FBI
“Deep Throat” Parking Garage Gets Historical Signpost
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com In a nondescript Rosslyn, Va. parking garage in 1972, a FBI deputy director met with two young Washington Post reporters, sharing strands of information that would eventually take down the president of the United States. The Watergate story has become an American legend, a story many from that era share with…
Column: Where’s the Outrage Over the FBI Bungling?
By Kevin Cullen Boston Globe Columnist BOSTON — About 20 years ago, some ATF agents went looking for Mark Rossetti, to lock him up. Rossetti was a career criminal and ran with a violent band of thugs out of East Boston who used guns the way painters use brushes and carpenters use saws: tools of…
The FBI’s Man on the Pirate Beat– Kevin Coughlin
By Joseph Goldstein New York Times In the F.B.I.’s expansive offices in Lower Manhattan, a black-and-white banner on Special Agent Kevin P. Coughlin’s desk stands out amid the rows of cubicles. It is a Jolly Roger, skull above crossed swords, the pirate’s calling card. Related Mr. Coughlin, 35, belongs to a squad whose caseload includes…
Ga. FBI Forms New Squad to Take Aim at Corrupt Judges and Lawmakers
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI in Georgia is trying to hone in on corrupt judges and legislators. The Associated Press reports that the FBI has created a new squad to investigate those folks. Brian Lamkin, who heads the FBI office in Georgia, told The Associated Press he formed the team after months of reviewing…
FBI Agent Indicted in Suburban D.C. in Drunk Driving Death
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s a story that has no good ending. An FBI agent as been has been indicted by a D.C. suburban county grand jury in connection with a fatal drunk driving crash that killed an 18-year-old on Feb. 7 in Brandywine, Md., the Washington Examiner reported. Washington Examiner reporter Emily Babay reported that…
Hackers Break into FBI Contractor’s Computers
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The mind boggling abilities of hackers continues to boggle the mind. The latest: The hacker collective Anonymous has released a fresh batch of data taken from Vanguard Defense Industries — an FBI and Pentagon contractor that deals with drones, the publication International Business Times reports. The publication reported that data release…
Pa. Father and Son Indicted for Making Harassing Calls to Sarah Palin’s Family
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Put Sarah Palin into the equation, and you’re bound to get plenty attention. Just ask Christy, 47, and his 22-year-old son Shawn. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the FBI from the Allentown, Pa. office on Thursday arrested the two on charges of making hundreds of harassing calls to Palin’s family and…