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FBI and Postal Investigators Arrest 26 in Scheme to Defraud FCC’s Program for Hard of Hearing and Deaf
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Twenty six people around the nation were indicted in a scheme to rip off millions of dollars from the Federal Communications Commission’s program that allows the deaf and hard of hearing to communicate with the hearing through special video equipment. FBI agents and Postal Inspectors from states including New…
2 More Philly Cops Stripped of Police Powers in Ongoing FBI Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two more Philadelphia cops have been stripped of their police powers as part of an ongoing FBI/local probe into perjury and misconduct in the department, the Philadelphia Daily News reported. The department’s Internal Affairs Bureau took the action against the officers, bringing to five the number of cops who have been…
FBI Names Jeffrey Johnson Assist. Dir. for Office of Inform. Tech. Systems
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Jeffrey C. Johnson has been named the FBI’s assistant director for the Office of Information Technology Systems Development. He will also assume the role of the agency’s chief technology officer, the FBI announced Thursday. Before joining the bureau in August, he worked in the private sector where “he managed…
FBI Seeks Help in Locating Relatives of Civil Rights Era Murder Victims
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Many decades later, the FBI still won’t let go of the dozens of unsolved racially motivated Civil Rights Era murders. On Wednesday, at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., the FBI’s Civil Unit Chief Cynthia Deitle announced that the agency was looking for help locating next of kin in…
Ex-Rep William Jefferson Gets Big Break: Judge Allows Him to Remain Free Pending Appeal
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ever since FBI agents raided his homes in Washington and New Orleans in 2005, little has gone his way. But Wednesday was different for ex-Rep. William Jefferson, who faces a 13 year prison sentence. In an unexpected move, and against the advice of the prosecution, U.S. District Judge T.S….
Las Vegas FBI Head Steve Martinez Packing Bags to Head LA Office
FBI agent Steve Martinez is packing his bags after heading the FBI’s Las Vegas office to take on a bigger job: Heading the Los Angeles Office. Bigger job, bigger headaches. But he’s up for it. By Richard A. Serrano Las Vegas Sun LAS VEGAS — One of Steve Martinez’s first experiences as the head of…
Some Counterterrorism Vets Defend 9/11 Trial in New York City
By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (A New AOL News Site) WASHINGTON — Clearly, Rudy Giuliani thinks otherwise. But some counterterrorism agents are coming to the defense of the Obama administration’s move to prosecute alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four accomplices in federal court in lower Manhattan. They say that although the trial will…
FBI-IRS Look into Loan to Ousted Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The fishy goings on involving ousted Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick continues to surface. The Detroit Free Press reported that the FBI and IRS in August contacted the chairman of Detroit-based Compuware in August to inquire about a $240,000 loan he and other businessmen made to Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick was forced to resign,…