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Book: Johnny Carson Helped FBI Arrest Man Who Made Threats with a Grenade
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com We knew Johnny Carson was a comedian? But a brazen cowboy? In the mid-1970s, Carson found a live grenade with a threat demanding $250,000 in cash. If he didn’t deliver it, a note read, his family would be harmed, Showbizz 44 reports. So with the help of the FBI, Carson, who carried…
Rabbis Accused of Conspiring to Kidnap, Use Cattle Prods to Force Divorces
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three rabbis and seven others are accused of trying to force Orthodox Jewish men into agreeing to divorce their wives, CBS New York reports. They allegedly conspired to kidnap and use cattle prods to get the men to agree to divorce their wives. Under Jewish law, a person must obtain what’s called…
U.S. Won’t Pressure Mexico to Capture Man Who Kidnapped, Tortured DEA Agent
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. isn’t doing enough to pressure Mexico to find the man who kidnapped and tortured a DEA agent after officials released him from a Mexican prison, Fox News reports. “Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena was a decorated agent, his death long forgotten if not for his killer’s recent release and Mexico ignoring our…
President of Victims Group for Pan Am Flight 103 Hopeful for Justice
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The president of Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 said he is hopeful the FBI will continue vigorously investigating the 1998 terrorist bombing, Syracuse.com reports. The attack killed 270 people, and the only person convicted of the murders has been released from prison. The FBI identified seven co-conspirators earlier this year, said…
Justice Department Urges Court to Toss Lawsuit Filed by Florida Socialite Jill Kelley
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Florida socialite whose complaint to the FBI led to the resignation of Gen. David Petraeus, Lawyers.com reports. Jill Kelley claims in a lawsuit that her reputation was tarnished when the government allegedly leaked her private e-mails to the…
ATF Agent, Whistleblower Criticizes Agency for Blocking His Book from Being Published
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF’s reason for blocking his book about the botched and deadly Operation Fast and Furious is “absurd,” the author said, the Dallas Morning News reports. John Dodson, an ATF special agent who blew the whistle on the operation, said the book reveals important information about missteps in the agency. “I think…
Hate Group Files Suit for Permission to Post Controversial Anti-Muslim Ads on Buses
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An anti-Muslim group is suing King County for refusing to let it post controversial FBI advertisements on Metro buses, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The anti-terrorism ads previously ran until the FBI pulled them following complaints that the image, which depicts mostly non-white, Muslim terrorism suspects, perpetuated a negative stereotype of Muslims. The…