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ATF Supervisor Indicted for Theft
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Things aren’t looking good for James Contreras, who was an ATF supervisor in Seattle. The Seattle PI reports that Contreras, 51, has been indicted on charges that he stole $19,700 from ATF from funds that were earmarked for undercover agents to buy guns and for informants. The feds allege that he…
Secret Service Investigation into Sexual Misconduct Is Bungled by Federal Officials
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigations into the U.S. Secret Service have been bungled by senators and plagued with nepotism allegations against an inspector general, according to congressional and government sources, the Washington Times reports. Despite allegations of sexual misconduct against a Secret Service agent, Sen. Claire McCaskill has demanded an end to the investigation, and Deputy…
FBI Agents Sidelined for More Than Three Years After Charges Were Dismissed Against Them
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When FBI agents Matt and Katia Litton were arrested in an alleged steroid ring in September 2010, they were shocked. Sure enough, the charges were dropped two months later. The couple said they were taking steroids because they were trying to have a baby, the Washington Post reports. Still, three years after…
NSA’s Deputy Director Skeptical About Plan to Give FBI, DEA Access to Surveillance Data
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The NSA’s deputy director has expressed skepticism about giving the FBI, DEA and other law enforcement access to the agency’s troves of data, the Guardian reports. NSA’s top civilian, John C. Inglis, said he was unaware of a Senate bill that would allow some law enforcement to search directly through the NSA’s…
Alleged Mobster ‘Papa Smurf’ Sentenced Up to 3 Years in Prison in Waste Hauling Scandal
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com They call him Papa Smurf. The alleged mobster, Carmine Franco, 78, will spend two to three years in prison after he was sentenced Friday to racketeering charges, the New York Daily News reports. Franco is accused in a multi-crime-family plot to seize control of waste hauling in New York City and New Jersey between…
Lara Logan’s Mystery Man
By Jeff Stein Newsweek Nobody at 60 Minutes has been fired or even publicly disciplined for its odd, inflammatory and dead-wrong October 27 story on the Islamist assault in Benghazi that killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. But it has apologized. That mea culpa, however, left some large and troubling questions unanswered;…
Weekend Series on Crime History: The JFK Assassination
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Interview with FBI Agent Reveals New Details about ‘Whitey’ Bulger, Including His Cheap Socks
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI agent credited with capturing notorious gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger provides new details about the June 2011 arrest, CBS reports. CBS released a short clip previewing the interview with Scott Garriola that will be aired on 60 Minutes on Sunday. When FBI agents raided Bulger’s apartment, they found a collection of…