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American Writer, Leftist Gore Vidal Was Monitored by FBI for Decade
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com American writer Gore Vidal, a political leftist, was trailed by the FBI for about a decade, newly released bureau records show, U.S. News reports. The FBI even recorded Vidal’s criticisms of then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who was known for his paranoid behavior. One of the criticisms comes in Vidal’s play, “The…
Newspaper to Examine FBI Treatment of Civil Rights Icons in 1960s
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is releasing dozens of investigative files involving civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers as part of a lawsuit with The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tenn., CNN reports. Among the files is an investigation of Martin Luther King Jr. while in Memphis in 1968, CNN reported. The bureau also examined the NAACP,…
Illinois Man Charged After Claiming He Was Scammed by FBI in Home Search
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Illinois man complained to local police nearly two weeks ago that two people impersonating FBI agents came into his South Elgin home and examined the contents of his computer. Now the homeowner, L. John Toth, 51, has been charged with making a false police report, The Courier-News reports. Turns out, those…
Video: Meet New Head of ATF in St. Paul, Find Out His Plan to Curb Gun Crimes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com KSTP ABC News interviewed ATF Chief Scott Sweetow about his plans for curtailing gun crimes. Reporter Steve Teller interviewed Sweetow about his expectations for the office. Watch the entire video here. OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST FBI Monitors Portland Anarchist Groups Following Rash of Bank Vandalisms FBI Delves Deeper into Pittsburgh Police…
Mobster Whitey Bulger Befriended Ordinary Neighbor in Big Mistake Before Arrest
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Bond thought it was odd for the old man to stop by several times a week, sometimes with gifts, to tell him stories. It didn’t occur to him that the old man was James “Whitey” Bulger, one of the most wanted men in America, Salon wrote in a lengthy narrative of…
Friendly-Fire Shooting of FBI Agent Barry Bush Should Not Have Happened, New Report Shows
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was an error that cost FBI agent Barry Bush his life on April 5, 2007. A new detailed report of the friendly-fire shooting shows numerous mistakes under very confusing circumstances, the Leigh Valley Express-Times reports. Bush, a veteran FBI agent, was supposed to perform surveillance on suspected bank robbers until…
FBI Special Agent Accused of Compromising Task Force with Woman in Georgia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Special Agent Ken Hillman was leaving a bar with the wife of a local millionaire last year when he avoided arrest by convincing the responding officer to take him home, the Times Free Press reports. The article does not say that Hillman was drinking but implies that. On top of…
Retired Secret Service Agent Rex Scouten, Known for His Long Service, Died at 88
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Rex Scouten served 10 families as a Secret Service agent and was so popular that then-President Ronald Reagan named his dog “Rex” in honor of the Scouten. The Washington Post reports that Scouten, who lived in Fairfax, VA., died Wednesday at a local hospital at the age of 88. Harry S. Truman…