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Kerry Urges $8.5M Payment to Families of Bulger Murders
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com John Kerry has joined others in urging the federal government to pay the families of two men allegedly killed by James “Whitey” Bulger, the notorious gangster and FBI informant, reports Boston.com. As reported in ticklethewire.com previously, Rep. William R. Keating, a Democrat of Massachusetts, has already urged the government to pay the families…
FBI Investigating Espionage Charges of US Soldier
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The Army Times is reporting on an ongoing FBI investigation of an Alaska-stationed soldier on suspicion of espionage. Spc. William Colton Millay,22, a military cop, was taken into custody last Friday in the early morning hours, while the FBI and Army Counterintelligence continued to investigate, the paper reported. Lt. Col. Bill…
Georgia Senior Citizens Arrested in Plots to Kill Feds, Local Cops and Others
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Four senior citizens, suspected of being members of a fringe militia group in Northern Georgia, may have been better off venting their frustrations with the federal government by occupying a metropolitan park. The four gents–Frederick Thomas, 73; Dan Roberts, 67; Ray Adams, 65; and Samuel Crump, 68–were arrested Tuesday by federal…
Ex-NY FBI Agent Convicted of Lying About Helping Informant He Had An Affair With
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It was bad news for ex-FBI agent Adrian Busby of the New York Division. A federal jury in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday convicted Busby, 37, of lying to protect a married female confidential source he was having an affair with. “In roughly three hours, Adrian Busby was found guilty by…
Artist Offers Whole Life’s Details to FBI, Public
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com When Hasan M. Elahi landed in Detroit, Mich., and walked into the country on June 19, 2002, a customs official asked that Elahi follow him to an Immigration and Naturalization Services office at the airport. That incident initiated a period of “questioning went on for the next six months and ended…
FBI Testing Somali Bomber’s DNA, May Match Minnesotan Youth
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The remains of a suicide bomber in Somalia are being tested by the FBI. Some believe the bomber may be one of at least 21 young Somali-American men that in recent years have left Minneapolis to join al-Shabab, the Somali terrorist group, reports the Associated Press. If tests confirm the deceased…
The Anthrax Investigation: The View From the FBI
Michael P. Kortan is the assistant director of Public Affairs for the FBI at headquarters in Washington. By Michael Kortan N.Y. Times Letter to the Editor WASHINGTON — I take issue with several points in your Oct. 18 editorial “Who Mailed the Anthrax Letters?” First, the National Academy of Sciences report concluded that the anthrax…
Widow of Anthrax Victim Settles Lawsuit Against Feds
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Maureen Stevens’ legal battle with the feds over the anthrax death of her husband seems to be over. Reuters reports that the widow of the deceased Florida tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens — one of five people killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks in the U.S. — has reached a settlement…