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Feds Shut Down Wildly Popular Piracy Website; Hackers Retaliate
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It was outright war in the cyberworld this week. The feds on Thursday announced that they had shut down an incredibly popular website Mequapload, only to see hackers retaliate by blocking access to multiple web sites including the Justice Department and Universal Music. The Justice Department said that seven people and…
7 lbs. of Meth Seized in Colo. Ski Town
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The mountains aren’t the only way to get high in Colorado Springs, Colo., apparently. Investigators seized seven pounds of meth and made four arrests in the ski resort town, reports KRDO. Vincente Martinez,40, Jovel Cristian, 27, Martin Martinez, 21, and Rafael Amezcua, 27, all from Los Angeles, were arrested at a…
Rep. Issa Subpoenas Az Prosecutor in Fast and Furious Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It may be a new year, but the controversy surrounding ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious isn’t going away any time soon. The latest: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), head of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced Thursday that a subpoena has been issued for Patrick J. Cunningham, Chief of the Criminal…
Smoke Bomb Lands on White House Lawn
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Occupy protestors in Washington, D.C., drew the Secret Service out after throwing a smoke bomb on the White House lawn, reports KSTC-TV. U.S. Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie says there were no arrests made when agents dispersed the crowd on Tuesday night. Still, the White House was on lock down, as…
Feds Target 4 Calif. Marijuana Shops in Ongoing Crackdown
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Over the past week, federal prosecutors filed four asset forfeiture lawsuits against buildings housing “marijuana stores” in Los Angeles and Orange counties, the Department of Justice announced in a statement on Wednesday. The owners of the buildings and operators of the stores have been sent warning letters as well. The charges…
FBI: $10 Million Payed Back to Victims
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The victims of one of New York’s largest public corruption schemes can breathe a sigh of relief today. The US Attorney in Rochester, New York, announced on Wednesday that more than $10 million in forfeited property has been returned to the victims of property tax appraisal and assessment schemes orchestrated by…
Former FBI Agent New Port Authority IG
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Former FBI agent Thomas Raftery is now the Inspector General for the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) for New Jersey and Pennsylvania, reports Fox News. The decision was made at a DRPA meeting on Wednesday, where a former political aide was named the new deputy chief executive officer of the DRPA…
Column: FBI’s Kids Page: Just Another Example of FBI Outdoing Other Agencies in the Public Relations Game
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I remember years ago sitting at a banquet table at a retirement party for a U.S. Marshal in Detroit when the head of U.S. Customs in Detroit started talking about his school-aged son. With some amusement, and a perhaps a drop of disappointment, he recounted how his son told people his…