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Mobster John Gotti: Draft Dodger? Kinda, Sorta
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Was the late Godfather John Gotti a draft dodger? Well, kinda, sorta. His status with the military is included in 1,580 pages of FBI files on Gotti from 1964 to 1995, archived on a CD-ROM by the website paperlessarchives.com. Gotti was the boss of the Gambino crime family, nicknamed the “Dapper…
FBI Makes Insider Trading Arrests
By BEN PROTESS and PETER LATTMAN New York Times Federal authorities announced insider trading charges against seven people on Wednesday, accusing them of earning nearly $62 million illegally trading on shares of Dell. The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested four people across the country as part of the case, an escalation of the government’s aggressive…
Former Fla. Detective Gets Two Years for Public Corruption
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A former homicide detective in St. Petersburg, Fla. was slapped with two years in prison for public corruption charges, the FBI announced on Wednesday morning. Anthony V. Foster received the sentence after pleading guilty to wire fraud to deprive the public of honest services on October 20, 2011. Court documents show…
Suburban Chicago Fire May Have Hid Murder of Four
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A fire at a suburban Chicago home may have been used to hide the murder of four people in the house, ATF agents have told the Associated Press. A woman and three young relatives were found dead by gunshot in the home, presumably shot before the blaze began, according to the…
ATF Home Raid Yields Dozens of Guns, Drugs at Houston Home Used Mexican Cartel
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Houston ATF agents hit a small jackpot recently when they raided the home used by a Mexican cartel member. The local KPRC-TV reports that agents seized dozens of guns and 45 pounds of marijuana. Agents were lead to the home by Juan Garcia, who had been arrested after purchasing high-powered rifles…
49 Indicted in Atlanta on Guns and Arms Charges; Seven Sentenced
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Seven Atlanta men, who were busted in a major crackdown on guns and drugs, have been sentenced, ATF announced Tuesday. Sentences ranged from 12 months to 151 months. The men were among 49 defendants indicted in Atlanta, the result of an undercover ATF investigation that was known as “ATL Blaze.” Undercover…
Idaho Man Charged With Attempting to Assassinate Pres. Obama
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Truthfully, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, didn’t come close. Nonetheless, he was indicted by a D.C. federal grand jury on Tuesday for attempting to assassinate President Obama on Nov. 11. A 17-count indictment against Ortega-Hernandez, who has been in custody since his arrest November 16, also includes…
FBI “Blackballing” FOIA Request Files?
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The website Truthout has reported on some unflattering FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) practices Tuesday morning. The site claims that the FBI regularly engages in the “blackballing” of files–returning a “no records” response to FOIA requests when in fact the records do exists. An interesting story, particularly for those seeking FBI…