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Taped Phone Calls Help FBI Build Case Against Traders for JPMorgan Chase
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI appears to be closing in on JPMorgan Chase traders in connection with a multibillion-dollar trading loss, the New York Times reports. Using phone recordings turned over by JPMorgan, the FBI is focusing on at least four London-based traders who were responsible for the $6 billion loss, the Times reported. Feds…
FBI Suspects a Law Enforcement Leak in Bike Club Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating suspicions that a law enforcement official in Atlanta compromised a probe into the Outlaw Motorcycle Club this summer, the Associated Press reports. The AP said FBI agents believe a law enforcement official leaked the name of a government informant, which forced feds to halt the case. But that…
If time travel hadn’t entered into the plot
But evolution is all about one upmanship. And in a particularly elegant flourish Cheap Canada Goose, the beetle has evolved to ingest the resin she can survive swimming through the syrupy river convert it into a pheromone, a chemical that sends a message to other beetles. By releasing this pheromone into the air, the beetle…
FBI Spied on Renegade Journalist Hunter S. Thompson During his Colorful Career
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI trailed outlaw journalist Hunter S. Thompson during his eclectic career, interviewing those close to him and gathering information on his whereabouts, RT.com reports. It’s unclear why the bureau was interested in Thompson, but a journalism professor suggested the FBI wanted to know more about his time with biker gang, the…
Former and Current Law Enforcement Officials Arrested in Theft Scheme
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested four people – three of them former and current cops – accused of scheming to steal cash from drug dealers, the bureau announced Wednesday, according to the Jackson Free Press. In September 2011, the men allegedly entered a Jackson, Mississippi, hotel room of suspected drug dealers and stole $23,000 in…
Mexican Cartels Flood U.S. with Cheap, Potent Meth from ‘Superlabs’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The good news: The crackdown on methamphetamine in the U.S. is working. The bad news: Mexican drug cartels are fulfilling the demand by pumping out cheap, potent meth from so-called “superlabs,” the Associated Press reports. “These are sophisticated, high-tech operations in Mexico that are operating with extreme precision,” said Jim Shroba, a…
Thousands of Recorded Phone Calls Helped FBI Investigate Sale of Suspicious Electronics to Russia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal agents investigating a Houston business that is accused of sending microelectronics that can be used for weapons and radar to Russia spied on damning phone calls, the Houston Chronicle reports. One of the most revealing phone calls that helped the FBI was a phone call between an ARC Electronics manager and…
FBI Launches Probe of Man’s Death While in Police Custody in Milwaukee
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the death of a man who died while in police custody in Milwaukee after a newspaper report cast suspicions over the manner of death, the Associated Press reports. A medical examiner changed the cause of Derek William’s July 6, 2011, death from natural to homicide after the Milwaukee…