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FBI Informant Lives Large in Cuba, reviving Claims That He Also Worked with Cuban Intelligence
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Gilberto Abascal was a main informant in two-high profile cases in Florida in the past seven years, but now he’s living large in Cuba, the Miami Herald reports. Abascal was the key witness in the trial of militant Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles two years ago, the Herald wrote. In 2006, he…
ATF Proposes Closing Loophole for People Obtaining Guns though Corporations or Legal Trusts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ATF is proposing to end a loophole that allows people to obtain weapons such as machine guns though corporations or legal trusts without a background check, Courthouse News Service reports. Anyone wanting to buy a gun is required to file a photo and fingerprint card with the ATF and a local law…
Weekend Series on Law Enforcement History: Documentary on the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover
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D.C. Agent Paul Abbate to Head Up Detroit FBI Office
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Paul M. Abbate, a veteran FBI agent who has extensive experience in counterterrorism, has been named head of the Detroit FBI, Deadline Detroit has learned. Abbate, replaces Robert Foley III, who recently transferred to Florida. John Shoup has been the acting head of the office in Detroit since…
Former Head of FBI’s Boston Office Accused of Exploiting Connections to Bureau
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The former special agent in charge of Boston’s FBI office has been slapped with a federal ethics violation for consulting professionally with a former colleague within a year of service, the Associated Press reports. Kenneth Kaiser, 57, who became an assistant director at FBI headquarters when he left the Boston office in…
FBI to Take Off 10 Weekdays a Year to Combat Budget Cuts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Tough times mean desperate measures for the FBI. To absorb budget reductions, the FBI plans to close its headquarters and offices nationwide for about 10 weekdays over the next year, The New York Times reports. On the furlough days, the FBI will maintain a small crew with the ability to call back…
FBI Trailed U.S.-born al-Awlaki Nine Years Before He Was Killed by Drone
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In the six hours before radical American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki entered the Pentagon for a luncheon in February 2002, he was being tracked by the FBI’s elite surveillance unit, Fox News reports. Records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show the bureau’s Special Surveillance Group trailed al-Awlaki, who was killed by…
Book Explores Relationship Between FBI Informant and Mobster ‘Grim Reaper’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new book explores the secret world of FBI informants, questioning the extent of bureau protection for killers and other criminals, U.S. News & World Report said. “Deal With the Devil: The FBI’s Secret Thirty-Year Relationship with a Mafia Killer” is written by investigative reporter and former ABC correspondent Peter Lance, who…