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FBI Investigated Whether Wall Street Journal Reporters Bribed Chinese Officials for Information
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s investigation into News Corporation last year included an inquiry into claims that the Wall Street Journal’s China bureau bribed local officials for information, the New York Times reports. It’s unclear what – if anything – the FBI found during the investigation, which originally began over a phone-hacking scandal in 2011. The…
Former DEA Officials Stand to Profit from Their Opposition to Marijuana Decriminalization
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two former top DEA officials who have been loudly urging the federal government to nullify marijuana decriminalization in Washington and Colorado stand to profit from making pot illegal, the U.S. News & World Report revealed. The retired officials, Robert L. DuPont, former White House drug czar under Presidents Nixon and Ford, and…
FBI Surveillance Tool Ruled Unconstitutional
By Ellen Nakashima Washington Post WASHINGTON — A federal court in California has ruled that a surveillance tool widely used by the FBI to obtain information on Americans without court oversight is unconstitutional because the gag order that accompanies it violates the First Amendment. The ruling by Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of…
San Francisco Homeland Security Agent Faces Child Porn Charges
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A San Francisco Department of Homeland Security Agent faces child pornography charges after police say he had an elaborate computer set-up with more than 85 images and videos of child porn, according to KGO-TV ABC 7. The investigation of Agent Gilbert Lam began in 2011 and ended last week. “It was quite…
On His Second Mission, an FBI Tactical Dog named Ape Was Killed by Gunman
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was Ape’s second mission. The Czech German Shepherd was searching inside an abandoned bar in upstate New York for a man accused of killing four people and shooting at police officers when the suspect shot the tactical dog in the chest, the New York Times reports. Police returned fire and killed…
FBI Questions Suspect in Attack on U.S. Consulate in Benghazi
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has finally been given access to a man suspected of being involved in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, sources close to the case told the Washington Times. Sources told the Times that the suspect is being detained and questioned. Authorities found the man, Farai…
J. Edgar Hoover’s ex-Top Aide Cartha “Deke” DeLoach Dead at 92
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Cartha “Deke” DeLoach, a former top aide to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, died Wednesday in South Carolina at age 92, the Island Packett newspaper reported. He was a longtime resident of Hilton Head Island. The paper reported that he worked on the investigation into the slaying of Martin Luther King…
FBI’s Probe of Dallas County District Attorney Began 20 Months Ago
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has been investigating Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins for at least 20 months, but the focus of the inquiry remains unclear, the WFAA News 8 reports. News 8 reported that FBI agents with subpoenas and questions entered Watkins’ courthouse office on July 13, 2011. One thing is clear, according…