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FBI Dir. Mueller Has Concerns Over Detainee Provision
By EVAN PEREZ The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday said a Pentagon-funding bill that increases military authority over terrorism detainees injects new uncertainty into sensitive national-security investigations. Mr. Mueller’s comments are the first indicating that the joint House-Senate conference bill failed to resolve concerns that had prompted the Obama administration to…
Five Arrested in Foreclosure Bidding Conspiracy
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Creativity is one thing that never seems to be lacking when it comes to housing fraud, a pervasive problem. The latest: Five men have been charged in an FBI probe into bid rigging on foreclosed homes at public auction in northern California, a local ABC affiliate reported on Tuesday. A federal…
FBI Makes Arrest in Hacking of Gene Simmons Website
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested a Connecticut man Tuesday in connection with a cyberattack on the website of KISS frontman Gene Simmons, NewsCore reports. Kevin George Poe is believed to be a part of the computer hacking collective Anonymous. Poe was released on a $10,000 bond after being taken into custody without incident,…
Appellate Judges Skeptical of Ex-Congressman Jefferson’s Appeal
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s been six years since FBI agents raided ex-Congressman William Jefferson’s Capitol Hill home and found $90,000 in his freezer, and more than two years since he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for bribery and other public corruption charges. Still, the 64-year-old New Orleans politician, who lost Jefferson a…
FBI Appoints Ralph S. Boelter as New Assistant Dir. of Counterterrorism Division
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Ralph S. Boelter, after 20 years with the FBI, has been named assistant director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, the bureau said in a statement on Monday. Boelter began his career at the bureau’s Boston Division in July of 1991, investigating white collar crime, violent crime and criminal enterprise matters, according…
FBI Denies Freedom of Info Request to Company About it’s Spyware for Cell Phones
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Is a company entitled to know if the software it produces is being used by the FBI? The FBI says No. Carrier IQ, a Mountain View, Calif.-based tech company, aggravated many when news got out that it had installed tracking software on millions of peoples’ cell phones without their knowledge, and…
FBI’s Preemptive Tactics Questioned in New York Terrorism Sting
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Were the Newburgh Four really intent on perpetrating terrorist attacks on US military planes and the homes of wealthy New York Jews? A report by the Guardian on Monday questions the “ethos” of FBI investigation that led to the conviction of the four suburban New Yorkers that were jailed for 25…
FBI’s Most Wanted Man in Houston Surrenders
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI’s most wanted man in Houston has turned himself in, reports the local ABC affiliate. The bureau had posted billboards with the man’s photos just days before. Patrick Simmons is a suspect in a bank robbery where a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot, according to ABC, putting him on…