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Obama Has Granted Clemency More Rarely Than Any Modern President
By Dafna Linzer ProPublica A former brothel manager who helped the FBI bust a national prostitution ring. A retired sheriff who inadvertently helped a money launderer buy land. A young woman who mailed ecstasy tablets for a drug-dealing boyfriend, then worked with investigators to bring him All of them and hundreds more were denied pardons…
‘Whitey’ Bulger Wants Evidence to Show He Had License to Kill from Government
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Lawyers for mobster James “Whitey” Bulger are seeking more evidence to bolster their claim that the accused serial murderer was given a license to kill by the federal government, the Boston Herald reports. Defense lawyers are asking U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns to order the release of all relevant correspondence between the…
FBI Agents to Question Suspect in Deadly Benghazi Attack
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents plan to question a suspect in the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya in a development that could bring suspects to justice in the deaths of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, the Associated Press reports. The suspect, Ali Ani al Harzi, drew suspicions after he detailed…
Columnist: DEA Agent Joe Piersante “Is Every American’s Hero”
BY MARY ALICE POWELL Toledo Blade Columnist At the Adrian College vs. Kalamazoo College game last weekend the band played the Star Spangled Banner as it always does. Spectators on both sides of the field rose to their feet as the flag was raised, as is expected. But at this game a wave of patriotism…
Obama Has Granted Clemency More Rarely Than Any Modern President
By Dafna Linzer ProPublica A former brothel manager who helped the FBI bust a national prostitution ring. A retired sheriff who inadvertently helped a money launderer buy land. A young woman who mailed ecstasy tablets for a drug-dealing boyfriend, then worked with investigators to bring him All of them and hundreds more were denied pardons…
Defense Attorney Still Questions Whether FBI Agent’s Text Messages Were Destroyed: Govt. Says It Did Nothing Wrong
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The legal battle between the defense and prosecution is heating up in an undercover FBI sting into gun trafficking in the Philippines. The battle began when deputy Federal Defender John Littrell in Los Angeles accused a a California undercover FBI agent of using taxpayer dollars to pay for prostitutes in the…
Megaupload founder Dotcom Taunts FBI with New Web Site
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly a year after the FBI raided Kim Dotcom, the creator of the file sharing giant Megaupload, the New Zealand man is taunting federal officials with a new site, Computer World reports. On Tuesday, Dotcom unveiled a teaser page, Kim.com, that is riddled with insults to the U.S. and vows to…
Defense Attorney Still Questions Whether FBI Agent’s Text Messages Were Destroyed: Govt. Says It Did Nothing Wrong
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The legal battle between the defense and prosecution is heating up in an undercover FBI sting into gun trafficking in the Philippines. The battle began when deputy Federal Defender John Littrell in Los Angeles accused a a California undercover FBI agent of using taxpayer dollars to pay for prostitutes in the…