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House Ethics Report Shows More than 30 Lawmakers Under Investigation
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Perennial skeptics of Congress won’t be particularly shocked to learn that more than 30 lawmakers and several aides are being scrutinized by House ethics investigators. For those who had more faith in Capitol Hill, well, sorry bout that. Some of the lawmakers have been under FBI investigation as well….
Helicopter With FBI Dog Lands In Front of Detroit Suburban Vet Office; News Photographer Beaten
Madison Heights Police Chief Kevin Sagan By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI fatal shooting of an Imam in Detroit on Wednesday took on many surreal fronts. First off, during the raid on a Detroit mosque, the FBI alleged that the Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah pulled out a gun and shot an FBI dog. The FBI…
Retired FBI Agent Says Baseball Slugger Mark McGwire Used Steroids
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ticklethewire.com’s own columnist Greg Stejskal is stirring up a little controversy in major league baseball. The retired Michigan FBI agent, who became one of the FBI’s expert on steroid use in sports, told the N.Y. Daily News earlier this week that one time slugger Mark McGwire used some type…
DEA Crackdown Causes Elderly Pain
Laws are designed to protect people, not harm them. In this case, it’s causing harm and unnecessary pain. The Justice Department, DEA and legislators have to figure out a way to strike a balance By Carrie Johnson Washington Post WASHINGTON — Heightened efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration to crack down on narcotics abuse are…
ATF’s Cavanaugh Talks About The KKK, Obama, Church Burnings in the South and David Koresh
DENVER— Inside the cavernous Colorado Convention Center here at the recent International Chiefs of Police Annual Conference, veteran agent James M. Cavanaugh, an affable and personable man, who heads the ATF’s Nashville Division, took time out to talk to ticklethewire.com editor Allan Lengel. Cavanaugh, whose territory includes Tennessee and Alabama, touched on such subjects as hate…
FBI Shoots and Kills Armed Imam at Mosque and FBI Dog Dies in Raids in Detroit and Dearborn
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Ex-FBI Dir. Louis Freeh Joins Bank Board
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ex-FBI Director Louis J. Freeh is getting his name out in the public lately. Last week, he made news when he received an Italian citizenship during a ceremony at the Italian embassy in Washington. On Wednesday, the Business Wire announced that the ex-Gman has been elected to the board…