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Report: FBI Spied on ‘David Frost Show’ Because of Left-Wing Guests
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI under J. Edgar Hoover’s leadership spied on David Frost’s program to monitor left-wing guests, newly released FBI reports show, the New York Post reports. At one point, an undercover FBI agent was even planted in the audience, in yet another bizarre discovery about the celebrities spied on by the bureau….
5 Extradited in Plot to Smuggle N. Korean ‘Breaking Bad’ Quality Meth into U.S.
By Michael Winter USA Today Five foreigners extradited from Thailand to New York have been charged with conspiring to smuggle Breaking Bad-quality methamphetamine that was produced in North Korea, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. The suspects — two from Britain and one each from Taiwan, the Philippines and Slovakia — were arrested in September as part…
Congressman Radel Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Charges
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.) pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of possession of cocaine in D.C. Superior Court, the DEA announced. D.C. Superior Senior Judge Robert S. Tignor placed Radel on one year of probation. The DEA press release said if the probation is successfully completed, the Court could…
AG Eric Holder to Decide Soon Whether to Charge George Zimmerman in Civil Rights Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com George Zimmerman may have been exonerated in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, but that may change soon. Attorney General Eric Holder is weighing whether to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman, who recently was arrested on unrelated domestic violence charges, Huffington Post reports. Holder said his office is finishing up…
Parker: A Friend Who Was the Victim of A Vicious Crime and The Rule of Law
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. He is the author of the book “Carving Out the Rule of Law: The History of the United States Attorney’s Office in Eastern Michigan 1815–2008″. By…
Racist Serial Killer, Who Also Shot Larry Flynt, Was Executed Today in Missouri
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Racist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin was executed early this morning after a murderous cross-country spree from 1977 to 1980, the USA Today reports. The 63-year-old, who targeted black and Jewish people, was executed in Missouri. Franklin claimed responsibility for 20 murders but was convicted of seven. He also has admitted he…
Outspoken Black Nationalist Remains Homeland Security Employee Despite Racist Rants
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Homeland Security employee who is an outspoken black nationalist who preached about the “unavoidable, inevitable clash with the white race” is still on the payroll, The Blaze reports. Ayo Kimathi was called out in August by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups. “(I)n order for Black people to…
Monument at Township Hall Honors Slain FBI Agent In Indiana Township, Pa.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s not big – a waist-high granite stone. But the memorial signifies so much more. For Charlotte Carrabotta, it’s a place to reflect on her son, Agent Samuel Hicks, who was gunned down in November 2008 while trying to serve a drug warrant in Indiana Township, Pa., reports TribLive.com. The memorial for…