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Gang Land News: Ex-New York Mobster Alleges that Rev. Al Sharpton Was the Mob’s Go to Guy
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An ex-mobster who became a man of the cloth tells Gang Land News that Rev. Al Sharpton used his ties to the mob to make money, and Sharpton was the mob’s hired gun. Ex-Colombo crime family Capo Michael Franzese tells Jerry Capeci of Gang Land News that Sharpton used his influence…
Parker: More Info on the Downside of Smoking Marijuana Including Impact on Brain Structure of Young Adults
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com A recent study by researchers from Northwestern University and Harvard University Medical School has concluded that even moderate use of marijuana by…
FBI Used Drones to Investigate Dog Fighting, Drug Trafficking, But Mum on Other Flights
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI uses controversial drone technology in the U.S. but has refused to identify how often agents deploy the unmanned planes. Motherboard.com reports that the obscurity of the drone missions has irked privacy advocates. But now, some of the missions have come to light thanks to documents obtained by MuckRock. The FBI…
Medical Privacy Laws Hampering Law Enforcement’s Efforts to Crack Down on Drug Deaths
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Law enforcement is struggling to crack down on growing drug abuse because of a lack of recent data on drug deaths, especially from heroin overdoses, NBC News reports. The problem, which was raised at a gathering of law enforcement Wednesday to discuss drug abuse, is that patient privacy laws are making it…
Newly Uncovered E-Mails: IRS’ Lerner Discussed Targeting ‘Political’ Groups with DOJ
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New evidence has emerged to indicate that Lois Lerner, the central figure in the IRS scandal, was communicating with the Justice Department about pursuing groups trying to get a tax exempt status, Fox News reports. E-mails between Lerner and the FBI raise questions about the extent to which the Obama administration was…
Secret Service on Hunt for More Hispanics to Become Sworn Agents to Diversify Agency
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Wanted: Hispanics to join the Secret Service. Saying he wants to diversify the agency’s staff, which protects the president, vice president and others, Secret Service Senior Special Agent Clarence Jorif said only 7% of the 4,400 sworn agents are Hispanic, the Dallas Morning News reports. “We are looking at affording the opportunity…
FBI Believed Hitler Fled to Argentina After WWII And Didn’t Commit Suicide in Berlin Bunker
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While most of the world believed Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker in April 1945, the FBI’s director, J. Edgar Hoover, wasn’t buying it. So, according to the Daily Caller, Hoover called for a mission to track down Hitler in Argentina, according to recently declassified FBI documents. Agents…
Canadian Officials Share Mental Health Records with FBI, Border Patrol
Steve Neavling ticklethwire.com U.S. authorities are using mental health records of Canadians to deny them entry into the U.S., the Digital Journal reports. Canadian police departments have been uploading the information to a database used by the FBI and Border Patrol. Ann Cavoukian, Ontario’s privacy commissioner, said police are uploading information such as attempted suicides….