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ATF Whistleblower Says New Leadership Unfairly Accused of Trying to Stifle or Intimidate Whistleblowers
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF whistleblower Peter Forcelli told ticklethewire.com on Thursday that the current leadership at ATF is being unfairly attacked and wrongly accused of trying to silence whistleblowers like himself. “It’s not fair, these guys are trying to do the right thing,” he says about the new leadership at ATF. The comments by…
FBI Delves Deeper into Trenton Mayor Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents who raided the home of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack also searched the home of his brother and a key campaign donor who is a convicted sex offender Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. Mack denied wrongdoing in a brief statement, and the FBI declined to release details of the investigation. Questions…
FBI Failed to Investigate Fort Hood Shooter Despite Danger Signs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Despite strong evidence that U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan wanted to kill civilians and supported suicide bombings before he killed 13 people in the 2009 attack on Fort Hood, Texas, the FBI never launched an investigation because of concerns over political correctness, The Associated Press reports, citing a lawmakers briefed on a…
FBI Seeks Information on Collecting Tattoo Information
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI wants to begin using tattoo identification to track down criminals and learn more about them, MSNBC reports. The plan is to add the data to the bureau’s Biometric Center of Excellence, which creates information such as fingerprints, irises and DNA. The idea is to help identify perpetrators through body art…
Off-duty NY FBI Agent Shoots and Wounds Man Breaking in His Car
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There are times when car thieves hit the jackpot. And there are times they try ripping off an FBI agent. Early Wednesday at 5 a.m. in the South Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens in New York, three men were breaking into a red Lexis sedan usually driven by an agent’s wife,…
Le doublement immortel auteur de Cyrano de Bergerac
On y retrouve plus l’atmosphère des autres îles. Et il y a du monde. En repartant vers Honolulu, on peut aussi faire un arrêt sur la route 99 à la Dole Plantation. Georges Duroy, le personnage central du roman. Celui que l’on surnomme Bel Ami est un arriviste absolu. Ce petit employ de 25 ans,…
Rafael Garcia to Head Up FBI’s Intelligence Division in LA
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rafael J. Garcia, Jr., who served as director of the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) in Quantico, Va., has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Intelligence Division in Los Angeles. Garcia joined the FBI in 1995 as a special agent in Phoenix where he investigated drug, organized…
Grassley and Issa Concerned ATF Director’s Comments Could Put a Chill on Whistleblowing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa, two of Capitol Hill’s chief critics of ATF, expressed concern about comments the agency’s acting Director B. Todd Jones made to employees earlier this month. Specifically, the two were concerned about a comment that could put a chill on whistleblowers. Todd said: “… if…