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FBI Director Mueller’s Nostalgic Moment
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com CHICAGO — This same time last year, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III was feeling a little nostalgic when he spoke in Orlando before the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference. It was like a final victory lap, the last speech as director before the group. But in a move…
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FBI Investigates Japanese Bankers’ Big Pay-Off
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Who knew an advisory roll could pay out so well? Hajime Sagawa and Akio Nakagawa, two Japanese bankers, spent their career moving from firm to firm on Wall Street, reports the New York Times. Then, when advising the Japanese company Olympus–largely successful in medical equipment but better known as a…
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Gangs Expanding and Some Activity Now Includes Mortgage Fraud and Human Trafficking
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Gangs across the U.S. are continuing to expand, with some even moving into white collar crimes like mortgage fraud and counterfeiting, alien smuggling and human trafficking, according to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment released by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC), the FBI said. “Gangs continue to expand, evolve,…
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FBI Reports that 56 Law Enforcement Officers Were “Feloniously Killed” in 2010; Up From Previous Year
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fifty-six law enforcement officers in 22 states and Puerto Rico were “feloniously killed” in 2010, up from 48 the year before, the FBI reported. The annual Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report released Monday also showed more than 53,000 officers were assaulted in 2010. An FBI press release summed up…
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FBI Accused of “Industrial Scale Racial Profiling”
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com New documents have been obtained by the ACLU which Salon.com said over the weekend point to the FBI’s use of “industrial scale racial profiling.” The documents are related to an FBI program that used demographic information to map ethnic and racial communities and the criminal activities related to each group,…
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FBI Steps in After Chicago Police Clear One of Their Own in Shooting of Unarmed Man
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com CHICAGO — The FBI has decided to step in after the Chicago police department cleared a cop who fatally shot an unarmed suspect seven times, NBC Chicago reported. Officer Gildardo Sierra fired at Flint Farmer in June and then fired some more after Farmer was already shot and lying on his…
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Gay Rights Advocates Weigh in on J. Edgar Hoover Film that Portrays Him as Gay
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com There has been an avalanche of opinions voiced by ex-FBI agents and current ones over the film “J Edgar” and his portrayal as being gay. Now, some Gay rights advocates are weighing in. “I don’t know specifically why current officers object to the claim that Hoover was gay,” Jacob Appel, a…
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FBI Official Says We Need Secure Alternative Internet to Fend Off Cyber Threats
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com We could be headed for bigger trouble if we don’t develop a highly secure alternative Internet to fend off the ever increasing cyber threats against critical utilities and financial systems, an FBI official told the Associated Press Thursday. Shawn Henry, the FBI’s executive assistant director, told AP that critical systems are…