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Senate Minority Leaders Calls for FBI Investigation After Secret Audiotape Emerged About Ashley Judd
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Saying his political opponents secretly recorded an internal campaign meeting, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wants the FBI to investigate, the New York Times reports. The Republican from Kentucky discovered the recording when Mother Jones magazine released a 12-minute audiotape from a Feb. 2 campaign staff meeting. “We’ve always said the left…
FBI Takes Over Hunt for Family That Has Been Missing for Three Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, which has been unable to solve the mystery of family missing from Fallbrook for three years, is handing the case over to the FBI, the LA Times reports. Sheriff’s officials say they have exhausted “hundreds of tips” about what happened to Joseph and Summer McStay and…
Bin Laden Aide Denied Request to Question FBI, Witnesses at Resentencing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Osama bin Laden’s former secretary won’t be able to question FBI agents and witnesses during his resentencing, Bloomberg reports. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday denied the request of Wadih el-Hage, who is serving a life sentence for participating in a plot to kill Americans. “My past experience with my lawyers…
Michigan Militia Members Sue FBI, Michigan Over Seizure of Guns, Ammo
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Members of a Michigan militia, who were acquitted last year of trying to overthrow the federal government and murder police officers, are suing the FBI and Michigan State Police, saying feds violated their constitutional rights by raiding their homes and seizing their guns, the Detroit Free Press reports. The March 27 lawsuit…
Man Finds Out Hard Way Why He Shouldn’t Commit Crimes on Airline Flight
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Evan Castle picked the wrong place to grope a woman’s butt. Since the 24-year-old is accused of committing the crime aboard an airline flight, the incident is being investigated by the FBI, a U.S. Attorney and federal special agents, Fox 31 Denver reports. According to Fox 31, Castle was sexually harassing two…
ATF Seeks Mega Database to Consolidate Personal Information About Suspects
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF is hoping to acquire a mega database that would allow agents to quickly draw connections between suspects’ names, phone numbers, social security numbers and utility bills, the Huffington Post reports. As it is, agents must analyze data largely by hand because the information is stored in separate locations, consuming time…
Some Think Jana Monroe Should Be in the Mix for FBI Director
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There have been plenty names bandied about to replace FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III later this year including Lisa Monaco, a career federal prosecutor, ex-U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and Jim Comey, the former U.S. attorney in Manhattan But one name some think should be in the mix is Jana Monroe,…
Director Appoints Agents to Head Offices in Charlotte, Newark and Phoenix
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has announced the appointment of agents to head offices in Charlotte, Newark and Phoenix. John A. Strong, who was deputy assistant director in the Criminal Justice Information Services Division in Clarksburg, W. Va., will head up the Charlotte office. Douglas G. Price, who most recently served as chief…