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FBI Agents Return to Tsarnaev Family Home Sunday As Funeral Planned for Older Brother
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents armed with search warrants returned to the Tsarnaev family’s home in Cambridge Sunday, the Boston Herald reports. The brothers’ uncle also visited a Worcester funeral home to prepare for the older sibling’s burial. The FBI was tight-lipped about the search. “We are conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of…
Obama: FBI Did Not Mishandle Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama is dismissing criticism that the FBI mishandled the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, the Associated Press reports. The comments come as Republicans prepare for an oversight hearing on the investigation. “There are going to be times where individuals decide they want to cause harm to people for crazy…
Virginia Gov. McDonnell Struggles to Preserve ‘Squeaky Clean’ Image During FBI Probe
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI investigation into Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is raising questions about whether the rising star in the Republican Party is all he was stacked up to be, the Washington Examiner reports. Once considered a candidate for president in 2016, McDonnell has come under fire after FBI agents began investigating McDonnell’s relationship…
FBI Adds First Woman to List of Most Wanted Terrorists
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI placed the first woman on its list of most wanted terrorists Thursday, NBC News reports. Joanne Chesimard was a 1970s black radical who is accused of shooting a New Jersey trooper and fleeing prison in a daring daylight escape. The FBI said Chesimard, who was part of the Black Liberation…
Virginia Gov. McDonnell Faces Uncertain Future As FBI Investigates Gifts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The political future of Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell is at a stake as the FBI investigates gifts he received from a maker of dietary supplements, Bloomberg reports. The company, Star Scientific, spent $2,268 on a getaway vacation for the governor, $15,000 for catering at his daughter’s wedding and $100,000 on campaign contribution…
Justice Department Plans Early Release for Sick, Aging Inmates to Save Money, Prison Space
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has devised a plan to address overcrowded jails by granting early release to some sick and aging inmates, the Washington Times reports. The new so-called “compassionate release rules” would save the Justice Department about $3.2 million. But the Justice Department cautioned “that releasing inmates … could result in some…
Judge Rules Whitey Bulger Can’t Use Immunity Defense
John R. Ellement Boston Globe Staff BOSTON — US District Court Judge Denise J. Casper dealt a major setback to James “Whitey” Bulger’s defense strategy, ruling that the South Boston mobster cannot claim during his trial that federal law enforcement officials immunized him from prosecution. “The government’s motion to preclude Bulger from arguing his claim…
Virginia Gov. McDonnell Under Investigation Over Company Paying $15,000 for Daughter’s Wedding
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell after a campaign donor paid for catering and flowers at his daughter’s wedding, The Atlantic reports. The probes centers around whether McDonnell violated campaign finance laws when Star Scientific picked up the $15,000 tab for food and flowers at the wedding in 2011. The…