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FBI Investigating Detroit School Contract
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Funding teen suicide prevention efforts is a laudable act, no doubt. But that all depends, of course, on whether the funding is actually being used for that purpose. In Detroit, FBI agents are investigating allegations that a fundraiser for Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, who was investigated earlier this year on…
Head of FBI’s Norfolk Office Off to Headquarters
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Alex J. Turner, special agent in charge the Norfolk, Va. FBI office since January 2008, is headed to headquarters in D.C. to serve as Deputy Assistant Director of the agency’s Security Division, reports the Virginian-Pilot. Turner was born in Oklahoma. He went to school at the University of Maryland then began…
FBI Investigates Russian World Cup Bid
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Did anybody find it surprising when Russia beat out England for the 2018 World Cup bid? How about Qatar beating the US for the 2022 bid? The FBI seems to think it strange. A group of agents with the “Eurasian organized crime” unit are investigating a possible email hacking related to…
OUCH! Judge Hammers Blago With 14 Year Sentence
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A federal judge in Chicago on Wednesday socked Rod Blagojevich, the ever-chatty ex-Illinois Governor, with a 14-year prison term, just one year short of the minimum the prosecution had recommended, according to the Chicago Tribune. He is now scheduled to report to prison Feb. 16. “The vast majority of facts…
Ex-Mo. Sheriff Gets 18 Months, Snapped Pictures of Womens’ Breasts During Illegal Searches
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Former sheriff of Worth County, Mo. Neal Wayne “Bear” Groom was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release for violating the civil rights of several women by getting them to expose parts of their body, according to a statement from the Justice Department. Following…
Kashmir Lobbyist on Pakistan Payroll Expected to Plead Guilty
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A former capitol hill lobbyist for disputed Kashmir territory between India and Pakistan is expected to plead guilty to federal charged on Wednesday, reports the Washington Post. Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, executive director of the Kashmiri American Council at the time of his July arrest, is accused of secretly receiving millions…
Column: FBI Agent Critical of Ex-Official Defending the Agency
FBI agent Theresa Foley was the first full-time female FBI agent to be stationed at Guantanamo. She has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department, saying she was made to bunk with vermin that gave her a tropical disease. Theresa Foley has undergone multiple surgeries since contracting the disease and has been disabled and is…
Panel Recommends Changing FBI’s Definition in Rape; Director Must Now Sign Off on It
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The only question is: What took so long? After much deliberation and consideration, the FBI’s Criminal Justice Advisory Board voted Tuesday to update the agency’s narrow definition of rape for its Uniform Crime Report, a definition that hadn’t been updated since 1929, Huffington Post reports. The crime report is often used…