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Update: 29-Year Old Dies in Va. While Taking Physical Test to Become FBI Agent; Colleagues are Devastated

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Sheriff Deputies Went to Home of FBI Case Agent Who Headed Sting; Sheriff Fuming Over FBI Sting

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Expect more craziness in coming days and weeks in the scandal brewing in Los Angeles where the FBI paid a sheriff’s deputy a bribe to sneak a phone into the county jail for an inmate in what turned out to be a sting. Sheriff Lee Baca is fuming that he was…

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Joseph Campbell to Head Up FBI’s San Juan Division

allan14 years ago12 years ago02 mins

  By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Joseph S. Campbell is leaving the mothership at FBI headquarters to become the special agent in charge of the agency’s San Juan Division, the FBI announced Tuesday. Campbell has served as an inspector in the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters, where he led teams responsible for sensitive investigations and the…

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FBI Paid LA Sheriff’s Deputy $1,500 to Smuggle Phone to Inmate in Sting

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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The LA Times reports that a cell phone smuggled into the Los Angeles County jail to help document alleged inmate abuse was smuggled in by a county Sheriff’s deputy, who was paid about $1,500 as part of an FBI undercover sting. Ticklethewire.com had previously written about the incident, noting the Sheriff’s…

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FBI Says Lasers Pointed at Aircraft Nearly Doubled in 2010

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com People pointing hand-held lasers at aircraft — an act that can temporarily blind or disorient a pilot —  nearly doubled in 2010 compared to the year before, the FBI says. The FBI reported that in 2009 there were 1,489 laser incidents recorded by the Federal Aviation Administration compared to 2,836 in…

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Could Release of American Hikers Help Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson?

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Could the release by Iran of two American hikers help spur the release of  missing retired FBI agent Robert Levinson? Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla) hopes so. Fox News reports that Nelson fired of a letter on Sept. 22 to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking her to press the issue at…

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FBI Probe into LA County Jail Angers Sheriff

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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Lee Baca was not happy about a cell phone that turned up in a Los Angeles County jail. Baca is the LA County Sheriff, and the cell phone was smuggled to an inmate — an FBI informant —  by agents of the FBI, according to the LA Times. The Feds are…

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Former NBA Player Arrested in Suspected Financial Scam

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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com   In the NCAA tournament of 1990, down by one point and nearing the final buzzer, Tate George caught a full-court pass, spun around once and released a 15-foot shot with one second left in the game. The ball dropped through the hoop and UConn beat Clemson by one point. George…

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FBI Tipster Got $100,000 Reward for Bulger’s Girlfriend and $2 Mil for Bulger

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  By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The person who tipped off the FBI about the whereabouts of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, not only got $2 million for that tip, but got an extra $100,000 for the capture of Bulger’s girlfriend Catherine Greig, the Boston Globe reported. The FBI issued a statement saying: “As of Friday,…

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