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Weekend Series on Crime History: Organized Crime in the 1930s in Los Angeles
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Detroit’s Top FBI Agent Paul Abbate Talks About ISIS, Gangs, Corporate Espionage and Violence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Paul M. Abbate arrived in Detroit last fall to take over the local FBI office, days after Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick got a hefty 28-year prison sentence. Kilpatrick was whisked away in handcuffs. But the scent of corruption lingered, and Abbate suddenly found himself heading up an FBI office, where public corruption investigations continue to…
Professor Sues College, Saying She was Retaliated Against for Talking to FBI
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A physics professor who claims she was retaliated against for alerting the FBI to illegal activities at the California Institute of Technology’s NASA lab sued the school Thursday, the Associated Press reports. Sandra Troian alleges in the suit that the school violated the whistleblower policy by trying to drive her out….
FBI Steps Up Investigation of FIFA As World Soccer Body Says It Did Nothing Wrong
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is stepping up its investigation of FIFA, the world soccer body that just announced it did nothing wrong, CNN reports. The FBI is investigating corruption issues that include the 2018 and 2022 bidding process. Even as the bureau presses on, the FIFA ethics committed announced Thursday that it found…
FBI: Man Robbed Bank Wearing Same Clothes He Wore Upon Being Released from Jail
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Christopher Andrew Gibson is accused of robbing a bank while still wearing the clothes he had on when he was released from jail earlier in the day, NBC 7 San Diego reports. Surveillance video shows Gibson wearing the same button-up shirt he was wearing when he was released from George Bailey…
Justice Department Quietly Collecting Data from Cell Phone Users on Mass Scale
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has been collecting data from cell phone users on a mass scale for the past seven years by using electronic devices to mimic cellular towers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The U.S. Marshals Service reportedly flew Cessna planes with technology capable of simulating cell phone towers. The planes…
Secret Service Blasted for Problems That Allowed Fence Jumper to access White House
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The man who jumped over a White House fence and burst into the White House in September managed to avoid security because of a litany of problems with the Secret Service, CNN reports. A Homeland Security report found numerous failures that allowed Omar Gonzalez to so easily access the White House….
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Endorses Loretta Lynch for U.S. Attorney
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) announced Thursday its support for Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch. Lynch is currently the U.S. Attorney for Brooklyn. The Association, in a statement said: Today, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) announced its support for Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch. FLEOA stands behind her proven…