang Land News, is a subscription-based website. This article was republished with permission. By Jerry Capeci Gang Land News A federal grand jury in Brooklyn is investigating a violent gang of low level Bonanno crime family associates that is alleged to be behind…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT –– Two Detroit cops are accused of stealing drugs, money and property during warrantless raids and bogus arrests during a four-year crime spree that ended with their suspension and the disbandment of the city’s narcotics unit. The indictment, which was unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court, alleges that Lt. David Hansberry and…
