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Man Sues NSA, FBI, DIA Over Investigations Involving Ex-South African Leader Nelson Mandela
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Did a CIA tip lead to Neslon Mandela’s 1962 arrest and subsequent 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa? A Ph.D. candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ryan Shapiro, filed suit Tuesday against the NSA, FBI and Defense Intelligence Agency for failing to turn over records with a Freedom of Information…
Obama Taps Karl Remon Thompson to Head Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama selected Karl Remon Thompson to head the once-obscure but powerful Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department. The New York Times reports that the person in charge of the position is responsible for critical legal policy disputes in the war against Al Qaeda. The Office of Legal Counsel issues…
Autopsy Shows FBI Shot Chechen Man Ibragim Todashev 7 Times During Interrogation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent interviewing Ibragim Todashev shot the Chechen man six times in the body and once in the head after a sudden altercation in his Florida apartment, ABC News reports, citing an autopsy report. The 27-year-old, who was an associate of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was being questioned about…
Report: FBI Is Too Slow When Placing Suspects on Federal Terrorism Watch List
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI takes 44 days on average to place suspects on the federal terrorism watch list when they are referred by another agency, The Washington Times reports. It takes even longer – 78 days – to remove cleared suspects from the list, according to an audit of the bureau. The audit also found that…
Here We Go Again: Washington Post Reports that 3 U.S. Secret Service Agents Sent Home From Amsterdam For Drinking
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Well, this won’t help the U.S. Secret Service if it’s trying to shake it rep as a party-and-get-crazy agency. Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura of the Washington Post report that three Secret Service agents on the presidential detail this week in Amsterdam were sent home and put on administrative leave…
Update: Judge Finds FBI Agent in Idaho Who Killed Herself Lied Under Oath About Texting on the Stand
By John Sowell Idaho Statesman FBI agent Rebekah Morse appears to have lied under oath when she told Chief District Judge B. Lynn Winmill last week that she turned off her phone and wasn’t texting while on the witness stand, the judge concluded Tuesday. But the texts had nothing to do with the case…
FBI Agent Kills Herself After Being Confronted in Court About Texting on Witness Stand
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who had testified in a criminal fraud trial in federal court in Idaho killed herself after testifying on March 19, the Idaho Statesmen reports. FBI agent Rebekah Morse killed herself. The paper reported that she may have lied under oath when she told Chief U.S. District Judge B….
FBI Describes Eureka Moment While Watching Videos of Boston Marathon Bombing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents watched the video “hundreds and hundreds” times. For those investigating the Boston Marathon bombing, the video was a eureka moment, the Boston Globe reports, citing a “60 Minutes” video. Stephanie Douglas, executive assistant director of the FBI’s national security branch, said the video, which has not been released, shows a…