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FBI Probing American Youth Involvement in U.N. Bombing in Somalia
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal authorities in the Post 9/11 era have long worried about people training in al Qaeda camps and coming to the U.S. But the Associated Press reports a disturbing trend of Somalian American youth returning home to fight for an Islamist militia linked to al Qaeda. The latest, the wire service…
No Laughing Matter: Ex-National Lampoon CEO Pleads Guilty in Stock Fraud Scheme
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Under the category of “no laughing matter” comes Daniel Laikin, 47, the former CEO of National Lampoon. Laikin, a resident of both Indianapolis and Los Angeles, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Philadelphia to conspiracy to manipulate the humor company’s stock price from March through June 2008 by artificially increasing the price,…
FBI Pays Egyptian Man $250,000 For Arrest Linked to Pilot Radio
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As federal authorities certainly know by now, 2+2 doesn’t always equal 4 in the investigative world. The FBI learned that the hard way in the case of Abdallah Higazy, 38. The FBI this week paid $250,000 to the Egyptian man who was detained after a pilot’s aviation radio was found in…
Feds Bust D.C. Council Chief of Staff on Bribery Charges Related to Taxi Industry
Councilman Jim Graham It doesn’t sound like the guy got enough money to risk career and go to jail. But who can always understand human nature? The FBI used an informant in this case who wore a wire. After taking a $500 bribe in July, council aide Ted Loza explained why he took it: “You…
FBI Says Terror Suspect Shopped For Beauty Products to Make Bombs
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Fed Judge: Good Chance Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian Was “Complicit” in Dirty Detective’s Illegal Conduct
The Anthony Pellicano case ruined a lot of people it touched including FBI agent Mark Rossini, who leaked an FBI document in the case (see special reports). Billionaire Kerkorian, like other high-profile people, may have gotten his hands dirty in the whole mess, but nothing will happen to him. By JOHN R. EMSHWILLER Wall Street…
FBI Investigating Whether Census Worker’s Hanging Involved Anti-Govt Sentiments
It’s scary when a census worker might be the target of anti-government sentiment. There’s pockets in America where the hatred for the government runs deep, from farmers to militia members. DEVLIN BARRETT and JEFFREY McMURRAY Associated Press When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door collecting census data in rural…
FBI Says Corrupt Border Guards Expose U.S. to Terrorist Risk
When people feel they’re not earning enough, or they simply get greedy, you’ve got a problem. There’s a problem along the Mexican border with corrupt border guards and the U.S. needs to address it in a big way. By PIERRE THOMAS ABC NEWS The Federal Bureau of Investigation worries that corrupt U.S. officials at the…