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Retired FBI Agent Running for State House in Georgia
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Retired FBI agent Kenneth M. Russell is taking a stab at running for political office in Georgia. Russell, vice president of the South Hall Republican Club, is running for a seat in the Georgia State House District 103, which includes parts of Gwinnet and Hall counties, the Gainesville Times reported. Russell…
Survey: ATF Rank and File Critical of Management
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ever since news surfaced of ATF’s highly-flawed Operation Fast and Furious, the agency has not only taken a hit in the public relations arena, but also in the area of morale. Fox News reports that an internal survey shows that the men and women of the agency gave harsh marks to…
2 Madoff Employees Asked in 2006 if Madoff’s Business Was a Scam
By David Glovin and Bob Van Voris Bloomberg NEW YORK — After several drinks at a Greek restaurant on Manhattan’s Third Avenue in the summer of 2006, two computer programmers at Bernard Madoff’s (in picture) investment firm asked their supervisor whether the boss’s business was a scam. Chief financial officer Frank DiPascali laughed off the…
Fed Judge Freeze’s Assets of Whitey Bulger’s Girlfriend
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds are apparently worried about the assets of James “Whitey” Bulger’s girlfriend vanishing. They want to make sure she has the money to pay for any fines at sentencing. So they’ve frozen her assets, the Boston Herald reports. The Boston Herald reports that girlfriend Catherine Greig, who is behind bars,…
ATF Targets in Sting Were FBI Informants
By Richard Serrano Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – When the ATF made alleged gun trafficker Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta its primary target in the ill-fated Fast and Furious investigation, it hoped he would lead the agency to two associates who were Mexican drug cartel members. The ATF even questioned and released him knowing that he…
Defense Wants Mistrial in Mi. Militia Case; Claims Prosecution Withheld Evidence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT –– The federal trial involving a Michigan militia known as the Hutaree has raised questions about the right of free speech and what constitutes talk versus reality. Defense attorneys claim the government has overstepped on the case. The government insists there was serious talk of killing a cop and…
Scientist Gets 13 Years in FBI Sting that Involved Spying for Israel
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Scientist Stewart David Nozette, 54, will have some time to think over his espionage ways. He was nabbed in an FBI sting trying to spy for Israel. The suburban D.C. scientist who once worked for the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the…
Ex-FBI Dir. Freeh Doing Thorough Job in Penn State Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI chief Louis Freeh and his investigators have been doing a pretty thorough job looking at the child-sex scandal at Penn State involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The Associated Press reports that the group has conducted 200 interviews, trying to get insight into the relationship between the football program and…