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Documentary about Mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger Premiered During Sundance Film Festival
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new documentary that explores the life of recently convicted mobster James “Whitey” Bulger premiered this week to a sold-out audience at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The New York Times reports that the film, “Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger,” explores Bulger’s life, his crimes…
Retired FBI Agent Thomas Louis Hughes Dies at Age 77
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Thomas Louis Hughes, an FBI agent from 1961 to 1986, died last week at this home in Virginia Beach. He was 77. According to an obituary on the Altmeyer Funeral Homes website, Hughes, since 2003, survived amputations, surgeries, and numerous hospitalizations. “Through it all, his quiet strength of will and pleasant…
A Free Man, Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik Now Pushes for Prison Reform
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com What’s Ex-NY Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik up to since he was released from federal prison after serving about three years? For one, he’s back to running the Kerik Group, that provides security and countterrorism services internationally. He’s also pushing for prison reform. Kerik emailed a press release Sunday stating that he’s pushing…
NSA Phone Surveillance Generates More Than 1,000 Tips a Year for FBI to Investigate
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI receives more than 1,000 tips a year from information gathered from the NSA’s phone-surveillance program, the Wall Street Journal reports. Newly declassified documents reveal that the NSA averages three tips a day that lead to terrorism probes. “With respect to any information the FBI receives as a result of this…
Murderer, Child Rapist Volunteers to Be Studied by Behavioral Analysts While in Prison
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Elias Acevedo Sr. said he doesn’t know why he raped children and killed two women more than 15 years ago. Acevedo has agreed to be studied by behavioral analysts who work with the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime pleading guilty to the crimes last month, The Columbus Dispatch reports….
President Obama: Marijuana No Worse Than Drinking Alcohol; Laws Should Be More Equitable
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama said smoking marijuana is no worse than drinking alcohol. “As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of…
Border Patrol Agent Fatally Shoots Man Following Scuffle in Southern Arizona
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in southern Arizona following a struggle between the pair, the Associated Press reports. Authorities were tracking a group of people Thursday night on suspicion of being in the country illegally. While two of the suspect were apprehended, a third escaped. He was…
Two ATF Agents Wounded in Oklahoma Shooting While Trying to Arrest Suspect
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two ATF agents were wounded in Oklahoma after trying to arrest a man wanted in a shooting, the Associated Press reports. The agents, whose names were not revealed, were treated and released and sustained no serious injuries. Seventeen-year-old Henry Jackson was shot and killed by local police after he opened fire on…