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FBI Probe of News Leaks Chills Relations with Media
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Media coverage of national security issues has become more difficult because employees at federal agencies have been afraid to speak out since the FBI began its hunt for leakers of sensitive information, the New York Times reports. In one of the most thorough criminal investigations of intelligence disclosures in years, agents are…
FBI Agent Found Dead in Wooded Area of California
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Agent Steven Ivens went missing more than two months ago. His family’s worst fears came true Monday when two hikers found the 35-year-old’s body in a wooded area in Burbank, Calif., the Associated Press reports. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office is to determine the cause of death and time of…
Long-Awaited FBI Computer System Active After Long Delays
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com About three years late and $26 million over budget, the FBI’s new computer system to share case information went live Tuesday, Bloomberg reports Called the Sentinel, the electronic case files offer quick access to new investigations and intelligence. The new technology became a priority following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according…
Portland Police Chief to be Trained at FBI National Academy Following Department Problems
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com His department under federal oversight, Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck is to attend a 10-week course at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA., the Portland Daily Sun reports. “It’s a lifelong goal from a law enforcement perspective,” Sauschuck told the newspaper. The academy offered its first classes to 23 students in…
How an Inside Trader Avoided FBI Agents
By David Voreacos Bloomberg News Every dawn in the early spring of 2011, Matthew Kluger peered out his window, wondering when federal agents would knock at his door. Kluger, a mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer, says he worried that authorities were closing in on him as the source of illegal tips in a three-man insider-trading ring that had…
GOP Report Blames Five ATF Officials for “Fast and Furious” Mess
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Republican investigators blamed the failures of “Operation Fast and Furious” on five high-ranking officials at ATF in a scathing congressional report issued Monday, the Los Angeles Times reports. “From the outset, the case was marred by missteps, poor judgments, and an inherently reckless strategy,” the report states. The 211-page report calls on…
Chicago Man Faces Prison Time on Terrorism Charge
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Chicago man accused of traveling to Somalia to become a suicide bomber for a terrorist group tied to al-Qaida faces nearly 10 year in prison, the Chicago Tribune reports. Shaker Masri, 28, agreed to plead guilty to one count of attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization in exchange…
Trenton Mayor Says He’s Providing Answers to FBI
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Trenton Mayor Tony Mack said he is cooperating with the FBI after agents searched his house and city hall offices, the Courier-Post reports. But Mack, making his first public appearance since the FBI raided his house and city offices about two weeks ago, declined to answer questions about the focus of the…