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Column: Roger Clemens Shutouts Feds 6-0: Feds Should Have Dropped Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Hopefully the case of baseball star Roger Clemens provides a lesson for the Justice Department. Yes, it’s wrong to lie to Congress, which is what he was charged with. Nevertheless, when you have a questionable case — and in this instance a very questionable one — walk away. The prosecution screwed…
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Ted Sherman The Star Ledger The Eli Lilly warehouse in Enfield, Conn., is a nondescript beige building with a pebbled concrete exterior, just off Freshwater Boulevard. Although just down the road from a suburban shopping mall and an Olive Garden restaurant, it feels like the middle of nowhere, surrounded by woods and little else. A…
Ex-FBI Agent Connolly Claims Justice Dept. Will Do Everything to Cover Up Full Story About Whitey Bulger and FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Imprisoned ex-FBI John Connolly, who was the Boston case agent for informant/mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, tells Newsweek: “The Justice Department is going to do everything within its power to try to make sure the full story never comes out” about Bulger’s activities and his relationship with the FBI. Connolly is serving…
U.S. Terror Mastermind Relied on E-Mails to Communicate With Followers
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S.-born terror boss Anwar al Awlaki , who was killed by an American drone in Yemen last September, communicated with his followers using encryption and code words on more than 60 e-mail addresses while under FBI watch, FOX News revealed, following a five-month investigation that will be aired on the news channel…
Oregon Mosque Critical of FBI Probe
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Oregon’s largest mosque feels under siege by snoopy FBI agents who have placed at least five affiliates of the mosque on no-fly lists without an explanation, the Religion News Services reports. Included on the roster of suspected terrorists banned from flying in the U.S. is the longtime religious leader of At…
Serial Rapist Connected to Another Rape in D.C. Area
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities have linked a 1996 sexual assault to a serial rapist accused of attacking women in Washington D.C. and Maryland, the Associated Press reports. The FBI and local police believe the man attacked nine other women between 1991 and 1998, including a 28-year-old biochemist who was murdered with a heavy rock. The…
Hidden Internet Sites Creating Big Headaches for FBI Investigations
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The complexities of the Internet are creating major challenges for the FBI. Security Daily News reports that the FBI halted a child porn investigation, “citing an inability to infiltrate the Web’s hidden underworld — the ‘dark net’.” Information about the probe was obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request….