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FBI Executes Search Warrants in Northeast in Connection With Times Square Car Bomb; 3 Detained
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The failed Times Square car bomb incident has led the FBI to the Northeast sector of the country where agents have executed search warrants, CNN reported, saying cash couriers seemed to be the target. The raids took place in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. By afternoon the Justice Department had…
Speculation Begins as to Who Will Take Over NY FBI Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The speculation has begun as to who will get the top spot in the New York FBI office vacated by Joseph Demarest, who was officially named assistant director of the International Operations Division at headquarters in Washington on Wednesday. Some names that have surfaced so far include Andrew Arena, head of…
Speculation Begins as to Who Will Take Over N.Y. FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The speculation has begun as to who will get the top spot in the New York FBI office vacated by Joseph Demarest, who was officially named assistant director of the International Operations Division at headquarters in Washington on Wednesday. Some names that have surfaced so far include Andrew Arena, head of…
Man Indicted in Cross Burning Near Louisiana Home of Interracial Couple
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For some people stuck in a certain era, public acts of hate never go out of style. Enter Joshua James Moro, 23, who has been indicted in connection with a 2008 cross-burning in Louisiana near the home of an interracial couple, the Justice Department said. Moro faces a charge of conspiring…
Defense Atty. Accuses FBI of Improperly Recording Detroit Journalist’s Conversations in Public Corruption Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An ex-federal prosecutor turned defense attorney is accusing the FBI of improperly taping conversations of a Detroit journalist and fabricating documents by describing him as an “unknown male.”, according to the Detroit News. The defense attorney Richard Convertino, in a court filing on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, claimed…
Head of NY FBI Joseph Demarest Permanently Reassigned to Headquarters
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Joseph Demarest, the head of New York FBI, who had been under internal investigation in connection with an affair he’d had with a supervisor in his office, will become the new Assistant Director of the International Operations Division at headquarters in Washington, ticklethewire.com has learned. FBI agent Richard Kolko, a spokesman…
Retired FBI Agent Frank Scafidi Running as Write-In Candidate for Sacramento Co. Sheriff
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Frank Scafidi, a popular figure in the FBI who was known for his keen sense of humor, is running a write-in campaign for Sacramento County Sheriff. The Sacramento Bee is reporting that Scafidi, 58, who is retired from the FBI, has a campaign staff made up of his family and a…