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FBI Investigated More Than 100 Suspected Islamic Extremists with Military Ties
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has investigated more than 100 suspected Islamic extremists connected to the U.S. military and discovered about a dozen serious cases, NPR reports. FBI and Department of Defense officials said the suspects – or “insider threats” showed a strong intent to attack military targets, according to the NPR report. Suspects range…
Dozens of Teen Prostitutes Rescued in FBI Sting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly 80 teenagers who were forced into prostitution were rescued during a three-day sting spanning 57 U.S. cities, the FBI announced Monday, Reuters reports. The operation carried out by the FBI and state and local police also netted the arrests of 104 alleged pimps in cities from Sacramento to Toledo, Ohio. The…
Attorney: Ex-Boston Mob Boss Whitey Bulger Should Not Be Prosecuted Because of Immunity
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger should not be prosecuted for 19 murders because the government promised him immunity for past and future crimes when he was an FBI informant, his lawyer argued Monday, the Washington Post reports. Attorney J.W. Carney Jr. said he plans to urge the judge to dismiss…
FBI and ATF Attend Groundbreaking Ceremony For Terrorist Explosive Device Center in Ala.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The directors of the FBI and ATF, along with Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and the military attended a groundbreaking Monday for a new Terrorist Explosive Devices Analytical Center (TEDAC) Laboratory at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. The FBI described the new center as “a milestone in TEDAC’s development and in the…
Feds Arrest 3 Officials in Calif. Bribery Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the small Southern California city of Cudahy after arresting three officials Friday that feds say accepted bribes to support the opening of a marijuana dispensary, L.A. Times reports. Documents in the case against former City Manager Angel Perales, Mayor David Silva and Councilman Osvaldo Conde suggest bribery and…
Feds Seek Stiff Penalty in Illegal Online Gambling Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors are hoping send a message about illegal online gambling by urging a judge to sentence the brother-in-law of U.S. Rep. John Tierney, D-Massachusetts, for at least four years, the Boston Herald reported. The mastermind of Antigua-based Sports Off Shore, Daniel Eremian, was found guilty in December of racketeering and conspiracy…
Kevin Perkins Named #3 Person at FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Kevin Perkins is moving up. The veteran FBI agent has been named the agency’s associate deputy director, the number three spot at FBI headquarters. He’s replacing Thomas J. Harrington, who is retiring. In 2009, he was named assistant director of the bureau’s Criminal Investigative Division. He joined the FBI in 1986…
What Is That Sound? FBI Building buzzes Incessantly
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An incessant, high-pitched hum coming from a nondescript FBI building in Virginia is driving neighbors crazy, the Washington Post reports. “You’ve never stood next to such a loud building,” Tom Jackman wrote for the Washington Post. “It sounds like a helicopter is hovering a block away – a helicopter that never goes…