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FBI Adds Accused Child Rapist, Murderer to ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A child rapist and an alleged killer are the most recent additions to the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list, NBC News reports. They are the 499th and 500th fugitives to be added to a list that has included Osama bin Laden, Ted Bundy, Whitey Bulger and James Early Ray. “These individuals…
Star Government Witness Describes Murders He Says He Committed for ‘Whitey’ Bulger
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An aging mobster and star government witness testified Tuesday that his heart was broken after learning that mob boss and friend James “Whitey” Bulger was an FBI informant, CNN reports. “It broke my heart. It broke all loyalties,” said John Martorano, an alleged hit man who described the people he said…
Ranking Senator Questions Quickness of Confirming New ATF Head B. Todd Jones Gets
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ranking Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said “very troubling allegations” have surfaced that suggest B. Todd Jones, who is President Obama’s choice to head the ATF, retaliated against a whistleblower, The Washington Times reports. The Iowa senator questioned why the confirmation hearings last week weren’t delayed while an investigation of Jones continues. When…
Mystery Continues Over Cause of Border Patrol Agents’ Illness in New York
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are not sure how six U.S. border agents became ill after inspecting a vehicle at a crossing in northern New York, The Associated Press reports. The officer became ill Saturday morning while examining a 2002 BMW at the Champlain crossing. The officers, who were decontaminated on site, have been released from…
A Familiar Circus Breaks Out As FBI Digs for Jimmy Hoffa
Update: Tuesday, 8:10 a.m. — The FBI resumes digging today. Update: Monday, 6 p.m. — Detroit FBI spokesman Simon Shaykhet said agents would continue digging until sundown and will return Tuesday at 8 a.m. to resume activities. He declined to provide specifics beyond that.************* By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit Oakland Township, Mich –– On Monday morning, almost as…
Here We Go Again: Feds Begin Search for Jimmy Hoffa on Property in Suburban Detroit
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– Here we go again. The feds were searching a property Monday in Oakland County, outside of Detroit, for the missing body of ex-Teamster leader James R. Hoffa, Robert Snell of The Detroit News reports. The property is located near Buell and Adams roads in Oakland Township, Snell…
Dick Cheney Defends Phone, Internet Surveillance, Said It Could Have Prevented 9/11
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Vice President Dick Cheney said the NSA database of phone and Internet records that were recently disclosed by a self-proclaimed whistleblower would have been useful in the fight against terrorism, NECN reports. “We might have been able to prevent 9/11,” said Former Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney is among those…
Chicago Surgeon Accused of Performing Unnecessary Tracheotomies for $160,000 Per Procedure
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A surgeon at Chicago’s Sacred Heart Hospital is accused of performing unneeded tracheotomies to enable the for-profit hospital to collect as much as $160,000 per case, Bloomberg reports. Investigators say the doctor sedated patients so much that they couldn’t breathe on their own so that he could perform a tracheotomy – or…