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U.S. Senator Harshly Criticizes FBI for Handling of Mob Informant Mark Rossetti
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sen. Charles Grassley, a longtime critic of the FBI, issued some harsh words for the agency in the case of FBI informant Mark Rossetti, a big-time Boston mobster, who was sentenced last week in Suffolk Superior Court to 12 years in prison. Grassley said the Boston FBI hasn’t learned its lesson…
FBI Searches Home of Former Reagan Aide Robert McFarlane for Evidence of Sudanese Relationship
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents searched the apartment of a national security adviser under former President Reagan on suspicions that he violated federal law by lobbying on behalf of the Sudanese government, according to an Associated Press story in the Washington Post. Agents searching the apartment of Robert McFarlane found classified White House documents and handwritten…
More Than 100 Members of Congress Urge FBI to Expand Tracking of Hate Crimes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Support for tracking hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus and Arab-Americans gained traction Thursday after more than 100 members of Congress sent a letter urging the FBI to take action, the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reports. The letter urging the FBI to begin tracking hate crimes against those groups comes after the Department of…
FBI’s ‘Ten Most Wanted’ List Celebrates 63 Years of Existence
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the most popular weapons against criminals, the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” recently turned 63 years old. The list of most-wanted fugitives has helped nab 153 most-wanted fugitives from people tipped off by pictures on the list, About.com reports. Of the 495 people who have been on the list, 465 have…
Congress Blasts Homeland Security for Failing to Produce Better Method to Assess Border
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Democrats and Republicans expressed frustration this week that Homeland Security officials never made good on a promise two years ago to produce more reliable standards to assess border security, the New York Times reports. Not only did Homeland Security fail to devise an accurate method to evaluate the border, it isn’t even…
Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting Prompts Gun-Buying Binge Nationwide
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The school shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary appears to be driving an unprecedented number of gun sales, the Atlantic Wire reports. In fact, 9 of the 10 days with the most requests ever for FBI background checks occurred after the Dec. 14 shooting, according to the Atlantic Wire. And in Sandy…
FBI Reviews Taser incident in Pittsburgh Following Complaints of Civil Rights Violations
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether a Pittsburgh police detective was out of control when he pulled a Taser on a man in Pittsburgh over the weekend, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The incident captured a national audience after a cell phone video caught Detective Frank Rende walking up to a man and…
How a Secret Service Agent Inadvertently Fired a Shotgun at Iranian President Motorcade
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a chilling close call in September 2006, a Secret Service agent inadvertently fired his shotgun as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was loading a motorcade, The Atlantic reports. The Secret Service called the report inaccurate. The Atlantic reported that the agent was adjusting a shotgun on a Suburban when the gun went…