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![FBI Assigns New SACs for Utah and Portland](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fowler.jpg)
FBI Assigns New SACs for Utah and Portland
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has named two new special agents in charge: David J. Johnson for Utah and Gregory A. Fowler for Portland, Ore. Since 2009, Johnson, who has a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh, has been the chief of the Violent Crimes Section in the Criminal Investigative Division at headquarters….
![Newly Released FBI Documents Show More Threats to Ted Kennedy; One Allegedly Came From Al Capone’s Son](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Ted_Kennedy_official_photo-231x300.jpg)
Newly Released FBI Documents Show More Threats to Ted Kennedy; One Allegedly Came From Al Capone’s Son
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Just released FBI records show the bureau investigated more threats against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy than previously revealed, including one involving the son of the late mobster Al Capone and a plot by Cuban communists, the Boston Globe reported. The paper reported that none of the half-dozen or so newly revealed…
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Blago Sentencing Set for Oct. 6
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Oct. 6 won’t be a pretty day. That’s the day U.S. District Judge James Zagel of Chicago has set for sentencing for the ever-chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to court records. In his retrial, Blago was convicted of 17 or 20 counts. He alos faces sentencing for the one count…
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DEA Helps Mexicans Capture Ex-Cop Suspected in 1,500 Killings
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With the help of information from the DEA, authorities in Mexico have captured a former cop-turned drug gang chieftan allegedly responsible for ordering the killings of 1,500 people, the Associated Press reported. Authorities said Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez is also a suspect in last year’s slaying of a U.S. consulate employee…
![Column: The Feds Leak Investigation: Probe or Payback?](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/fbi-logo-updated.gif)
Column: The Feds Leak Investigation: Probe or Payback?
By Len Levitt NYPD Confidential The Justice Department’s bullseye on the FBI and NYPD via a grand jury probe into leaks in terrorism cases appears to have been prompted a year ago by a news story about an Al Qaeda mastermind, sources said. The story was an Associated Press exclusive from Washington about the impending…
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Judge Lets Justice Correct Anthrax Filing that Created PR Mess
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge has allowed the Justice Department to correct a court filing that created an embarrassment and public relations goof for the agency in the anthrax case. ProPublica reported Friday that U.S. District Judge David Hurley of West Palm Beach, Fla., gave the ok to the government to withdraw a…
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Authorities to Add Ted Bundy’s DNA to FBI Database
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Florida authorities are working to add serial killer Ted Bundy’s DNA profile to the FBI’s national database by mid-August, a move that could help detectives in Tacoma, Wash., determine if Bundy was responsible for the abduction of 8-year-old girl Ann Marie Burr in 1961, The News Tribune reported The paper reported…
![Column: Injured FBI Agent Still Hopes for Justice](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/foley.jpg)
Column: Injured FBI Agent Still Hopes for Justice
FBI agent Theresa Foley was the first full-time female FBI agent to be stationed at Guantanamo. She has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department, saying she was made to bunk with vermin that gave her a tropical disease. Theresa Foley has undergone multiple surgeries since contracting the disease and has been disabled and is…