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Fed Prosecutor Portrays Ex-Congressman Jefferson As Shakedown Artist
By Rachel Leven and Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal prosecutor in opening statements Tuesday morning portrayed ex-Rep. William J. Jefferson as a shakedown artist desperate for money to cover his messy finances that included $40,000 in bank overdraft fees and penalties and a $62,000 credit card debt. “It is a startling and…
Arthur Balizan to Head FBI’s Portland, Or. Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Arthur Balizan, an inspector in the FBI’s Inspection Division, has been named special agent in charge of the Portland, Or., Division. Balizan replaces David Ian Miller, who will retire at the end of the month, the FBI said. Balizan started his career in the FBI in the early 1980s in the…
FBI Probing Foreclosure Scam That Involves Bogus Rental Units
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FBI and NYPD Train For Terror Attacks
No matter how many times you do it, you can’t train enough for a terrorism attack. There’s always variables that can arise during the real thing that never came up during training. The more you train, the more variables you can anticipate. By Tom Hays Associated Press NEW YORK — The FBI was scrambling. Agents…
Boston Judge Orders Govern. to Pay $6.25 Mil As a Result of FBI’s Ties to Mobster Informants
The embarrassing fallout from the FBI’s shady relationship with mobster/informants like Whitey Bulger and “Rifleman” Flemmi continues to haunt the agency. Here’s the latest blow. By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe Staff BOSTON — After years of legal maneuverings by Justice Department lawyers and a three-day nonjury trial, a federal judge ordered the government to pay…
FBI Was Aware of Holocaust Museum Shooter But Had No Open Investigation
FBI’s Joseph Persichin Jr./ticklethewire.com photo With economy in the dumps and the election of a first African American president, we can expect to see more of the white supremacist movement. We need to keep a closer eye on these groups and individuals who continue to spew hate. As a side note, it’s sad that an…
Update: 29-Year Old Dies in Va. While Taking Physical Test to Become FBI Agent; Colleagues are Devastated
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – A 29-year-old special agent with the D.C. Inspector General’s Office collapsed and died Wednesday in suburban Virginia while taking a FBI physical stress test to become an agent, according to sources familiar with the incident. Lloyd Hodge, who had been an investigator with the D.C. Inspector General’s Office for…
A 64-Year Old Calif. Man Really Loved Being a Lawyer But There Was One Big Problem
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Let’s face it, Harold Goldstein of Newport Beach, Calif., really really loved being an attorney. Really. One big problem: He didn’t have a law degree. In May, he was sprung from prison after serving time for posing as an attorney. Last Sunday, the FBI arrested the 64-year-old man at his home…