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FBI Doesn’t Buy Police Claims that Georgia Banker Accused of Embezzlement Is Dead
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A judge believes Aubrey Lee Price, a Georgia banker accused of embezzling more than $20 million, is dead. The FBI, however, doesn’t buy into a written confession and note that said he planned to drown himself off the Florida coast after he disappeared in June, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports. The FBI…
Ex-Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty in Scheme Involving Campaign Cash
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., 47, pleaded guilty Wednesday for using campaign cash to buy personal items, including jewelry, fur capes and parkas, celebrity memorabilia, furniture and high-end electronics, the FBI said. Jackson also admitted he tried to conceal illegal activities, such as false and misleading reports to the Federal Election Commission….
Justice Department’s Pledge to Get Tough is “Beyond Laughable,” Writer Says
Rolling Stone Opinion I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but . . . the latest ploy by the government to insist it is “getting tough” on Wall Street is beyond laughable. The tough new-and-improved regime, as described by the curiously credulous Dealbook, is a policy of extracting criminal guilty pleas from foreign…
FBI Agents Association Warns of Dire Risk to Public Safety if Budget Cuts Kick In
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI Agents Association on Wednesday warned of the potential risks to national security and public safety if across-the-board, automatic spending cuts kick in from the sequestration. FBIAA President Konrad Motyka stated: “The FBI Agents Association urgently calls on Congress and the White House to reach an agreement that would avoid…
Royce Curtain Who Led Fort Hood Investigation is New Head of FBI’s Norfolk Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Royce E. Curtin, who led the FBI’s Fort Hood shooting investigation in 2009, has been tapped to head up the agency’s Norfolk Field Office. Curtin last served as chief of staff and special assistant to a high-ranking executive who oversees all FBI criminal, cyber, crisis response, and international operations. Curtin joined…
Homeland Security Considers Replacing Military Aircraft with Commercial Planes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security may soon replace cheaper commercial planes with military aircraft to absorb 8.2% in budget cuts in March, Popular Science reports. The department was exploring buying used aircraft from the military but discovered that it’s more inexpensive to use commercial planes, Popular Science wrote. Commercial aircraft is more…
FBI Probing Suspicious Trading of Heinz Options Just Before Purchase Announcement
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a series of suspiciously well-timed trades just before the $23 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz Co., the New York Times reports. The probe comes as the Security and Exchange Commission froze a Swiss account tied to possible insider trading. The New York Times wrote that the well-timed options…
FBI Destroyed Files It Kept on ex-New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI kept files on former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger but destroyed them about 10 months before his death, the New York Times reports. Sulzberger was heading the newspaper during the publication of the Pentagon Papers, which traced the U.S.’s doomed involvement in Vietnam. The discovery was made by…