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FBI Agent: No Direct Evidence Ex-CIA Officer Leaked Info to New York Times
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent testified Wednesday that there is no direct evidence that an ex-CIA officer leaked classified information to a New York Times reporter, the Associated Press reports. But the agent said CIA man Jeffrey Sterling was often in contact with journalist James Risen as prosecutors finished up their case based…
Border Patrol Agent Accused of Watching Female Co-Workers from Bathroom Camera
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent is accused of installing a small camera in the women’s bathroom to catch a peak of female co-workers at a compound in San Ysirdo, Calif., ABC 10 News reports. Officials said the agent, who has not been identified, works with internal affairs. He has been charged with…
FBI Agents Handling Civil Rights Investigation of Eric Garner’s Death Are Experienced With Such Cases
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI team handling the civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man killed by a white NYPD officer, has plenty of experience with long-term probes and public corruption cases. CNN reports that the New York-based agents are taking a “free look” into the July death…
Man Awaiting Death Penalty for Shooting FBI Agent Is Ordered Released from Prison
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man convicted in the 1990 shooting death of an FBI special agent has been ordered released from death row in Nevada, KLAS-TV reports. U.S. District Judge Miranda Du said Jose Echavarria must be released within 60 days barring the prosecutors willingness to retry the case. Du said then-Clark County District…
Justice Department to Pay $134,000 to Woman After DEA Set Up Bogus Facebook Page
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A controversial tactic by federal investigators from the DEA to create a bogus Facebook page using real information from a suspect has turned into a $134,000 settlement for the woman targeted on the social media page, the Associated Press reports. In the settlement with Sondra Arquiett, the DEA still did not…
Stejskal: The FBI and Drugs in the Beginning
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com Webster Bivens may have been a drug dealer, but his place in law enforcement history is not proportional to his status as an alleged dealer. In the fall…
Second Trial Begins in Virginia in Case Against Ex-FBI Agent Accused of Shooting Wife
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent accused of killing his wife is expected to stand trial for the second time beginning today, the Associated Press reports. Arthur B. Gonzalez, 43, is charged in Stafford County, Va., with second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony It’s his second trial…
Search Continues for Mexican Drug Lord Released Early After DEA Agent’s Death
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are searching for a convicted drug lord who was released from prison after killing a DEA agent following a recent decision by a Mexican court, the Associated Press reports. The Mexican Supreme Court pressured a lower court to reverse the decision to release Rafael Caro Quintero in August 2013 after…