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ATF Must Rely on Antiquated Measures to Trace Shootings
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Tracking down shootings is nothing like it is on TV. In fact, the ATF is barred from keeping track of guns under a federal law, the Associated Press reports. It’s illegal to even search for a gun unless it’s used in a crime. “It’s not CSI, and it’s not a sophisticated computer…
Iceland Removed Two FBI Agents During Worldwide WikiLeaks Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Iceland expelled two FBI agents who were trying to interview an unidentified WikiLeaks associate in August 2011, the country’s interior minister revealed Friday, Info Security Magazine reports. Interior Minister Ögmundur Jónasson said FBI agents showed up unannounced to Iceland, long a supporter of free speech. “Jónasson demanded that the FBI agents pack…
Muhammed Ali’s Boxing Trainer Met Secretely with FBI about Nation of Islam
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Muhammed Ali’s trainer and promoter met with FBI agents in 1964 to share information about the boxer’s ties to Nation of Islam, according to confidential documents obtained by The Smoking Gun. Two weeks before Ali beat Sonny Liston in the famous fight, trainer Angelo Dundee and his brother Chris, who promoted the…
Column: Ex-Detroit Mayor Saw Friends, Supporters and Aides as Potential ATMs
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Back in 1989 when I was reporter for The Detroit News I covered a federal trial involving Detroit 36th District Court Judge Leon Jenkins, who was accused of taking bribes to fix traffic tickets. The FBI had him on video taking cash bribes from Sam Dickow, who owned…
Ex-Head of the Minneapolis FBI Attacks B. Todd Jones’ ATF nomination
DAN BROWNING and PAUL MCENROE Minneapolis Star Tribune staff writers A former director of the Minneapolis FBI office sent a letter this week to members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee denouncing B. Todd Jones’ performance as U.S. attorney in Minnesota as they prepare to consider his nomination to director of the U.S. Bureau…
U.S. Border Budget Exceeds Combined Budgets of FBI, ATF, Secret Service and ATF
Doris Meisnner New York Times Column Because the United States has experienced high levels of illegal immigration across the Mexican border from the early 1970s until the onset of the recession in 2008, border security and enforcement have been the dominant focus for immigration policymaking over decades, especially since 9/11. With it came deep public…
Sen. Menendez Wielded Influence to Help Businessman Accused of Providing Him with Young Prostitutes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Before FBI agents raided the office a South Florida eye doctor accused of paying for young prostitutes for Sen. Bob Menendez, the Democratic senator from New Jersey helped used his influence to advocate for a $1 billion business for the doctor, the Miami Herald reports. The Herald wrote that Menendez was urging…
Jury: Somali-Born Bombing Suspect Guilty of Terrorism After Portland Bombing Attempt
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Somali-American who claimed the FBI manipulated him to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a Christmas tree ceremony in Portland in 2010 was found guilty Thursday of terrorism-related charges, the Associated Press reports. The Mohamed Mohamud, 21, who did not testify, will be sentenced May 14. Prosecutors were able…