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Former FBI Analyst Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Porn in Federal Court
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI analyst accused of distributing child pornography to an undercover cop in Washington D.C. pleaded guilty Wednesday. Keith Dietterle, 28, faces 97 to 121 months and a fine of up to $250,000 after pleading guilty to possession of child porn. A task force of FBI agents and local police arrested…
Privacy Group Sues FBI for Details on Sophisticated Biometric System
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A group of privacy advocates is suing the FBI for refusing to release details about its Next Generation Identification system, which will be one of the largest biometric databases in the world, WND reports. The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed the suit, demanding information about technical specifications and private companies that are…
FBI Accuses Sacramento Crew of Making $3 million Selling Stolen Items on eBay
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a Sacramento-based shoplifting crew accused of making more than $3 million selling more than 17,000 items from retailers on eBay, News 10 ABC reports. Seven suspects were identified in criminal complaints that were unsealed Wednesday.
Arizona Man Eludes Capture Twelve Years After Murdering Family
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Twelve years after Robert Fisher slaughtered his family and burned them in his Arizona home, the FBI is still searching, KTVK-3TV in Phoenix reports. Fisher is one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted fugitives, and he has eluded capture ever since the crime. “We continue to believe he is alive,” said Mark Hoffman,…
Congressional Committee Opens Probe into Justice Department Spending
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has come under fire for questionable purchases using taxpayer dollars, WSB-TV 2 reports. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee found the department spent $600,000 on event planners to organize five Justice Department conferences, the news station found. Another $10,000 in federal police grants was spent on a pizza party. The…
NYT Editorial: ICE Agents Ran Amok in Suburban New York Raids
New York Times Editorial In a series of raids in suburban New York in 2006 and 2007, agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement burst into private homes in the dead of night, without warrants, looking for undocumented immigrants, often in the wrong houses. They pounded on doors, terrorized innocent residents, ineptly drew guns on police…
Senate Minority Leaders Calls for FBI Investigation After Secret Audiotape Emerged About Ashley Judd
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Saying his political opponents secretly recorded an internal campaign meeting, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wants the FBI to investigate, the New York Times reports. The Republican from Kentucky discovered the recording when Mother Jones magazine released a 12-minute audiotape from a Feb. 2 campaign staff meeting. “We’ve always said the left…
FBI Takes Over Hunt for Family That Has Been Missing for Three Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, which has been unable to solve the mystery of family missing from Fallbrook for three years, is handing the case over to the FBI, the LA Times reports. Sheriff’s officials say they have exhausted “hundreds of tips” about what happened to Joseph and Summer McStay and…