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Another Mistrial in Big Federal Case; This Time NJ Shock Jock Hal Turner Walks
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — On Monday, for the second time in less than a week, a federal judge declared a mistrial in a high profile Justice Department case that captured the interest of many nationwide. A federal judge in Brooklyn declared a mistrial in the case against Hal Turner, a New Jersey shock…
Michigan Duo Charged With Trying to Extort $680,000 From Actor John Stamos
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In Michigan’s rustic Upper Peninsula, where the beer is cheap and the winters long, a locale far removed from the glamor and stardom of Hollywood, authorities arrested two people for allegedly threatening to release damaging 2004 party photos of actor John Stamos if he didn’t pay them $680,000, according to an…
Chicago Feds Charge Suspected Terrorist in Deadly Mumbai, India Attack
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In what came as little of a surprise, federal prosecutors in Chicago charged suspected terrorist David Coleman Headley with helping plot the deadly India attack in Mumbia that killed more than 165 people in 2008. The Associated Press reported that prosecutors charged Headley with helping scope out targets for the Mumbai…
Retired FBI Fingerprinting Supervisor Elizabeth Eaton Dies at Age 103
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Eaton, a 30-year veteran of the FBI, who retired in 1972 as the unit supervisor in the fingerprinting division, died last month in Washington at age 103 from atherosclerosis, the Washington Post reported. The long time Washington resident was born in Cortland, N.Y. and moved to the Washington…
FBI to Visit India to Share Info on 2 Terror Suspects Charged in Chicago
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI will visit India on Monday to share information with the government about two terror suspects charged in Chicago who may be linked to the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008 that killed 165 people, the ANI news service reported. The news service said the agents will share information about suspects…
Sen. Baucus’ Nominated Girlfriend for U.S. Atty. Job; She Opts to Live With Him Instead
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — They say “politics makes strange bedfellows” and Sen. Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat, can certainly attest to that. The news website Main Justice reports that Justice Department official Melodee Hanes, a former Baucus staffer, who is in a relationship with Baucus, withdrew her name as a finalist for the…
FBI’s Kevin Favreau and Bill Lewis Get New Posts
Kevin Favreau/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – There’s been a little game of musical chairs at the FBI as of late. Kevin Favreau is leaving the mothership in Washington to become special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division. He was mostly recently assistant director of the Directorate of Intelligence at…
Ex-NJ U.S. Attorney Chris Christie Off the Hook as Defense Witness
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie who is now Gov-elect of New Jersey, is off the hook. Turns out he won’t have to testify as a defense witness in the trial of a white supremacist shock jock Hal Turner, who is accused of threatening the lives of three Illinois federal judges. The defense…