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American Writer, Leftist Gore Vidal Was Monitored by FBI for Decade
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com American writer Gore Vidal, a political leftist, was trailed by the FBI for about a decade, newly released bureau records show, U.S. News reports. The FBI even recorded Vidal’s criticisms of then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who was known for his paranoid behavior. One of the criticisms comes in Vidal’s play, “The…
Newspaper to Examine FBI Treatment of Civil Rights Icons in 1960s
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is releasing dozens of investigative files involving civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers as part of a lawsuit with The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tenn., CNN reports. Among the files is an investigation of Martin Luther King Jr. while in Memphis in 1968, CNN reported. The bureau also examined the NAACP,…
Illinois Man Charged After Claiming He Was Scammed by FBI in Home Search
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Illinois man complained to local police nearly two weeks ago that two people impersonating FBI agents came into his South Elgin home and examined the contents of his computer. Now the homeowner, L. John Toth, 51, has been charged with making a false police report, The Courier-News reports. Turns out, those…
Border Patrol Agents Accused of Targeting Latinos
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Border Patrol agents in Northern Ohio are accused of targeting Latinos and using racial slurs to describe them, WXYC NBC 3 reports. The station reported that two federal lawsuits claims Latinos are targeted solely based on their race or appearance. “Agents…are engaged in a pattern or practice of restraining, interrogating, and…
Video: Meet New Head of ATF in St. Paul, Find Out His Plan to Curb Gun Crimes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com KSTP ABC News interviewed ATF Chief Scott Sweetow about his plans for curtailing gun crimes. Reporter Steve Teller interviewed Sweetow about his expectations for the office. Watch the entire video here. OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST FBI Monitors Portland Anarchist Groups Following Rash of Bank Vandalisms FBI Delves Deeper into Pittsburgh Police…
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A second major trend for summer 2012 is going to be the chain strap. All of the trendy designers are introducing bags with chain straps this season, but my top pick in this category has to be the Sloan Clutch by Michael Kors. This MK Bag combines the top two summer handbag trends in one…
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He could hurt my child. Sunday, firefighters pulled Moreno from the Connecticut River. A search began to find the child.Mom: afraid he going to do something to my son show that a temporary restraining order was applied for on June 17.A document dated that same day and signed by Connecticut State Marshal for Middlesex County…
Mobster Whitey Bulger Befriended Ordinary Neighbor in Big Mistake Before Arrest
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Bond thought it was odd for the old man to stop by several times a week, sometimes with gifts, to tell him stories. It didn’t occur to him that the old man was James “Whitey” Bulger, one of the most wanted men in America, Salon wrote in a lengthy narrative of…