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Here We Go: FBI Begins Looking into Charitable Scams Linked to Haiti
By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (A New AOL news site) WASHINGTON — It didn’t take long. Less than 48 hours after the Haiti earthquake, the FBI is probing suspected charitable scams. Paul E. Bresson, an FBI spokesman, said investigators have begun looking into a “small number at this point, predominantly unsolicited e-mails” masquerading as legitimate…
FBI-State Dept. Release Digitally Aged Osama bin Laden Photos
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Could life in the cave, life on the run, be aging America’s most wanted fugitive Osama bin Laden? The FBI and State Department released digitally aged photos of bin Laden with and without a headdress. “These new images are powerful examples of how advances in technology and science can…
Miss. FBI Agent Indicted For Failing to Disclose Hidden Financial Interest in FBI Building
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com A Mississippi FBI agent was indicted Thursday on charges of making false statements and failing to disclose a conflict of interest in an FBI building he had a financial interest in. The indictment alleges that FBI agent Philip Halbert Neilson, 49, of Oxford, Miss., beginning in 2001 took an active role…
Feds Bust 3 Men on Charges of Illegal Export of Technology to Iran
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The feds in Los Angeles have busted three men in a suspected scheme to smuggle industrial components into Iran that could have been used to develop nuclear weapons, authorities announced Wednesday. Iran’s development of nuclear weapons has been an ongoing concern of the U.S., Israel and many European nations….
Washington Post Reports that Suspended NBA Star Gilbert Arenas in Talks With U.S. Atty Office Over Gun Scandal
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Is suspended Washington Wizards hoop star Gilbert Arenas ready to roll over and cop a gun-related plea? The Washington Post reports that that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. and Arenas’ attorneys, who include former U.S. Attorney Kenneth Wainstein, have been in plea talks, and that Arenas could be…
FBI Warns About Crooked Charitable Organizations Seeking Help for Haiti
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI issued a warning Wednesday about charitable organizations seeking donations for relief efforts, saying “apply a critical eye”. “Past tragedies and natural disasters have prompted individuals with criminal intent to solicit contributions purportedly for a charitable organization and/or a good cause,” the FBI said in a statement. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CyqBmVS064…
U.S. Atty Office in Wash. State Drops Rape Investigation into Magician David Copperfield
David Copperfield/photo from website By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nearly three years after a former Miss Washington USA claimed she was raped by magician David Copperfield, the case is vanishing, People magazine is reporting. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington state indicated in court papers, without explanation, that it had terminated the grand jury probe into…