Prolific Retired-ATF Official Bernie La Forest Cranks Out His Third Novel

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-ATF official Bernie La Forest is at it again. The prolific La Forest has just knocked out his third mystery novel, “A Matter of Lex Talionis,” the story of a Lt. Andre de Avilés, who heads the Detroit Police Department’s Intel Squad. Described as a forty-somethin’, ‘balls-to-the-wall” detective known for fighting…

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Report on controversial Fast and Furious to be Released by Tuesday

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The Justice Department inspector general expects to issue the long-anticipated report on the ATF gun-running operation known as Fast and Furious by next Tuesday morning, CNN reports. DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz is to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Tuesday morning, following the report’s release. Attorney…

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Book: Reagan Used Close Relationship With FBI and Hoover to Get Special Attention

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former President Ronald Reagan exploited his relationship with the FBI  and J. Edgar Hoover as an informant to get the agency to provide information on  his children Michael and Maureen and to obtain information unavailable to the public, LA Observer reports. Citing Seth Rosenfeld’s new book, “Subversives: The FBI’s War on…

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