FBI
Investigation: FBI Informant Armed, Trained Black Panther Party
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An undercover FBI informant was responsible for arming and training the Black Panther Party before violence broke out in the turbulent 1960s, the Center for Investigative Reporting has found. Activists were alarmed to learn that Richard Masato Aoki, who was considered a fearless militant and street fighter, was an informant who covertly…
Louisiana Shootout Suspects Probed for Link to Domestic Terrorism
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some of the suspects in the fatal shootout with Louisiana deputies have ties to violent anarchists on the FBI’s domestic terrorism watch lists, the Associated Press reports. The FBI is joining the investigation of Thursday’s shootout in Laplace, La., where two deputies were killed and two more wounded, police said. At least…
GOP Lawmakers Accused of Drunken Swim on Sea of Galilee
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s said that Jesus walked on the Sea of Galilee. Now the FBI is investigating reports that Republican lawmakers took an inebriated, late-night dip – one of the them in the nude – in the holy waters, the New York Daily News reports. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., admitted to diving into the sea…
Women Dominate FBI’s List of Most Wanted Domestic Terrorists
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Five of the seven Americans most wanted for domestic terrorism by the FBI are women, the Business Insider reports. Among those wanted are Donna Joan Borup, an anti-apartheid protester who blinded a Port Authority officer; Joanne Deborah Chesimard, escaped from prison on charges of killing a state trooper; Josephine Sunshine Overaker, accused…
Former FBI Agent Dies at 76
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Thomas Blasingame, a former FBI agent who worked in numerous offices across the country and investigated fraud, a mass murder and the Ku Klux Klan, died Tuesday, the Athens Banner-Herald reports. He was 76. Blasingame joined the FBI in 1954 and served as a special agent in Buffalo, N.Y., Newark, N.J.,…
Feds Suspect Ex-University of Georgia Coach of Ponzi Scheme
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former University of Georgia football coach Jim Donnan faces financial penalties and potential criminal charges in connection with a business venture, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. “He capitalized on his influence over one former player by telling him, ‘Your Daddy is going to take care of you’ … ‘if you weren’t my son,…
FBI: Court Clerk Tipped Off Gang Members Before Arrests
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal court clerk in Los Angeles is accused of revealing confidential court files and tipping off gangs, the FBI said Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Nune Gevorkyan, 35, and her husband were charged with conspiring to obstruct justice after federal authorities say they tipped off more than 70 people…
Judge Rules FBI Must Release Dotcom Evidence
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. federal authorities cannot extradite the founder of the Megaupload online file-sharing site without evidence supporting charges of copyright breaches and internet piracy, a New Zealand court ruled Thursday, Reuters reports. “Without access to materials relevant to the extradition hearing phase, the person sought will be significantly constrained in his or her…