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Feds Won’t Charge Son of Late Sen. Ted Stevens
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Stevens family has had its share of legal luck. The latest: The Anchorage Daily News reports that ex-Alaska state Senate President Ben Stevens, son of the late Sen. Ted Stevens, won’t be prosecuted in what the paper described as a “rapidly fading Alaska political corruption investigation.” The paper reported that…
Fla. Completes Ted Bundy DNA Profile for FBI Data Base
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Serial killer Ted Bundy’s DNA profile was uploaded to the FBI’s DNA data base on Friday, opening the way for police investigators around the country to see if Bundy was responsible for any other murders, the New York Times reported. Bundy, who was executed in Florida in 1989, confessed to 30…
Ill. FBI Agent Pleads to Lying About Whereabouts of $43,643
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Where’s the money? That’s what authorities still would like to know. FBI Agent Jerry Nau, 44, of Peoria, Ill. pleaded guilty Wednesday in Urbana, Ill. to lying about the whereabouts of $43,643 seized during a drug investigation in November 2008 by a multi-county task force he was part of, according to…
Column: Did Washington Not Understand ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After talking to some folks and watching the latest Congressional hearings on ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious, I’m beginning to think the Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley aren’t going to find what they’re looking for — that is: Who at the Justice Department gave the Ok for the operation —…
FBI Arrests Philly Man for Threatening to Shoot Sen. Lieberman
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Philadelphia man has been charged with threatening to shoot Sen. Joe Lieberman, NBC Connecticut reported. Authorities alleged that Dmitry Dyatlov, 23, a U.S. citizen who came from Uzbekistan in 1998, wrote on a blog: “Actually, there is , at least, one Jew, who we absolutely must shoot in the face…
Unabomber Auction Produces $225,000 for Victims
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The recent auction that sold off belongings of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski –including his journals and sun glasses — is paying off for the victims of his evil deeds. The Los Angeles Times reports that checks totaling $225,000 from the auction were sent to four victims. A federal judge in Sacramento ordered…
FBI Probes Hacking of Rural Law Enforcement Websites
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the hacking thefts of credit cards, email messages and other information from websites of rural law enforcement departments, the Associated Press reported. AP reported that the hackers collective Anonymous said Saturday it attacked 70 websites of law enforcement departments in retaliation for the arrests of some of…