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Pa. Family Suing FBI for Raid
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A suburban Pittsburgh family says sorry, sorry ain’t enough. The family said it’s suing the FBI for more than $50,000 in damages after agents and police officers in March mistakenly entered their Bellevue, Pa., home, guns drawn, looking for a suspect who moved out two years before and was not related…
Column: I Wish I Had Good Friends Like Ex-Sen. Norm Coleman Has
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I have some lousy friends, particularly those with money. They haven’t lavished me with tens of thousands of dollars in gifts. Maybe a beer. Maybe a meal. And oh yes, one once gave me a Jerry Springer “Uncensored” video for my birthday. I don’t get it. I’m a good guy. I…
It Can’t Hurt to Hire Ex-FBI Director When Going Up Against the Justice Dept.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If you’re going to hire someone to help in a federal criminal matter, it can’t hurt to get an attorney who use to head up the FBI. Former FBI Director Louis Freeh was hired by Minnesota businessman Nasser Kazeminy, who was under investigation for allegations that he gave Sen. Norm Coleman…
FBI Wants Colo. Restaurant Video of Confrontation Between Lance Armstrong and Ex-Teammate
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has an interest in a French restaurant in Colorado — and not for the the Escargots à la Bourguignonne or “Loch Duart” Scottish Salmon on the menu. The New York Times reports that FBI has requested surveillance video from the Aspen restaurant Cache Cache to look at a Saturday…
Chicago U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald Defends Plea With American Terrorist
By Sebastian Rotella ProPublica The chief prosecutor in a landmark terrorism trial that ended last week in Chicago says a plea bargain with a confessed American terrorist was justified because of his value as a source of intelligence and as a key witness in any future prosecutions. Jurors last Thursday convicted Tahawwur Rana, a Chicago…
FBI Forensic Team sent to Yemen to Investigate Attack on Prez Compound
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI forensic team has been sent to Yemen to investigate the attack on the presidential compound that wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the website Global Post reported. “The FBI is aiding Yemeni law enforcement in their investigation in the attack on the presidential compound. The FBI team arrived in Sanaa…
Insurance Firm Isn’t Giving Up on Collecting Money After FBI Agent Smashed $750,000 Ferrari
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT –– The case of the smashed up $750,000 Ferrari simply won’t go away for the FBI and the Justice Department. Reporter Ed White of the Associated Press reports that a Southfield, Mi. insurance firm, which is suing the feds to recover money from the crash, is wondering about the suspicious…
Column: Mother of FBI Agent Says Agency Did Daughter Wrong: Questions Whether FBI Dir. Mueller Should Get Extension
Irene Foley is the mother of FBI agent Theresa Foley, the first full-time female FBI agent to be stationed at Guantanamo. Theresa Foley 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…