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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…
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…
Top Ten List About Paranoia: FBI Investigating Radical Muslim’s Death Threats Against David Letterman
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If talk show host David Letterman were to put out a “Top 10 List” of reasons to be paranoid, this would be at the top. The FBI has said it will investigate a death threat made by a radical Muslim, the International Business Times reports. The radical person called for Letterman’s…
FBI Opens Civil Rights Probe into Teen Who Ran Down Black Man in Miss.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Shades of Mississippi in the 1960s? The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of a black man who Mississippi authorities say was intentionally run down and killed by a white teenager in a pickup truck in June near a Jackson hotel, the Associated Press reports. Deborah Madden,…
Statements by Bombing Suspect Tossed After FBI Delayed Reading of Miranda Rights
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The controversy over the FBI reading Miranda rights to terrorism suspects could get some added fuel. The website Talking Points Memo (TPM) reported that U.S. District Judge Jude Justin Quackenbush in Spokane, Wash., was upset that the FBI did not immediately advise white supremacist Kevin Harpham of his rights after arresting…
Collar Bomb Victim Relieved After FBI Arrests Suspect
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FBI Stats Show Gun Sales on the Rise
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Depending on where you stand on the issue of gun sales, here’s good or bad news: Gun sales continue to rise in this country, according to the Dayton Daily News. The paper based its conclusion on FBI background checks for gun sales — a good indicator of sales — which increased…
FBI Launches New Site to Show Agency Changes Since Sept. 11 Attacks
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has changed dramatically since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, with a heavy emphasis on counterterrorism. Not all the agents have liked the change, but it’s a reality that was brought about by the attacks and pressure from the public and Capitol Hill. To chronicle that change, the FBI…