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FBI Joins Probe of Alleged Campaign Violations in Rep. Michele Bachmann’s Presidential Campaign
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is joining an investigation into violations in Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign fund, MinnPost reports. Authorities are focusing on alleged campaign finance violations from Bachmann’s failed bid for presidency last year. State and federal ethics committees have been reviewing whether the presidential campaign fund, MichelePAC, was used to pay an…
Former FBI Director Freeh Delivers Graduation Speech at St. Anselm College
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director Louis Freeh urged graduating students Saturday to give back to their community during a commencement speech at St. Anselm College, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports. “We should all strive to help create a more perfect union,” said Freeh, who was selected because of his commitment to law enforcement,…
Justice Department Tracked Movements of Journalist, Obtained Telephone Records
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department tracked a journalist suspected of receiving secret material related to possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, The Washington Post reports. In addition to obtaining telephone records from James Rosen, the chief Washington correspondent for Fox News,, investigators used security badge access records to track the…
Gang Land News: Mobster Wants Loanshark Money He Earned While Working Undercover for FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The government sees it as an act of chutzpah. Mob expert Jerry Capeci of Gang Land News reports that Reynold (Ren) Maragni, a Colombo capo, who was cooperating with the feds, “poked his finger” in the eyes of the feds by filing papers demanding the federal government in Brooklyn return $48,500…
Two FBI Agents Killed in Training Accident
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two FBI agents who were part of the FBI’s ultra-elite Hostage Rescue Team were killed Friday during a training accident involving a helicopter off the coast of Virginia Beach, Fox News reported. Fox reported that a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Norfolk office, Vanessa Torres, confirmed Sunday the accident occurred Friday afternoon…
Column: FBI Needs to Share More Information about Low-Flying Planes Scouring Areas Near Boston
Lawrence Harmon Opinion for Boston Globe The Boston office of the FBI clammed up when asked if its agents were at the controls of low-flying aircraft making continuous loops over Quincy and abutting communities during all hours of the day and night in recent weeks. But short of towing a colorful banner declaring “FBI Surveillance…
FBI Grills a Chechen Refugee While They Investigate the Boston Marathon Bombing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents trying to determine whether the Boston Marathon bombing suspects received any help have been questioning a Chechen refugee and former separatist fighter with a past social relationship with one of the alleged bombers, the New York Times reports. Agents searched the New Hampshire apartment of Musa Khadzhimuratov on Tuesday, subjecting…
Ricin Letter Suspect Tried to Elude FBI in Days Before Arrest
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The former martial arts instructor accused of sending Ricin-laced letters to President Obama and other officials tried to elude police in the days before his arrest, NBC News reports. Before authorities arrested James Everett Dutschke, 41, at his Mississippi home on April 27, he tried to hide from authorities who were following…