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Ex-FBI Dir. Freeh to Head Up Penn State Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI director Louie Freeh, father of six, will head up Penn State University’s own probe into the child sex abuse scandal rocking that school, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The Inquirer reported that Freeh’s appointment was announced Monday morning by Ken Frazier, president and CEO of Merck and Co. who is…
FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force Probing Book of Apocalypse Sent to Tex. Judges by Polygamist
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Talk about a lousy holiday gift. Warren Jeffs, the polygamist and cult leader imprisoned in Texas, sent judges throughout the state copies of his book “Proclamations” last week. Now local authorities and the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force are looking into the gift giving as a possible threat, according to the…
Are the Feds Helping Crackdown on Occupy Wall Street?
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Many are wondering whether or not the feds are helping crack down on the Occupy Wall Street movements spreading throughout the country, reports the Huffington Post. Federal agencies deny any involvement, but that doesn’t seem to satisfy all. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee,…
Washington Post Editorial: PITY The 17,300 Workers and Contractors Assigned to FBI Headquarters
By The Washington Post Editorial Page WASHINGTON — PITY THE 17,300 workers and contractors assigned to FBI headquarters. Divided between the J. Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue, where about half of them work, and 21 annexes in leased office buildings scattered over the Washington area, they are a beleaguered lot, judging from a report…
Are FBI Terror Tactics Just?
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Undoubtedly the public has been grateful when terrorist plots have been foiled by the FBI. But some are questioning the tactics, not just asking if the ends justify the means but if the means are creating false ends, reports The Guardian. “Critics say the FBI is running a sting operation across…
Judge Rules FBI Must Pay Muslim Groups Legal Fees for Lying About Existence of Records in Freedom of Information Case
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com After five years of legal wrangling, a federal judge in California ruled Thursday that the FBI must pay the legal fees of Muslim activist groups that sued the agency over a Freedom of Information Act case. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, in a written ruling, said his decision was not based…
Utah Man Throws Molotov Cocktail at Bank, Ignites Bush
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com We’ve all been annoyed to find a hidden banking fee lurking in the shadows of our bank statements from time to time. But a Utah man took that frustration to another level, according to an Associated Press report out of West Jordan, Utah. Joshua Raymond Townsend, 20, is facing a federal…