Former FBI Agent Indicted on Charges of Trying to Derail a Federal Investigation into Defense Contracts

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  A former FBI agent, along with a defense contractor, was indicted Thursday for participating in what authorities say was a multimillion-dollar scheme to win military contracts in Afghanistan, the Associated Press reports. An FBI special agent assigned to counterintelligence work until September 2011, Robert G. Lustyik, 50, is accused of using his…

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Head of FBI’s Washington D.C. Office Announces Retirement, Leaving Void in Counterterrorism Expertise

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  James W. McJunkin, the head of the FBI’s Washington field office, announced his retirement Thursday after just two years on the job. Authorities said the retirement is a blow to counterterrorism efforts because McJunkin had a plethora of experience in foiling and investigating terrorist plots, the Washington Post reports. McJunkin is a…

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Minneapolis Man Convicted of Sending Young Recruits to Somali Terrorist Group

 Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Minneapolis man accused of conspiring to send Americans to a terrorist group, al-Shabab, in Somalia was convicted on five terrorism-related counts Thursday, the Associated Press reports. Mahamud Said Omar, 46, faces up to life in prison for funding al-Shabab and sending young recruits to Somalia once they were indoctrinated in Minneapolis….

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Were FBI Agent’s Texts Intentionally Destroyed in Gun Trafficking Sting in Philippines?

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The question is: Were the text messages sent by an undercover FBI agent to defendants in an 18-month gun trafficking sting in the Philippines destroyed by the government or was there merely a technical glitch that prevented them from being saved? Deputy Federal Defender John Littrell suggests in a court document…

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