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Republican Congressmen Demand Whitehouse be Included in Leak Investigation
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Could White House officials have accidentally leaked news that tripped up a Western intelligence operation targeting Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen? Two Republican congressional leaders want the formal FBI inquiry to answer that question, reports Reuters. Monday, Rep Peter King, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to…
Four Secret Service Agents Fired in Sex Scandal Object Dismissals
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Four of the Secret Service agents fired in the recent Colombian sex scandal are fighting their dismissals, screams today’s front-page headline of the Washington Post. Above the fold. For agents who already object to the agency’s handling of the incident, more public humiliation can’t help. The dismissed agents say they are being…
Column: Time to Set Teen Drug Dealer Free After 25 Years; Retired FBI Agent Pushes for Release
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT — On any ordinary day, Richard Wershe Jr. sleeps in and skips breakfast in his prison in northern Michigan. But on Tuesday — the 25th anniversary of his arrest in Detroit – he couldn’t sleep, so he grabbed some oatmeal with skim milk. “I probably slept two hours,”…
For one thing, there’s the much awaited “$100 man”, a sort of
Christmas doesn’t mean muchfor Patu but it does for other homeless people https://www.canadagoosejacketonlines.ca, he says. For one thing, there’s the much awaited “$100 man”, a sort of mythical figure said to appear on Christmas Day bearing wads of cash. “They were all waiting for him this morning, he hasn’t turned up Canada Goose Outlet,” Patu…
Sentencing for 2nd Half of Ohio Couple Guilty of Funding Hizbollah
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The upside is both the husband and wife will know where one another is at all times. The Ohio couple is serving time for trying to fund Hizbollah’s terrorist efforts against Israel. Hor I. Akl was sentenced yesterday to 75 months in prison for scheming with wife Amera to send hundreds of…
Real-Life “Norman Bates” Sentenced for Impersonating Dead Mother to Keep Her Estate Alive
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com In a real-life twist on Hitchcock’s “Psycho” character Norman Bates, it seems a New York man who impersonated his dead mother wanted to keep her credit line alive. Thomas Parkin, 51, of Brooklyn, was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 13 years and eight months in prison, for a real estate scam…
$4 Mil Worth of Marijuana Found Floating Off California Coast
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Orange County Harbor Patrol spent Sunday recovering huge quantities of marijuana from the water off the Californian coast, as impressed gawkers asked, “Anyone lose their stash?” Based on the quantity, it looks like a lot of people did. The Huffington Post reports 180 bales of marijuana wrapped in garbage bags, containing…
OBIT: Former Tampa FBI Agent Michael Barry Carmody Dies at 73; One of his Cases Inspired Film “Donnie Brasco”
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Barry Carmody served as an FBI agent for 33 years, retiring in 1998 having participated in some of Tampa’s most historic cases. Carmody died Wednesday of brain cancer at age 73. He is survived by his wife, two children, six grandchildren and, according to friends and family, some whopping stories. Among his…