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![Head of El Paso FBI David Cuthbertson Named Assistant Director](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cuthbertson2.jpg)
Head of El Paso FBI David Cuthbertson Named Assistant Director
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com David Cuthbertson, head of the FBI’s El Paso Division, has been named assistant director of the Justice Information Services Division. Cuthbertson joined the FBI in 1988 and was assigned to the Cincinnati Division working motorcycle and violent street gangs and drug trafficking. In 1992, he transferred to the Dallas Division, where…
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FBI and Homeland Security Warn That Terrorists Could Use Small Planes
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds worry that terrorist aren’t just looking at the big planes as a weapon to kill. ABC News reports that the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a warning Friday about small planes, saying: “Violent extremists with knowledge of general aviation and access to small planes pose…
![Ex-FBI Agent and Prolific Author Paul Lindsay: He Did It His Way](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/paul-lindsay.jpg)
Ex-FBI Agent and Prolific Author Paul Lindsay: He Did It His Way
Paul Lindsay, the hard-digging ex-Detroit FBI agent who became a prolific author, and wrote seven novels — the last two of which were N.Y. Times best sellers — died peacefully Thursday night at a Boston hospital of pneumonia with his family by his side. He had been battling leukemia. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com Paul Lindsay…
In Memory: Ex-FBI Agent Remembers the late Author/Agent Paul Lindsay: “He Did it His Way”
Paul Lindsay, the hard-digging ex-Detroit FBI agent who became a prolific author, and wrote seven novels — the last two of which were N.Y. Times best sellers — died peacefully Thursday night at a Boston hospital of pneumonia with his family by his side. He had been battling leukemia. He was 68. Greg Stejskal served as…
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Paul Lindsay; Ex-Detroit FBI Agent and Prolific Author of 7 Novels Dead at 68
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Paul Lindsay, the hard-digging FBI agent who became a prolific author, and wrote seven novels — the last two of which were N.Y. Times best sellers — died peacefully Thursday night at a Boston hospital of pneumonia with his family by his side. He was 68. The ex-Marine, who friends kidded…
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Calif. Man Gets 6 Years for Tormenting Victims in “Sextortion” Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the eyes of authorities, Luis Mijangos was a skilled computer hacker who went on the rampage and tried to extort sexually explicit videos from women and girls in what some referred to as a “sextortion” case. On Thursday, Mijangos ,32, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who lived in Santa Ana,…
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Az. U.S. Attorney’s Office Tried to Cover Up Murder Link in “Fast and Furious”, Congressional Members Say
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The controversial ATF program “Operation Fast and Furious” continues to generate plenty controversy. The latest: CBS News reports that Congressional investigators say the U.S. Attorney’s office in Arizona tried covering up a link between Fast and Furious and the murder in Arizona of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry last December. Two…
Movie: A Black FBI Agent Goes to Ireland and Encounters Some Racism in a Comedy “The Guard”
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