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Ex-FBI Dir. Freeh Doing Thorough Job in Penn State Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI chief Louis Freeh and his investigators have been doing a pretty thorough job looking at the child-sex scandal at Penn State involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The Associated Press reports that the group has conducted 200 interviews, trying to get insight into the relationship between the football program and…
FBI Agent Assoc. Sides With Secret Service Agents in Supreme Court Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI Agents Association voiced its strong support for two Secret Service agents involved in an immunity case that was argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. A Court of Appeals had ruled that Steven Howards could sue Secret Service agents Virgil Reichle and Dan Doyle, who arrested him in 2006…
Column: Stevens Case Shows that Prosecutors Need Supervision
Michael Carey is the former editorial page editor of the Anchorage Daily News and the host of the weekly public affairs show “Alaska Edition” for Alaska Public Television. By Michael Carey Los Angeles Times ANCHORAGE — As his trial on corruption charges approached in the fall of 2008, Ted Stevens railed to me in an…
New Orleans Fed Prosecutor Resigns in Midst of Scandal Over Anonymous Postings
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An assistant U.S. Attorney in New Orleans who posted remarks under an alias on a comment section of the local paper about federal judges, local and national politicians and cases being handled by his office, resigned on Tuesday, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. The paper, in an editorial, wrote that “Sal…
Ron Paul Trashes Secret Service Protection
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Presidential GOP hopeful Ron Paul is the only candidate left who doesn’t have Secret Service protection, and he has something to say about that. He thinks it amounts to a “form of welfare,” according to CNN. “You’re having the taxpayers pay to take care of somebody,” Paul told talk show host…
FBI Probing Fla. Man Who Tweeted About Killing Cops
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI and locals are investigating an Oviedo, Fla. man who posted a tweet on Twitter saying: “We won’t make a difference if we don’t kill a cop or 2,” according to station WESH Orlando. The station reported that Rusty Braxton, 23, posted the tweet after watching Occupy protests in New…
FBI Informant Slept With Muslim Women Agency Was Targeting
By Paul Harris The Guardian IRVINE, Calif. — Craig Monteilh says he did not balk when his FBI handlers gave him the OK to have sex with the Muslim women his undercover operation was targeting. Nor, at the time, did he shy away from recording their pillow talk. “They said, if it would enhance the…