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Boston Mobster Says His Girlfriend Was Murdered Because She Knew of the Mob’s Ties to FBI
The Rifleman testifying in Miami in murder trial of FBI agent John Connolly /dateline nbc The Soprano-like testimony in court continues to expose the shady side of the FBI in Boston during a very dark era. The testimony is part of a civil trial involving families suing the government for failing to stop mobsters/FBI informants…
Prosecution Witness Tesitifies ex-Rep. Jefferson Told Him He Didn’t Think He was Doing Anything Illegal
Sure Jefferson is trying to say that he didn’t think he was doing anything wrong. But he’ll have to find some way to explain to the jurors why, when he spoke to an FBI informant who was wearing a wire, he used a code word for money (“African art”) and sounded as if he was…
FBI Says There’s No Reports of Terrorist Threats Involving All Star Game in St. Louis
Busch Stadium in St. Louis/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI, which is helping provide security for the Major League All-Star Game in St. Louis Tuesday, said Monday night that there is no indication of any planned terrorist attacks at the event where President Obama is scheduled to toss out the ceremonial first pitch….
Female FBI Agent in Guantanamo Says She Was Ostracized For Not Partaking in “Spring Break” Activities
It’s understandable in such an isolated environment people do things to keep their spirits up. But it sounds like this female FBI agent feels things went too far. By TIM HULL Courthouse News Service BOSTON – The first full-time female FBI agent to be stationed at Guantanamo says she was made to bunk with vermin…
Robert Mueller and John Ashcroft Considered Resigning Over Warrantless Wiretaps
The story behind the warrantless wiretaps is not one the prouder moments for the Bush administration, which sometimes saw the laws as more of an inconvenience than anything else. By Noel Brinkerhoff AllGov President George W. Bush’s insistence on continuing the warrantless wiretapping program in 2004 almost forced the resignations of some of top law…
FBI to Probe Murder of Forbes Editor in Russia
Could this be a sign of more things to come involving cooperation between the U.S. and Russia? Mark Franchetti Sunday Times MOSCOW — FIVE years after the high-profile murder in Moscow of American magazine editor Paul Klebnikov, Russian authorities have agreed to co-operate with US investigators and grant the FBI access to the investigation. The…
Ex-Feds Louis Freeh and Michael Garcia to Testify in Supreme Crt. Nominee’s Hearing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Two big-name ex-feds scheduled to testify on behalf of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are former FBI director Louis Freeh and former N.Y. U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia. The hearing begins Monday at 10 a.m. The witness list, according to the Judiciary Committee, is as follows: For the Majority:…
Report Says Law Enforcement Deaths Up 20% in 2009
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In the line of duty deaths for law enforcement officers jumped 20 percent in the first half of 2009 after hitting a 50-year low during the same period a year ago, according to a report released Sunday by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Concerns of…