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Uzbekistan Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges in Ala. and Threatening to Kill Pres. Obama in Fed Sting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Alabama isn’t exactly considered a hotbed of terrorism activity. But on Friday, an Uzbek national living in the U.S. pleaded in Birmingham, Ala., to providing material support to terrorist activities and threatening to kill President Obama — all as part of a federal sting. Ulugbek Kodirov, 22, of Uzbekistan, becomes…
Ex-DEA Official Said Agents in Other Agencies Tried to Stop ATF’s Fast and Furious
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious just looks worse all the time. The latest: Fox News reports that the former head of the DEA in Tucson said some agents in other federal agencies tried unsuccessfully to put an end to the operation. Tony Coulson said many federal field agents knew the ATF…
NJ. Gov Christie Taps Ex-FBI Official for Homeland Security Post
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Edward Dickson, a 25-year veteran of the FBI, is the latest ex-fed to join the administration of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Christie, the ex-U.S. Attorney for Newark, announced Thursday that Dickson will become the state’s Director of Homeland Security and National Preparedness, the Newark Star-Ledger reported. The paper reported…
Lawyers Want to Know About 2nd Man in 1975 Killings of 2 FBI Agents
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Lawyers for Leonard Peltier, the American Indian activist convicted of killing two FBI agents in South Dakota in 1975, want answers to help clear their client, the Buffalo News reports. They’ve filed a lawsuit in Buffalo federal court to force the release of 927 pages of FBI files. As part…
FBI Conducted Background Interviews on Steve Jobs for Presidential Appointment
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was the FBI’s radar, but for a good reason. He was being considered for an appointment on the President’s Export Council under George H.W. Bush, the Associated Press reports. FBI conducted background interviews in 1991 which revealed “a man driven by power and alienating some of the…
Brooklyn Teacher’s Aide Arrested for Child Molesting, Pornography
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com FBI agents returned to an elementary school in Brooklyn on Wednesday in an ongoing inquiry into a teacher’s aide who arrested this week on child molestation charges, reports the New York Times. Agents were searching for more victims, according to the Times. Taleek Brooks, 40, was out on bail after a…
Three Grown Men Plead Guilty to Taunting Black Middle Schoolers
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI announced on Wednesday the sentencing of three grown men for taunting African-American middle school students in Louisiana. James Lee Wallis, Tony L. Johnson and Brial Wallis admitted to hanging a dead raccoon from a noose on a flagpole in front of Beekman Junior High School, in Beekman,…