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State, Local Officials to Show Support for Bringing FBI Headquarters to Maryland
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new FBI headquarters in Maryland would inject an estimated $2 billion and 11,000 jobs into the economy, the Associated Press reports. Top officials are scheduled to promote moving the FBI office to Prince George’s County. Scheduled to attend are Gov. Martin O’Malley, Rep. Steny Hoyer and Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben…
FBI Agent to Be Cleared in Shooting of Ibragim Todashev’s Death in Florida
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Justice Department investigation is to reveal this week that the FBI used appropriate force by fatally shooting Ibragim Todashev, a Chechen man tied to one of the brothers accused in the Boston Marathon bombings. The Washington Post reports that the report will clear the agent, but a Florida prosecutor warned that…
First Openly Gay State House Speaker to Resign After FBI Raids in Rhode Island
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A popular Rhode Island state lawmaker is resigning from his leadership role and won’t run for re-election after the FBI raided his home and public office, the Associated Press reports. Gordon Fox, a 52-year-old Democrat who has been House speaker since 2010, said he will step down from his leadership post but…
Where Have All of the Bank Robbers Gone in California? State Sees Huge Reduction Since 1990s
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com California may no longer be the nation’s bank robbery capital. The Latin Post reports that the FBI’s L.A. office, which includes seven counties, is handling far fewer bank robbery cases than in the past. Robberies peaked in the early 1990s, with as many as 28 bank robberies a day in the counties…
Weekend Series on Crime: Former Undercover FBI Agent Jack Garcia
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FBI Arrest Two Men Accused of Conspiring to Commit Acts of Terrorism in U.S. or Abroad
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is accusing two men of conspiring and training to fight alongside terrorists in Syria or Yemen, the News & Observer reports. The charges were the result of a one-year undercover investigation into the actions of Marsalis Brown, 21, and Akba Jihad Jordan, whose age was not disclosed in court records….
FBI Director Comey Delivers Good News – More Staff, Training, Resources in Beefed-up 2014 Budget
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey sought to assure agents and local law enforcement that the bureau plans to increase staff, training and resources in what will be a much less frugal 2014. The Times-Picayune reports that Comey, during his visit to the bureau’s New Orleans Field Office on Thursday, said the beefed-up budget…
IRS Hires Former Cop Convicted of Illegally Accessing FBI Info, Sharing with Terrorism Suspect
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Weiss Russell, a former cop convicted two years ago of illegally accessing an FBI database and sharing it with the subject of an investigation, managed to land a job at the IRS. The Washington Times reports Mohammad Weiss Rasool, or as the IRS knows him, Wiess Russell, was sentenced to two years…