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NY FBI Agent Honored for Doomed WWII Secret Mission
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com FBI Special Agent Harold Haberfeld is being honored for his service, nearly 70 years after his plane crashed in a WWII mission in northern Africa, reports Fox News. The FBI Buffalo office dedicated its main conference room to Haberfeld in an outdoor ceremony Thursday. However Haberfeld’s ill-fated mission was so top-secret that his home…
FBI Affidavit: Minn. Supremacist Targeted Mexican Consulate
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com An affidavit unsealed in federal court reveals a bomb plot in Minnesota involving white supremacists. The affidavit details the investigation into white supremacist Joseph Benjamin Thomas’ plot to blow up the Mexican consulate in St. Paul, Minnesota, reports the AP. Thomas, 42, and Samuel James Johnson, 31, wanted to form a militant…
Seattle Couple Living in Million Dollar Lakehouse Plead “Guilty” to Collecting Welfare
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com A Seattle couple busted for welfare fraud pleaded guilty Thursday. Apparently they had a lot more to lose than met the eye. Chiropractor David Silverstein, 60, was the lover of Lyudmila Shimonova, 53, but told authorities he was her landlord of the million dollar home near Pritchard Beach on Lake Washington in…
NYPD’s Kelly Barks Back After FBI Snub on al Qaeda Plot
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In case you hadn’t notice, NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is no shrinking violet. So one day after FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified before Congress that he hadn’t bothered to call Kelly about the latest al Qaeda/ underwear bomber plot, Kelly spoke up. FBI agents waited a week to…
Michael Daniel Handed White House Cybersecurity Baton from Howard Schmidt
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The White House’s cybersecurity coordinator will retire after having already extended his two -year contract by half a year. Howard Schmidt, 62, oversaw the first legislative proposal on cybersecurity, and informed the government on the nature and dangers of potential attacks… and how to prevent them, writes the Washington Post. In addition…
Former FBI Agent Quits Connecticut House Race
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Former FBI agent Mike Clark was running to fill the Connecticut House seat once held by the governor he investigated, reports the AP, but he’s thrown in the towel. Clark is instead urging supporters to help state Sen. Andrew Roraback win the Republican race in Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District. The Connecticut Republican…
FBI Investigating Leaks to Media about Foiled al Qaeda Plot
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Authorities are investigating leaks about a thwarted al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S.-bound plane, reports the New York Times. FBI Director Robert Mueller told a Congressional Committee Wednesday that the the leaks are compromising national security efforts and would be pursued accordingly. White House efforts to prosecute individuals who leak security…