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$600,000 Homes Built for CBP Personnel in Small Arizona Town
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A cluster of yellow, blue and salmon-colored homes was built for CBP employees in a small former mining community in Ajo, Ariz. at a cost of roughly $600,000 apiece, The Arizona Republic reports. The price tag includes the cost to plan and build each of 21 two- and three-bedroom houses that are…
Mexican Officials Challenge Early Release of DEA Agent Killer, Caro Quintero
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mexican officials said Tuesday they are seeking to reverse an appeals court ruling that led to the early release of a notorious drug kingpin who was in prison for killing a DEA agent, The LA Times reports. Relations between the U.S. and Mexico became strained after Caro Quintero, the accused founder of…
Longtime Agent Monica M. Miller To Head FBI in Northern California
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Monica M. Miller, who has abundant experience investigating violent crime and public corruption, has been tapped as the leader of the FBI’s Sacramento field office, the Sacramento Bee reports. Miller will replace Herb M. Brown, who departed last year to take a job with the Central California Intelligence Center. Miller was the…
Reporter: Why Did FBI Target Me If Justice Department Not Going After Reporters?
By James Ball The Guardian Would you trust a politician if your liberty depended on it? Day to day, it’s something journalists in America are having to do, whether they’re aware of it or not. The politician in question is Attorney General Eric Holder, and the key quote in question is his vow to Congress:…
FBI Says Alaska Serial Killer Murdered At Least 11 People Before Committing Suicide
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Israel Keyes took the easy way out. After the serial killer accused of murdering at least 11 people committed suicide in his Anchorage jail cell in early December, the FBI compiled a list of Keyes’ likely victims, Reuters reports. Keyes was waiting trial for the murder of an Anchorage barista. The FBI…
Memorable Quotes from Murder, Racketeering Trial of ‘Whitey’ Bulger
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Brutal mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger was a colorful figure in the underground crime word. So it’s no surprise his trial prompted some memorable quotes: “After I heard that they were informants, it sort of broke my heart.” – Ex-gangster and former Bulger partner John Martorano, who served just 12 years after…
‘Whitey’ Bulger Verdict Closes Chapter on Two Decades of Brutal Rule in Boston’s Criminal Underworld
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Notorious mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, who seized Boston’s criminal underworld in the 1970s and ’80s, likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury found him guilty Monday of murder and racketeering. Wearing a gray shirt, dark pants and sneakers, the 83-year-old who occasionally shouted in anger…