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New $120 Million FBI Headquarters Joins Tech Giants in Sorrento Valley, Calif.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has moved into a massive glass complex in Sorrento Valley, Calif. San Diego’s new headquarters opened among technology and biotech giants who have made that area popular. The $120 million complex was aimed at improving security and providing ample space for the 400 or so special agents and other staff…
Did California Nuclear Plan Intentionally Mislead Federal Regulators? Senator Wants FBI to Investigate
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com California Sen. Barbara Boxer is urging the Justice Department to investigate whether the operator of a now-defunct nuclear plant in California intentionally deceived federal regulators, the Associated Press reports. A small radiation leak forced the closure of the plant between Los Angeles and San Diego in January 12, and it hasn’t operated…
Ross Parker: DEA Responds Rapidly to Chinese Chemists and Designer Drugs
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com In my two-part series I recently noted how rapidly Chinese chemists can react once one of their designer drugs is made illegal. They…
FBI Distributes Child Porn as Part of Unusual Sting to Identify Users in Washington State
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has disseminated child porn as part of a controversial, unorthodox sting in western Washington state. After seizing a child pornography service last year, Nebraska-based agents decided to continue operating the service to catch users, the Seattle Post Intelligencer reports. According to the newspaper, the bureau kept the service open for…
Weekend Series on Crime: The FBI Investigation and Nazi Spies
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Washington State Janitor Accused of Sending Ricin-Laced Letters to Judge Kept to Himself
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not much is known about the janitor charged Thursday with sending ricin-laced to a federal judge in Washington state. According to the Washington Post, Matthew Ryan Buquet is a short, balding 37-year-old and a registered sex offender. “He sticks to himself,” Scott Ward, who lives across the hall from Buquet’s apartment, told…
Father of Boston Bombing Suspect’s Slain Friend Says FBI Killed Son ‘for Nothing’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Abdulbaki Todashev says his son loved life in America and would never kill anyone. His son, Ibragim Todashev, was fatally shot in his Orlando apartment by an FBI agent while being questioned about his ties to Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. “I absolutely refuse to believe my son could have attacked a…