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Oklahoma FBI Agent Who Was Accidentally Shot During Training Exercise Released From Hospital
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ouch! An FBI agent who was wounded in the leg in an accidental shooting at the Edmond Police Department’s training facility in Oklahoma was released from the hospital, the Edmond Sun paper reported. Rick Rains, a spokesman for the FBI’s Oklahoma City office, declined to disclose the name of the agent…
Iran Denies Knowing Whereabouts of Long-Missing Retired FBI Agent Robert Levinson
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Iran said Tuesday it has no information on the whereabouts of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished in the country nearly six years ago, Naharnet reports. “We have announced that we do not have any information regarding the issue,” foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanaparast told reporters in his weekly briefing. The…
Somali-Born Man Accused of Plot to Bomb a Christmas Event in Portland
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Somali-born man charged with pulling the trigger on what he thought was a bomb at a Christmas tree event in Portland, Ore., first attracted attention from authorities by discussing martyrdom in email exchanges with Islamist extremists, according to opening testimony Monday in the trial, Reuters reports. Supervisor of the FBI…
Questions Raised About FBI Informant Who Played Key Role in Political Campaigns
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While William Fulton was acting as a key undercover FBI informant in a case involving a militia leader, the Alaskan store owner was heavily involved in political campaigns, the LA Times reports. Fulton helped bring down Schaffer Cox, the leader of the Alaska Peacemaker Militia. Now many are questioning why an FBI…
Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano to Stay for President Obama’s Second Term
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to hold her position for President Obama’s second term, Fox News reports. Napolitano, a former governor of Arizona, is expected to play a key role in helping Obama craft a plan for sweeping reforms on illegal immigration laws, Fox News wrote. Napolitano was expected to maintain…
NCAA Shouldn’t Ignore Steroid Problem
By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com In the summer of 2004, a Senate sub-committee, chaired by Senators Charles Grassley and Joseph Biden held a hearing regarding the prevalence of steroids in sports. I had helped arrange for two of the witnesses who testified at this hearing. One was Curtis Wenzlaff, a convicted steroid dealer, who had supplied…
Column: NCAA Shouldn’t Ignore Steroid Problem
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. This column first appeared in the New York Daily News. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com In the summer of 2004, a Senate sub-committee, chaired by Senators Charles Grassley and Joseph Biden held a…
Opinion: FBI Needs Hackers to Combat Computer Crimes
Wired Opinion Just imagine if all the applications and services you saw or heard about at CES last week had to be designed to be “wiretap ready” before they could be offered on the market. Before regular people like you or me could use them. Yet that’s a real possibility. For the last few years,…