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FBI Investigates Whether Letter to Mississippi Senator Contained Ricin
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker after it initially tested positive for ricin, a toxic and potentially deadly substance, Fox News reports. The letter never made it to the Mississippi Republican because it was intercepted at an off-site mail screening facility. The letter will be further tested…
Head of FBI’s Boston Office Worked Way Up Bureau Investigating Foreign Spies
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As special agent in charge of FBI’s Boston office, Richard DesLauriers is leading the joint investigation into the Boston Marathon attacks. The 52-year-old Massachusetts native doesn’t have a long track record of busting terrorists, but colleagues told Time magazine DesLauriers is a driven, professional and skilled investigator who cut his teeth…
Bombs at Boston Marathon Were Made with Pressure Cooker, Shrapnel
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The explosions at the Boston Marathon were caused by pressure cooker bombs stuffed with shrapnel and inflammable material, the Associated Press reports. Those devices are popular in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, and recently were discovered in plots in the U.S., the AP wrote. Typically, would-be bombers pack the inside with shrapnel…
Independent Reports Says U.S. Engaged in Torture
By SCOTT SHANE New York Times WASHINGTON — A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks concludes that “it is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture” and that the nation’s highest officials bore ultimate responsibility for it. The sweeping,…
Home Searched in Boston Bombing
By CNN Authorities including bomb experts searched an apartment in Revere, Massachusetts, and removed items, after two deadly bombs struck the Boston Marathon. But investigators remained mum about just how the search may be linked to the bombing investigation. A law enforcement official said the search was not a suggestion that police may have…
Ex-Fed Agents Taking to the Airwaves as Talking Heads in Aftermath of Boston Explosions
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — It was a busy 24 hours for former federal agents providing their expertise on TV around the country. In Detroit, Andy Arena, former head of the Detroit FBI, took to the airwaves, as did former agent Ned Timmons, who runs a security firm. Former ATF official Michael Sullivan spoke…
FBI Takes Lead in Probe of Boston Marathon Explosions That Killed Three, Injured 144
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is taking charge of the investigation into the Boston Marathon explosions that killed three people and injured 144, CNN reports. The FBI and other law enforcement are tracking down a person of interest, whose apartment in Revere, Massachusetts, was searched late Monday with consent, according to CNN. “This will be…
Is former Basketball Star Dennis Rodman an FBI informant? Agents Interested in North Korea Trip
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Retired basketball player Dennis Rodman said the FBI has approached him about his publicized trip to North Korea, the Miami New Times reports. “I have been contacted by the FBI and I met with them. They wanted to know what went on and who’s really in charge in North Korea,” Rodman boasted…