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FBI Agents Investigating Sen. Menendez Are Accused of Brow-Beating Two Maids for Information
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents investigating claims that U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez was attending sex parties with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic are accused of brow-beating two maids for information, the Miami Herald reports. The maids are asking the Dominican National Police to investigate the FBI’s handling of them, saying they were illegally detained and…
Former Head of FBI’s Office in Buffalo Is Expected to Enter Mayoral Race in Buffalo
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Bernard Tolbert, the former head of the FBI office in Buffalo, is entering the mayoral race as a Democrat and will take incumbent Byron Brown, the Buffalo News reports. Tolbert, 64, is expected to soon file his paperwork for a campaign finance committee. A Buffalo native and FBI veteran, Tolbert has been…
New Head of FBI Office in Philadelphia Finds Inspiration from Old Photo of His Dad
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Ed Hanko took over as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia office, he prominently displayed a photo of his father standing with about 60 other helmeted coal miners at a plant in Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The weathered black-and-white photo on his bookshelf reminds Hanko of how hard…
Report: ICE Agents Could Have Blown the Whistle on Bungled Fast & Furious Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ICE agents along the Arizona border became aware that ATF was allowing illegal guns to cross the border as part of the bungled Fast & Furious investigation, the Washington Guardian reports. But ICE agents, who were concerned and talked to local ATF officials about the unusual probe, never took the complaints to…
Homeland Security Spied on Occupy Wall Street Protests in about a Dozen U.S. Cities
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A division of the Department of Homeland Security spied and kept records on the Occupy Wall Street protests, even when they were peaceful the Huffington Post reports. More than 250 records obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund show the federal government was keeping close tabs on protesters. “Taken together, the…
2 Detroit Cops on ATF Task Force Shot and Wounded by Parolee
By Allan Lengel and Bill McGraw Deadline Detroit DETROIT — The man suspected of shooting and wounding two Detroit police officers on Tuesday evening following a car chase on the city’s west side, had been on parole since last October after serving time for armed robbery, according to a law enforcement official and public records. Matthew…
Obama’s Crackdown on Whistleblowers
By Tim Shorrock The Nation In the annals of national security, the Obama administration will long be remembered for its unprecedented crackdown on whistleblowers. Since 2009, it has employed the World War I–era Espionage Act a record six times to prosecute government officials suspected of leaking classified information. The latest example is John Kiriakou, a…
Special Agent in Charge of FBI Office in Buffalo Headed to Terrorists Screening Center
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Christopher M. Piehota, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Buffalo, will leave soon to become director of the Terrorists Screening Center in Washington D.C. , the Buffalo News reports. “To be honest, it’s one of the first lines of defense in our national security,” he said of the screening…