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NYC Councilman Regrets Comments About FBI
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A New York city councilman is recanting comments he made over the weekend critical of the FBI, reports the New York Post City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Queens) likened an FBI investigation looking into the campaign finances of his friend Comptroller John Liu to “political entrapment” on a radio show over the…
U.S. No Fly List Doubles; Underwear Bomber Appears to Have Contributed to Spike
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The man dubbed the “Underwear Bomber”, who tried blowing up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas day in 2009, may have contributed more to this country than we think. The Associated Press reports that the U.S. no fly list for suspected terrorists has more than doubled in the past year,…
Oops! FBI in Mass. Busts into Wrong Apartment During Raid and Points Guns
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ooops! Make that two Ooops! The Associated Press reported that the FBI last week used a chain saw to cut open an apartment door during a drug raid in Fitchburg, Mass., in Worcester County. Only thing is, it was the wrong apartment. Agents also pointed guns at the people inside, AP…
Romanian Hacker Breaks into Pentagon, NASA Databases, Draws Investigation
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A 20-year-old Romanian hacker is suspected of breaking into several NASA and Pentagon servers and posting confidential data from the servers on his blog, the Associated Press reports. Romanian officials are investigating the youth, officials said on Tuesday, in cooperation with the FBI. Razvan Manole Cernaianu, reportedly an information technology student,…
Confirmed: Civil Rights Era Photographer Ernest Withers Served as FBI Informant
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The civil rights era photographer Ernest Withers has been officially confirmed as a one-time FBI informant, reports the Blog of LegalTimes. The FBI in the past has long-refused to confirm or deny Withers’s status as an informant, but it accidentally confirmed Withers’ work in documents it released to a newspaper, a…
Folk Nation Gang Members Remain at Large after FBI Arrests
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Two members of the Folk Nation Gang remain at large in Brooklyn after NYPD detectives and FBI agents arrested a number of other members early Tuesday morning, the FBI said. One of the fugitives, standing 6′ tall at about 200 pounds, is Devon Rodney, 24, a leader of the violent gang,…
More than 7 Months Later, FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List Still 2 Short
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s been more than seven months since the FBI’s two most notorious Ten Most Wanted criminals — Osama bin Laden and Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger — were eliminated as fugitives. One was killed. The other was captured. Still, to date, the FBI has yet to replace them. So for all…
Former Secret Service Agent Acquitted on Bribery Charges
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Former Secret Service agent R. Patrick Caldwell was acquitted on Monday of bribery charges involving his body armor company and foreign officials, Reuters reports. Caldwell was accused of trying to bribe a foreign official during a sting where FBI agents posed as representatives of African leaders seeking to by arms. Reuters…