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Audio: FBI Agents Interview – And Threaten – Potential Informant in Recorded Phone Call
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Naji Mansour is an American living abroad. His refusal to become a government informant has left his life in shambles. He was banned from seeing his family and was locked up in a squalid prison in South Sudan, Mother Jones reports. Mansour recorded a conversation with two FBI agents who tried to…
FBI Director James Comey Says He Keeps in Touch With Robert Mueller
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Just in case you were wondering, the answer is Yes. FBI Director James B. Comey, who was in Detroit Tuesday to visit with the local agents and law enforcement folks, told reporters that he keeps in touch with the man he replaced, Robert S. Mueller III. “He’s been a…
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback Becomes Sixth Republic Governor Under Scrutiny by Investigators
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Republican governors have been under heat recently, and the latest is Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. The FBI is investigating whether Brownback confidantes were running an influence-peddling operation over getting people personal access to the governor, MSNBC reports. He’s far from the only Republican governor receiving scrutiny. According to MSNBC: New Jersey Gov….
Public Face of Anonymous Pleads Guilty in Case That Could Land Him in Prison for 8.5 Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Barrett Lancaster Brown became the public face for Anonymous, a hacking collective that has wrecked havoc on computers nationwide. Now the spokesman-like figure faces up to eight-and-half years in prison for public posts he made on YouTube and Twitter targeting FBI Agent Robert Smith because authorities were threatening to go after his…
Questions Raised About Lethal Injections After Botched Execution in Oklahoma on Tuesday
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The deadly cocktails administered during executions are about to come under fire after a botched lethal injection involving Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett on Tuesday. Newsweek reports that a doctor stopped administering the lethal injection about 13 minutes into the procedure after Locket lifted his head and began mumbling. About 40 minutes after…
Washington State Man Wanted to Blow Up Wal-Mart, Gas Stations to Distract from Bank Robberies
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A recently released inmate planned to blow up a Wal-Mart and several gas stations to distract from plans he had of robbing banks in Washington state. The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports that suspect Larry Gillette, who was arrested Monday, is accused of revealing his plans to an undercover FBI agent, saying he…
Chicago Bank Robber Handed More Than Cash, Helping Lead to His Arrest
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Chicago bank teller who was getting robbed gave up more than $1,700. The Chicago Tribune reports that the bank employee also handed the robber a global-positioning system that helped the FBI and local police track him down. The GPS device activated as soon as the robber left the bank, alerting authorities…
Former FBI agent, Rep. Michael Grimm, faces federal charges, surrenders to FBI in New York
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a former FBI agent, was indicted Monday on 20 counts of fraud and other charges in connection to a Manhattan restaurant he owned, Fox News reports. The Republican from New York evading the IRS and hiding more than $1 million in profits to avoid paying taxes. Grimm, who…