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Did FBI ‘Whitewash’ Investigation of Saudi Connection to Sept. 11 Attacks?
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com About two weeks before the Sept. 11 attacks, a well-connected Saudi family left their luxury home in Sarasota, Fla., leaving behind expensive possessions without letting neighbors or the mail carrier know. The New York Post reports that a couple made a hasty, suspicious retreat back to Saudi Arabia. A subsequent investigation…
Off-Duty Secret Service Officer Arrested for Destruction of Property in D.C.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Trouble continues for the embattled Secret Service. This time an off-duty officer from the Uniformed Division was arrested Friday in Washington D.C., The USA Today reports. It wasn’t immediately clear what the agent is accused of doing, but he will be charged with one misdemeanor account of detraction of property. The…
Federal Grand Jury Probes A Rash Of Home Invasions In Howard Beach
Jerry Capeci is regarded as an expert on the mob. His website, Gang Land News, is a subscription-based website. This article was republished with permission. By Jerry Capeci Gang Land News A federal grand jury in Brooklyn is investigating a violent gang of low level Bonanno crime family associates that is alleged to be behind…
FBI: 2 Detroit Cops Accused of Stealing from Drug Dealers, Dispensaries
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT –– Two Detroit cops are accused of stealing drugs, money and property during warrantless raids and bogus arrests during a four-year crime spree that ended with their suspension and the disbandment of the city’s narcotics unit. The indictment, which was unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court, alleges that Lt. David Hansberry and…
FBI, Newly Formed International Task Force Score Early Victory Against Hackers
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An international task force created last year to combat cyber crimes scored an early victory this week, shutting down malicious servers that had infected at least 10,000 machines, mostly in the U.S., The CBS News reports. The new Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce, which is collaborative effort with the FBI, Europol and…
One of Largest-Ever Crackdowns on Gangs Nets Nearly 1,000 Arrests
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s being billed as one of the largest crackdowns on gangs. Federal agents arrested about 1,000 accused gang members across 282 cities in the past few months, The Christian Science Monitor reports. The six-week crackdown, “Project Wildfire,” involved 239 gangs. Project Wildfire is “one of the largest operations we’ve ever conducted…
Holy Smokes! DEA Wants to Triple Production of Government’s Marijuana Supply
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The normally anti-marijuana DEA officially recommended that the federal government triple its production of almost 900 pounds of pot for research in 2015. The proposal, endorsed by DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart, is intended to provide a sufficient amount of marijuana to conduct research on the dangers and the medical benefits of…