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FBI In Early 1960s Mistakenly Referred to Mob as “La Causa Nostra”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com How unsophisticated was the FBI when dealing with the mob in the early 1960s? So unsophisticated that the bureau referred to the La Cosa Nostra as the La Causa Nostra, according to Jerry Capeci, the mob expert who runs the site Gang Land News. Capeci writes that for near two years,…
Closing Arguments to Begin Today in Texas Voter ID Law Trial
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Judges who will determine the fate of Texas’ controversial voter ID law are to hear closing arguments in the case today after both sides wrapped up testimony Thursday. During the hearing, some experts testified that the law, which would require voters to show a valid ID, would disproportionately affect minorities. Lawyers…
Legal Experts Say Louie Freeh’s Penn State Report is Lacking
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some legal experts criticize former FBI director Louis Freeh for not delving deeper into the past of accused molester Jerry Sandusky while investigating the Penn State University sex-abuse scandal, The New York Daily News reports. Freeh’s report, which was released Thursday, didn’t explore Sandusky’s relationship with children prior to 1998, when…
FBI: No Evidence That George Zimmerman Is a Racist
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI found no evidence that accused murderer George Zimmerman was racist when he shot an unarmed black teen in Florida, according to new documents released Thursday, Reuters reports. FBI agents investigating whether race was a factor in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin interviewed police and Zimmerman’s boss, friends, neighbors…
Dozens of Outlaws Motorcycle Club Members Arrested in Indiana
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents swept across Indiana on Wednesday in search of 43 members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club to face charges that remain sealed, The Indianapolis Star reports. Calling it the largest federal bust of alleged gang activity in Indiana, a task force of hundreds of agents helped arrest dozens of bikers. Earlier…
Louie Freeh Report: Penn State’s Top Leaders Covered Up for Sandusky for 14 Years
By Allan Lengel and Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a damning report that confirms what many suspected, an independent investigation, led by ex-FBI Director Louis Freeh found that top leaders at Pennsylvania State University, including legendary football coach Joe Paterno, tried covering up Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of children for 14 years. The findings of…
FBI to Release Interviews in George Zimmerman Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Prosecutors plan to release FBI interviews Thursday in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The interviews are expected to shed more light on the man who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin while he was walking home from a store in Sanford, Florida on Feb. 26. The FBI, which…
FBI, Justice Department Reviewing Potentially Flawed Forensic Evidence
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and Justice Department are launching an unprecedented review of forensic evidence in thousands of criminal cases to ensure no one was wrongly convicted since at least 1985, the Washington Post reports. The sweeping review includes rape, murder and robbery cases conducted by all FBI Laboratory hair and fiber examiners, people…