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Despite All the Hype, The PBS Show on The Jimmy Hoffa Disappearance Didn’t Crack the Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — As we thought would be the case, the PBS show Tuesday night on Jimmy Hoffa — “Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa?” — didn’t crack the case as the pre-show hype suggested it might. And it certainly didn’t leave you feeling as if you knew what really happened to the Teamster boss….
FBI May Investigate Death of Staten Island Man Placed in Chokehold by NYPD
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is considering launching its own investigation into the death of a Staten Island man who died after he was placed in a chokehold by police, The New York Post reports. The bureau also is “monitoring” the investigation by the New York Police Department. George Venizelos, the chief of the FBI’s…
80th Anniversary: Death of Gangster John Dillinger Helped Lead to Creation of FBI
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Gangster John Dillinger was the fed’s first Public Enemy Number One. It was June 22, 1934, and Dillinger was wanted for at least 12 bank robberies, four police department robberies and the murder of a police officer. Outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago, agents from the Department of Investigation of the Justice…
Federal Monitor to Review Newark PD After Numerous Violations Found
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal monitor will investigate and review the Newark Police Department after the Justice Department found that officers routinely violated the constitutional rights of its citizens, The Star-Ledger reports. The DOJ reached an agreement over the federal monitor with the city of Newark. A three-year review of the police department found troublesome…
TSA Denies Allowing Undocumented Immigrants to Board Planes without Proper ID
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A union representing Border Patrol agents charge that the TSA is allowing undocumented immigrants to board American planes without a passport or other official identification, Fox News reports. TSA strongly denies claims that the TSA is allowing immigrants to board planes with a “Notice to Appear” in lieu of proper identification. “This…
Columnist: Texas Wasting Time Sending National Guard Troops to Mexico Border
By EJ Montini Arizona Republic In a wildly popular political move Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced that he will deploy about 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the Mexico border, a decision that will cost the state about $12 million a month. Perry also has said that he would commit $1.3 million each week to…
Omaha Columnist Interviews Retired FBI Agent Greg Stejskal About the Hoffa Disappearance
Editors Note from ticklethewire.com: Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. He is also a columnist for ticklethewire.com By Michael Kelly World-Herald columnist Omaha native and retired FBI agent Greg Stejskal recently returned to the scene of a famous crime:…
USA Today Investigation: ATF Drug Stings Targeted Minorities
By Brad Heath USA Today WASHINGTON — The nation’s top gun-enforcement agency overwhelmingly targeted racial and ethnic minorities as it expanded its use of controversial drug sting operations, a USA TODAY investigation shows. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has more than quadrupled its use of those stings during the past decade, quietly…