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DEA Agent Is Accused of Sending a Prostitute to Visit Secret Service Agent in Colombia?
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A DEA agent is accused of sending a prostitute to a Secret Service agent in Colombia while the pair were in the country working, the Huffington Post reports, citing a Justice Department report. The reports says a Secret Service supervisory agent received a massage and sex while preparing for President Obama’s visit….
FBI Probes Shooting of Agent at Police Training Center in Oklahoma
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a shooting of one of its own at a police training center in Oklahoma Thursday, News 9 Oklahoma reports. Agents are tight-lipped about what happened, but sources told News 9 that the agent did not shoot himself. The agent was being treated Thursday evening for a gunshot wound…
DEA Agent in New Orleans Retiring Following Newspaper Report on Potential Conflict of Interest
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jimmy S. Fox, the special agent in charge of the DEA’S office in New Orleans, is retiring after a newspaper report exposed a potential conflict of interest, the Times-Picayune reports. The newspaper wrote that Fox was bidding to oversee a consent decree between the Justice Department and the city of New Orleans….
Critics: FBI Violates Federal Law with Cell Phone Tracking Technology
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New records show the FBI is using a controversial cell phone tracking technology that dupes phones into using a fake network, Slate reports. The idea is to track the movements of suspects in real time, Slate reported. But communication is not intercepted. The technology, called “Stingray,” is controversial because it collects data from…
The Headache Named Bobby Ferguson: A Pain to Everyone Except Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — He was Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s good buddy, his confidante, his favorite city contractor. But Bobby Ferguson managed to turn off many in Kilpatrick’s inner circle. Contractors and city officials — including Victor Mercado, the head of the water department — complained about Ferguson. Even Kilpatrick’s sister, Ayanna, found…
FBI’s Washington Field Office Investigates Manipulation of Interest Rates
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Washington field office is best known for investigating terrorism and public corruption. Now, the office is leading an investigation of the manipulation of interest rates, Bloomberg reports. The work has paid off so far, with two international resolutions, including a $1.5 billion settlement with UBS AG in December and the…
Detroit’s Ex-Hip Hop Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Can’t Stay Out of Trouble — Not Even While He’s on Trial in Fed Court
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — In downtown Detroit, normally Monday through Friday, ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has his hands full as a defendant in one of the biggest public corruption trials in federal court in recent times. The case started in September and will certainly go into February, if not beyond. But…
Washington Post: Data Shows Drop in High-Capacity Magazines During Federal Gun Ban
By David S. Fallis, Washington Post WASHINGTON — During the 10-year federal ban on assault weapons, the percentage of firearms equipped with high-capacity magazines seized by police agencies in Virginia dropped, only to rise sharply once the restrictions were lifted in 2004, according to an analysis by The Washington Post. The White House is leading…