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FBI Building in Miss. Named After Slain Civil Rights Workers and FBI Agent Who Investigated Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI building in Jackson, Miss.,officially has a pretty long name. The building this week is being named after three civil rights workers killed by Klansmen 47 years ago, as well as the FBI agent who headed the probe, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported. The paper reported that the James Chaney, Andrew…
Feds Try to Block Mongols Motorcycle Gang From Using its Trademarked Logo or Name
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds in L.A. are taking a novel approach to battling the violent Mongols motorcycle gang. Prosecutors on Monday asked U.S. District Judge Otis Wright to block members of the gang from using its trademarked logo or using its name, the Los Angeles Times reported. A ruling in the government’s favor…
FBI Starts Unique Campaign; Running Ads About Top 10 Fugitive Whitey Bulger’s Girlfriend
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI isn’t giving up on finding the ever-elusive Top 10 fugitive, Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, who is wanted for 19 murders. The latest: the FBI is launching what it calls a “unique new publicity campaign” by focusing on Catherine Elizabeth Greig, the longtime girlfriend of Bulger. She has not…
Ex-FBI Agent Says Defense Attys Accused Him of Writing Fiction in Affidavits: Now He’s Writing Fiction Books
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI agent turned author Bob Hammer explains why he turned to writing. “In the original Rocky movie Rocky tells Adrian he boxes because he can’t sing or dance. I can identify,” Hammer wrote in a column posted on the website Big Hollywood. “After twenty-six years as an FBI agent, I now…
Wife of Missing Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson Writes Letter to Commemorate Their 37th Wedding Anniversary
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The wife of Robert Levinson, the ex-FBI agent who went missing from an Iranian island in 2007, posted a letter “To my dear husband Bob” on the Internet on Friday to commemorate their 37th wedding anniversary. The letter from wife Christina noted how painful the whole ordeal has been. The U.S….
New York Times Editorial: When it Comes to Basic American Rights, FBI Going Backwards
By The New York Times Editorial Page The Obama administration has long been bumbling along in the footsteps of its predecessor when it comes to sacrificing Americans’ basic rights and liberties under the false flag of fighting terrorism. Now the Obama team seems ready to lurch even farther down that dismal road than George W….
FBI Agent James Hosty Who Investigated Oswald Dead at Age 86; He Got Letter From Oswald Weeks Before the JFK Assassination
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald quickly became a household name. For the most part, many to this day, have never heard of former FBI agent James P. Hosty. But there was a well-known link between the two. Hosty, who died of prostate cancer on June 10 at age 86…
White House Likely to Replace Head of ATF
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Obama White House had no intention of keeping Ken Melson, acting head of ATF. In fact, last November it nominated Andrew Traver, head of the Chicago ATF office, to become the permanent head of the agency. But the confirmation process seemed to hit a big bump as the pro-gun lobbying…