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Retired ATF Official Phillip R. Price Dies at Age 75
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Phillip R. Price, a 23-year veteran of ATF, died Sunday morning. He was 75 and was from Lancaster, Ky. After serving in the military, Price returned to his home state of Kentucky to become a state trooper. In 1967, Price was recruited to join the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of…
Retired FBI Official Says of the FBI’s Robert Mueller III: “I Never Doubted His Dedication to This Organization”
As part of an effort to get a broad view of Robert S. Mueller III’s tenure as FBI director, I’ve asked people to write and tell me what they think. On Monday I published some comments. Later in the day, I received this from Tom McClenaghan, a retired FBI agent. — Allan Lengel By Tom…
Records: FBI Continues to Investigate Deceased Rolling Stone Journalist Michael Hastings
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI continues to investigate Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings, who died in a car crash in June, for “controversial reporting,” Al Jazeera America reports. The bureau opened a file on Hastings on June 11, 2012 “to memorialize controversial reporting by Rolling Stone magazine on June 7, 2012,” according to records obtained…
‘Dirty Old Man’ Charles Bukowski, a Late Novelist and Poet, Was Subject of FBI Scrutiny
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Late novelist and poet Charles Bukowski was not ashamed to admit it – he was a “dirty old man.” That caught the FBI’s attention, as did Bukowski’s potential ties to the underground press, reports the Los Angeles Times. More than 100 pages of FBI files from 1968 show agents investigated Bukowski, a postal…
Former FBI Analyst Gets More Than 4 Years in Prison for Possessing Child Porn
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI analyst was sentenced to more than three years in prison Monday for possessing child pornography, The Washington Post reports. Keith Dietterle, 28, who admitted to sending a pornographic image to an undercover officer, was nabbed in an undercover sting in November. Dietterle was busted after communicating through a social…
Who’s Right? Former Border Patrol Agents Challenge Number of Illegal Immigrants in U.S.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Border Patrol agents estimated that the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is nearly twice the estimate of 11 million by the government and other demographers, the Washington Times reports. “The more likely figure is 18-20 million and rising daily,” Zack Taylor, chairman of the National Association of Former Border…
M-13 Gang Member Found Guilty of Execution-Style Murders of Mother, 2-year-old
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal jury has found notorious gang member Adalberto Ariel Guzman guilty of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and firearms offenses, the FBI reports. Monday’s conviction offers some relief to family members and friends of a mother and her 2-year-old who were shot execution-style in Central Islip, New York, in 2010. Guzman,…
Readers’ Comments on the Tenure of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III Are Mixed
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Robert S. Mueller III got quite an initiation when he started with the FBI. Just days after becoming director, he was faced with the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. His term was supposed to last 10 years, but his tenure was extended two extra years. That extension ended this month. Not…