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Maryland Man Gets 3 Years in Prison for Impersonating an FBI Agent: Said He Earned $37,000 a Month as an Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Maryland man was hit with the maximum three-year prison sentence on Thursday for impersonating an FBI agent, who said he could get discounts on real estate deals because he was with the bureau. It was the second time he had been convicted of impersonating a federal officer. U.S. District Judge…
FBI Agent From Hawaii Helped Nab Mobster “Whitey” Bulger
By Dan Nokaso Honolulu Star Advertiser The trail had grown cold on fugitive mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger when FBI Special Agent Greg Comcowich helped create a nationwide ad campaign that led to the capture last week of one of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted fugitives. On June 21, the day after $50,000 worth of…
Judge Metes Out Harsh Sentence in Synagogue Bombing Plot; Sharply Criticizes Govt. in Sting
istock photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The sentence on Wednesday was harsh in the bombing plot of Bronx synagogues, but was so the lambasting the federal judge gave the federal government in its sting. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon sentenced James Cromitie, 45, David Williams, 30, and Onta Williams, 35, to 25 years in prison in…
FBI and Others Probing Possible Shenanigans at Arlington Cemetary
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI and other federal agencies have launched a probe into one of the nation’s treasures –Arlington National Cemetary. The Washington Post reports that authorities are looking into possible contracting fraud and falsification of records. The paper cited “eople familiar with the investigation.” A federal grand jury in Alexandria is looking…
Fed Judge Explains Why He Gave Bernie Madoff 150 Years
By Allan Lengelticklethewire.com A Manhattan federal judge who sentenced swindler Bernie Madoff has told the New York Times that he weighed different factors before handing out a 150 year sentence. Madoff’s lawyer Ira Lee Sorkin had tried to convince U.S. District Judge Denny Chin,57, to give a far lesser sentence. He cited, according…
Could Blago Verdict Put U.S. Atty. Fitzgerald Back in Running for FBI Director?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s not that Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has to worry about his career. But on Monday, he got some redemption when a federal jury convicted the ever-too chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich on 17 of 20 public corruption charges. It was the second trial. The first had a rather embarrassing outcome….
NY Times Editorial: “High Time” FBI Set Up Independent Oversight of Informant Program
By The New York Times Editorial Page For anyone trying to fathom James (Whitey) Bulger’s long, pathological career on both sides of the law, a 661-page opinion by Mark Wolf, chief judge of the Federal District Court in Massachusetts, tells the inside story. In 1998, the judge held a 10-month hearing on the F.B.I.’s failure…
Column: Could Blago Verdict Put U.S. Atty. Fitzgerald Back in Running for FBI Director?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s not that Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has to worry about his career. But on Monday, he got some redemption when a federal jury convicted the ever-too chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich on 17 of 20 public corruption charges. It was the second trial. The first had a rather embarrassing outcome….