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Justice Department Tackles Wrongful Convictions by Demanding More Investigative Scrutiny
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Justice Department officials are combating wrongful convictions by demanding that law enforcement agencies to a better job scrutinizing eyewitness accounts and police interviews, Medill News Service reports. It’s impossible to know for sure how many people are wrongfully convicted, but more than 1,100 have been exonerated from 1989 to 2012, according to…
Fugitive Drug Lord Complains That U.S. Is Causing ‘Infernal Nightmare’ for His Family
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A fugitive drug lord accused in the 1985 kidnapping and murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarenais complaining that the U.S. is causing an “infernal nightmare” for his loved ones, McClatchy reports. Rafael Caro Quintero, who was released from on Aug. 8 prison early on procedural grounds, is appealing to Mexico’s president for…
U.S. Senate to Vote Soon on Extending Ban on Guns That Evade Metal Detectors, X-Ray Machines
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The increasing use of 3-D printers has made it easier for people to make plastic weapons that can evade metal detectors and X-ray machines, the Associated Press reports. The U.S. House responded by passing a bill that would renew the 25-year-old prohibition against plastic firearms by a decade. After returning from a…
Column: Santa’s Helper, a Giant Elf, a Cuban Inmate Uprising and the Salvation Army
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. A note from Greg Stejskal: “Despite not having sold the screen rights & in an effort to make this story a Holiday classic, we’re running this story again. Happy Holidays!” By…
Head of Chicago’s FBI Looks For Ways to Help Crack Down on Violent Crimes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Answering calls to help crack down on Chicago’s violent crime rate, the new head of Chicago’s FBI office said Monday that he plans to find new ways for his agents to lend a hand, the Associated Press reports. But that won’t be easy. In one of his first interviews since taking the…
Rep. Darrell Issa Accuses FBI of Stonewalling Investigation into IRS
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A leading California Congressman is threatening to subpoena FBI Director James B. Comey Jr. if the agency isn’t more forthcoming about its investigation into the federal government’s handling of a conservative group, the Washington Times reports. Rep. Darrell E. Issa is accusing the FBI of stonewalling his inquiry about whether the IRS…
Former FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce to Fight Crime in Private Sector
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Less than a month after Sean Joyce retired as the FBI’s deputy director, he is bringing his skills as an investigator to PwC, a private firm that helps groups manage operational and cyber threats, according to PR Newswire. “We are proud to welcome Sean Joyce to PwC and look forward to working…
Former Governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico Is Indicted on Racketeering Charges
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The former governor of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico has been indicted on charges that he allowed large-scale drug rings to operate in exchange for large bribes from drug traffickers, the FBI announced Monday. Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, 56 was charged with the RICO statute and several conspiracy charges. Ruvalcaba, who served as…