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Snowden Says U.S. Authorities Want to Kill Him After Their Anonymous Remarks in Media
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com NSA leaker Edward Snowden claimed Sunday that U.S. officials “want to kill me,” the Daily Mail reports. In an interview with a German TV station, Snowden cited an anonymous Pentagon official quoted as saying, “I would love to put a bullet in his head.” An NSA analyst was quoted as saying he…
Parker: Bravo to DEA’s Michele Leonhart for Criticizing the President’s Remarks About Pot
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 DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart was apparently critical of President Obama’s recent remarks about marijuana in a closed-door session with the Major Counties’ Sheriff’s…
How the Feds Gave “Macy’s Bargain-Basement-Style” Guilty Pleas in Mob Case Because of A Very Shady Witness Who Was Convicted of Sexually Soliciting a Teen
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Did fed prosecutors in a mob waste hauling case in Manhattan give two hold-out defendants a sweet plea deal to avoid putting on the witness stand a key FBI undercover operative who was convicted of soliciting sex from a teen girl? That likely appears to be the case, according a story…
FBI May Have Cracked Case of Pre-Dawn Robbery Immortalized by ‘Goodfellas’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 1978 robbery depicted in the movie “Goodfellas” was inspired by real life events at John F. Kennedy International Airport. CNN reports a major break in that case, in which suspected organized crime associates were murdered and more than $6 million in cash and jewelry stolen. On Wednesday, authorities arrested suspected Bonanno…
Nude Pictures on Revenge-Porn Site Leads to 2 Arrests for Hacking, Other Charges
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Hunter Moore, who once operated the revenge-porn website IsAnyoneUp.com, and an accomplice have been arrested and accused of hacking into computers and stealing nude photos, the Rolling Stone reports. Thursday’s arrest of Moore and Charles Evens came on the heals of a 15-count indictment. Moore, among other things, is accused of paying…
Firm That Vetted Snowden, Navy Yard Shooter Accused of Bilking Taxpayers Out of Millions of Dollars
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The contractor that vetted NSA leaker Edward Snowden and the Navy Yard shooter has cheated taxpayers out of millions of dollars for unfinished background checks, the Washington Times reports, citing a Justice Department filing. In fact, investigators allege USIS received $11.7 million in performance awards from 2008 to 2010. But that work…
Hawaii Man Gets 18 Month in Prison for Drunk Dialing FBI About Nonexistent Hijacking
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Consider this a lesson in drunk dialing. A Hawaii man was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday for drunkenly calling the FBI and falsely reporting an airplane hijacking, the Associated Press reports. Timothy David Hershman blamed the incident on alcoholism and anger. “I screwed up really big time, your honor,” he…