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The Latest News in Chandry Levy Case: FBI Forensic Analyst Screwed Up Evidence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The missteps in the investigation into the death of intern Chandra Levy have been painful. In 2001, search dogs and police failed to come up with the body during a mass search in Rock Creek Park in Northwest Washington. The body was found a year later in the park,…
E-mails to WH Contained Assassination Threats, Racial Slurs
By Caitlin Osborne ticklethewire.com President Obama continues to be the target of racially motivated hate. The lastest reminder comes, compliments of Huntsville, Ala. resident Charles Thurman II, 54, who was sentenced last week to four months in jail for reporting false threats to the president. Turns out, according to his plea agreement, Thurman sent threatening…
President Obama to Visit N.Y. To Pat FBI on Back in Latest Terrorism Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It certainly can’t hurt morale. President Barack Obama is headed to the Big Apple Tuesday to give a big pat on the back to the FBI for its work on the latest terrorism case involving suspect Najibullah Zazi, who is accused of plotting to kill Americans here at home,…
Suspected Killer/Rapist Joe Luis Saenz Latest Addition to FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — If notoriety is what you seek, Joe Luis Saenz, this is your lucky day. With the capture of three of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives since July, there’s been some openings, and Joe Luis Saenz has just been added to the list. “Starting today, and over the next…
Ex-Govt. Scientist Snared in Spy Sting in Which FBI Agent Posed as Israeli Mossad Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – In a hotel room in Northwest Washington last month, scientist Stewart David Nozette told the other man in the room: Nozette: I don’t get recruited by Mossad every day. I knew this day would come by the way. Other man: How’s that. Nozette: (laughs) I just had a feeling…
No Joke: Have You Heard About the Official FBI Cologne?
Would J. Edgar Hoover Have Bought a bottle of “Integrity”?/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — And now for the FBI agent who has everything. The FBI Recreation Association, a non-profit organization which sells official FBI merchandise at headquarters and FBI field offices, has announced on its website that it is selling an official…
FBI Report Says 41 Law Enforcement Officers “Feloniously Killed” in 2008 inclduing Pitts. FBI Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Pittsburgh FBI agent was among 41 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2008 during arrests, tactical situations, surveillance, ambushes or domestic violence, according to an FBI report released Monday. The number of deaths marked a significant decline from 2007 when 58 officers were killed…