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Pittsburgh’s New FBI Leader Is Tested on Third Day with Mass Stabbing at High School
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was just Scott S. Smith’s third day as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh office when a student slashed and stabbed classmates in a hallway at Franklin Regional High School last week. “It was a horrific incident,” Smith told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for a story. “Behind the scenes, though,…
Justice Department Drops Investigation of FBI Agent Who Shot, Killed New Orleans Man
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has declined to open a criminal investigation into the FBI-involved shooting that left a New Orleans man dead during an undercover drug sting last summer, the Times-Picayune reports. It’s the second time an agency has opted against pursuing charges against the agent, who shot 37-year-old Allen Desdunes on July…
FBI: Fugitive Tax Cheats Built Massive Bunker in Washington to Avoid Detection
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A pair of fugitive tax scofflaws secretly built an elaborate bunker at the Washington state home. The New York Daily News reports that Radu Nemes and his wife, Diana, were arrested in March on accusations of conspiring to hide at least $68 million in taxes. The pair have not been charged with…
Opinion: FBI Has Plenty of Questions to Answer About Its Repeated Failures Following Boston Marathon Attack
By The Rutland Herald Editorial Board As Boston marks the first anniversary of the Marathon bombings, one chapter closes. But there’s still enough to fill a book — especially when it comes to the role of the FBI. Questions about it pour from the pages of numerous post-bombing government reports. An assessment by the House…
Teenager Survives ‘Miracle’ Trip in Wheel Well of Flight from California to Hawaii
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 16-year-old boy survived a five-and-a-half-hour trip in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii despite frigid temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen, the FBI said. CBS News reports that the boy was questioned by the the FBI after he was discovered Sunday on the tarmac…
Secret Service Threatened to ‘Go for Kill Shot’ if New York Mets Mascot Approached President Clinton in 1997
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service threatened to shoot the New York Mets’ mascot with a sniper if he approached then-President Bill Clinton in 1997, the New York Daily News reports. AJ Mass, who once wore the Mr. Met costume, detailed the account in his new memoir, “Yes, It’s Hot in Here — Adventures in…
Feds Arrest Numerous Suspects in Case of Revenge Kidnapping in North Carolina
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI wasted no time tracking down a group of men accused of a revenge kidnapping of a North Carolina man. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the latest suspect to be arrested plans to confess to the violent scheme that allegedly was orchestrated by Kelvin Melton, an inmate serving a life sentence…
Justice for Sept. 11 Victims Could Be Years Away As Terrorism Case Hits Yet Another Legal Snag
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The first – and maybe only – trial of those accused of orchestrating and financing the Sept. 11 attacks has hit yet another legal snag that could delay the case for years. The Los Angeles Times reports that the 9/11 conspiracy case against five suspects at Guantanamo Bay is mired in controversy…