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Ex-Fed Prosecutor Keeps Trying and Trying to Find Out Detroit Free Press Sources
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino isn’t giving up in his quest to find out confidential sources in a story Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter wrote nine years ago. U.S. District Court Robert Cleland in Detroit on Tuesday ordered the paper to produce documents by Jan. 29 related…
FBI Not Informed That Suspect in Libya Attacks Was Released from Tunisian Court
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Tunisian court released a leading suspect in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, without telling the FBI, Fox News reports. Before the release of Ali Ani al-Harzi, the FBI interviewed the terrorism suspect last month for about two hours, Fox News wrote. The interrogation was not sufficient to…
President Obama to Nominate B. Todd Jones as Permanent ATF Director
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he plans to nominate B. Todd Jones as the permanent director of ATF, the National Journal reported. Jones was installed as the acting director in Sept. 11, 2011 as part of a house-cleaning effort after Operation Fast and Furious became a major controversy and liability…
Mob sweep! Feds round up 30 suspected Wise-Guys in Garbage-Hauling Industry Probe
BY LARRY MCSHANE AND ROBERT GEARTY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS NEW YORK –Thirty mobbed-up suspects – including a ringleader known as “Papa Smurf” – were arrested Wednesday in a probe of the garbage-hauling industry, authorities said. The purported wise guys – members of the Gambino, Lucchese and Genovese organized crime families – were busted in…
Oklahoma Man Accused of Making Online Threats Over Gun Control Efforts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Oklahoma man angry over efforts to ban assault rifles is in hot water for what the FBI considers threats of violence, the Associated Press reports. Police said 34-year-old Glenn A. Kirkham alarmed people from the U.S. and Canada when he spoke about using weapons such as knives, a .357 revolver and…
Analyst Who Mocked FBI’s Crackdown on Insider Trading Gets More Than 4 Years in Prison
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former research analyst apparently thought he was untouchable when the FBI began investigating him. John Kinnucan publicly mocked the bureau’s probe, calling agents “fresh-faced eager beavers.” Then on Tuesday, a federal judge sentenced Kinnucan to more than four years in prison for insider trading, CNN reports. Kinnucan, who was outspokenly critical…
Would-Be Portland Bomber Made Good Bye Video Before Pulling Trigger
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Before pulling the switch on what he thought was a bomb at a tree-lighting event in Portland, Mohamed Mohamud posed before a camera wearing a camouflage jacket and red scarf, saying his goodbyes, the Oregonian reports. The video was shown during the second day of testimony in the trial of Mohamud,…
FBI: Guns Involved in More Than 75% of Justifiable Homicides in U.S. in 2011
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three out of four justifiable homicides involved firearms, CNN reports, citing the FBI’s unified crime report. Of the 260 justified homicides in 2011, 201 involved a gun. The rate is much higher among police, CNN reported. Guns were involved in 99.2% of justifiable homicides, or 390 out of 393. The statistics will…