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Pakistani Ambassador Compares Hunt for bin Laden to Search for Boston Mobster “Whitey” Bulger
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Boston Globe editorial page took a little exception to Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani remark defending his nation by comparing the hunt for Osama bin Laden to the perennial search for the FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive James “Whitey” Bulger — a mobster wanted for multiple murders and other charges, “If…
FBI Tells Police Officials No Immediate Threats Following bin Laden Killing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Leaders of the nation’s largest police organizations said they were briefed by the FBI after the killing of Osama bin Laden and told there appeared to be no immediate threats or active terrorist plots, USA Today reported. The paper reported that the briefing came after federal officials were warned…
“Grandad Bandit” Hit Up With 25 Years For Robbing 26 Banks in 14 States
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI may have thought Michael F. Mara looked grandfatherly when they dubbed the serial bank robber the “Grandad Bandit”. Wait til he gets out of prison. They may want to consider changing his nickname to the “Great Grandad Bandit.” Mara, 53, of Baton Rouge, La., was sentenced Wednesday in federal…
Sen. McCain Opposes Torture; Says Waterboarding Did Not Lead to bin Laden Courier
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Az) wrote Thursday in a Op-Ed piece in the Washington Post that he opposed torture, and said it just isn’t true that waterboarding lead authorities to the trusted courier of the Osama bin Laden. “Much of this debate is a definitional one: whether any or all…
DNA Sample That Could Have Solved Washington State Murder Languished in FBI Lab For 3 1/2 Years
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A DNA sample that could have solved a 2001 murder by a former Seattle cop languished at the FBI lab for 3 1/2 years, the station KIRO 7 news in Seattle reported. The story unfolds like this: In 2001, realtor Mike Emert, 40, was murdered in the Seattle suburb of Woodinville…
Column: Could Hair Determine the Next FBI Director?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Could the new director of the FBI win out by a hair — or many hairs? I know this may sound silly, but I have a theory about hair and certain jobs. And I think this theory could be applicable to the hunt for a replacement for FBI Director…
FBI Agents Association Lauds Proposed Legislation to Use Wiretaps for Probes involving Government Fraud
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Agents Association President Konrad Motyka on Tuesday lauded proposed legislation that would allow investigators to use court-authorized wiretaps for fraud cases involving government programs like the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) introduced language last Friday in bill H.R. 1793, the Clean-Up Government Act of…
Yankee Boss Steinbrenner Cooperated With FBI to Get a Presidential Pardon
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The sometimes cantankerous and bigger than life N.Y. Yankee owner George Steinbrenner cooperated with the FBI on national security cases and other matters in the 1970s and 1980s, which helped him land a pardon from President Reagan in 1989, the New York Times reported. His pardon was for a conviction for…