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FBI Agent Impersonates Associated Press Reporter to Nab Teen in Bomb Threats
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI went further than creating a bogus news site to capture a 15-year-old suspect accused of making bomb threats at a high school near Olympia, Washington. An FBI agent impersonated an Associated Press reporter in 2007 and asked the suspect to review a bogus AP article about threats directed at…
FBI’s Rafael “Jorge” Garcia Jr. Named Assistant Directorate of Intelligence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rafael “Jorge” Garcia, Jr. has been named assistant director of the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) at FBI headquarters. Garcia most recently served as deputy assistant director for the Intelligence Operations Branch within the DI. Garcia joined the FBI in 1995 and was first assigned to the Phoenix office he investigated drugs,…
Prosecutors Dropping Drug Conspiracy Charges Because of Alleged FBI Miconduct
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent accused of tampering with evidence has prompted federal prosecutors to begin the process of dismissing indictments against 28 defendants, the Washington Post reports. Half of the defendants were already serving sentences. Many of the defendants will be in U.S. District Court on Friday for a hearing. The U.S….
Alcohol Played Role in Boat Crash That Killed 2 FBI Employees Near Cincinnati
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Alcohol played a role in a boat crash that killed two FBI employees on the Ohio River near Cincinnati in September, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. The off-duty employees, Bryce Eastlick, 28, and John Stack II, 29, were killed after their 19-foot boat smashed into a massive barge on Sept. 25. “The…
Notorious Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly May Not Be Leaving Prison Anytime Soon
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Connolly, the former Boston FBI agent who helped gangster James “Whitey” Bulger and was convicted of murder, likely won’t be leaving prison anytime soon. The Miami Herald reports that the Third District Court of Appeals decided this week to hear the prosecution’s case for keeping Connoly behind bars following the…
Yankees Slugger Alex Rodriguez Told DEA He Used Banned Performance Enhancing Drugs
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just two weeks after New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez issued a statement in which he adamantly denied using performance enhancing drugs, the baseball player admitted to the DEA and prosecutors that he had in fact used the ban substances, the Washington Post reports. “I have been clear that I did…
Retired FBI Agent Publishes Book That Blasts Quality of Bureau’s Training Academy
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired FBI special agent has published a book in which he describes his inadequate training at a new agent class at the academy in Quantico, Va., the Officer.com reports. Entitled “FBI: Animal House,” the book alleges that the training was subpar and didn’t rise to the level of education by…
Justice Department Releases 64,000+ Pages of Fast & Furious Documents to U.S. House
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After resisting for years, the Justice Department finally sent Congress 64,280 pages of documents involving the botched Fast and Furious investigation on Tuesday, the Washington Times reports. The disclosure prompted Republicans to assert that President Obama was acknowledging he had withheld the documents illegally by claiming executive privilege. The House of…