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Israeli Mobsters Extradited to US Plead Guilty
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Sometimes being a ‘friend of Israel’ means sharing criminals. Three Israeli mobsters were extradited to the U.S. in January 2011 in the first extradition of its kind under Israel’s racketeering law, which parallels RICO, the U.S. law targeting organized crime. Two of the three pled guilty to a host of drug and…
Ex-Head of Mass State Police Says Others in Boston FBI Should Have Gotten Nailed for Protecting Whitey Bulger
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The story about the Boston FBI cover up and coddling of thugs like James “Whitey” Bulger isn’t going to vanish any time soon, even though many years have passed. The latest: Thomas J. Foley, the former head of the Massachusetts State Police, who spent 20 years chasing Bulger, has penned a…
CIA Foiled al Qaeda Plot to Blow Up U.S. Bound Airliner
By NBC News and msnbc.com staff The CIA foiled a plot by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner around the one-year anniversary of the killing of its former leader Osama bin Laden, senior U.S. officials told NBC News. Officials said the plot involved a bomb with a design that upgraded the underwear…
CIA Drone Kills al-Qaeda Leader Fahd al-Quso Tied to USS Cole Bombingmen
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com In the war on terror, success can sometimes bring retaliation. Global terrorist Fahd al-Quso, who had links to the USS Cole bombing, was killed in Yemen Sunday, according to Yemeni officials and confirmed by al-Qaeda, reports USA Today. A CIA drone strike killed the top al-Qaeda leader, on the FBI Most-Wanted list…
OK Lobbyist Wants Feds to Pay Legal Fees in FBI Sting
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Oklahoman lobbyist Andy Skeith is slinking out of a corruption trial scott-free… except for $141,000 in legal fees. He’d like the federal government to cover his costs. Sound crazy? Depends who’s judging. The FBI set up a fake company and gave Skeith $10,000 to make illegal contributions to 2 Okahoma state lawmakers….
Arizona Killer was Suspected of Domestic Terrorism by FBI
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com White supremacist and border vigilante J.T. Ready was already being investigated for domestic terrorism by the feds when he allegedly went on a killing spree in his Gilbert, Arizona home, just outside of Pheonix, last Wednesday, reports The Arizona Republic. Feds seized the opportunity of the tragedy to join Gilbert police at…
Secret Service Agents Paid 9 of 12 Hookers; None Linked to Terrorism or Cartels
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s one thing to be a lousy tipper. It’s another not to even pay. The Washington Post reports that U.S. Secret Service employees linked to last month’s scandalous Hookergate in Colombia paid 9 of the 12 prostitutes they met up with that night. The Post also reported that none of the…
FBI Wants Wiretap Friendly Law for Social Networks Like Facebook
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI wants greater access. CNET reports that that the FBI is pushing for legislation to force social networks like Facebook and Twitter, email providers and peer-to-peer networks to become “wiretap friendly. CNET reports that the legislation would expand a current law for cell phone operators and broadband networks. To read…