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Is Attorney General Eric Holder Getting Ready to Call it Quits?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has stuck around longer than many had anticipated. ButAl Kamen and Colby Itkowitz of the Washington Post say there’s speculation that he could call it quits, possibly by the end of the year. Then again, the Post writes, that the shooting of an unarmed teen…
Dr. Evil Pleads Guilty to Massive Medicare Fraud and Giving Unnecessary Chemo Treatment
Dr. Farid Fata/ photo from his website. By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Medicare fraud is pervasive in Detroit and elsewhere in the country. The U.S. Attorney’s Office here is constantly prosecuting cases, some involving some very big amounts of money. But no case in recent times has garnered more attention in Detroit than…
Edward Reinhold to Head up the FBI’s Knoxville Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Edward W. Reinhold has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Knoxville Division. Reinhold most recently served as a section chief for the National Name Check Program in the Records Management Division at FBI headquarters, the FBI said in a press release. Reinhold joined the FBI in 1987 and…
Stejskal: A Book Review About Baseball, A-Rod and the Steroid Era
Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the Quest to End baseball’s Steroid Era , By Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts 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 This is not a traditional book review as those are…
Head of DEA’s Chicago Office Headed to Washington D.C. for No. 3 Job
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jack Riley, the head of the DEA’s Chicago division, is headed to a top post in Washington D.C., the Associated Press reports. The 56-year-old, who has shed light on the influence of Mexican cartels on the Midwest, has been named the DEA’s chief of operations. The No. 3 post at the…
Flood Wipes Out Significant Portion of FBI Documents on Civil Rights, KKK
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A flood has wiped out a good portion of the FBI’s documents on the civil rights era. IO9 reports the discovery was made recently after a professor had requested documents related to the Ku Klux Klan. Those documents – and many more – were destroyed when the FBI’s archives in Alexandria, Va.,…
FBI: New York Man Charged in Terror Plot to Shoot U.S. soldiers, Shiite Muslims
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A New York man is accused of trying to buy guns for the terror group ISIS and has been charged with terrorism-related counts following an FBI investigation, NBC reports. The FBI alleges Mufid Elfgeeh wanted to kill American soldiers and Shiite Muslims in the U.S. He also wanted to recruit potential…
Justice Department to Investigate Extent of Law Enforcement Bias in 5 Cities
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The rash of shootings of unarmed black teens has prompted Attorney General Eric Holder to launch an investigation of law enforcement bias in five not-yet-named cities, the USA Today reports. Holder said the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO., underscored the importance of an investigation. To head the…