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Fla. Court of Appeals Will Hear Appeal of Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly on Murder Conviction
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Boston FBI agent John Connolly, who authorities say stepped way over the line in his relationship with the mob, is appealing his 2008 second-degree murder conviction in the 1982 mob-related slaying of a gambling executive in Miami, the Associated Press reports. AP reported that the Florida Court of Appeals will hear…
Frank Figliuzzi Named Assist. Director of FBI’s Counterintelligence Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — C. Frank Figliuzzi, deputy assistant director of the FBI Counterintelligence Division at headquarters, gets a bump up to the assistant director spot. “Frank is a seasoned investigator and an experienced manager, and he knows the threats the FBI and our country face,” FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said…
Church of Scientology Faces Controversy Over Latest Abuse Allegations
By Allan Lengel For AOL News The Church of Scientology, which boasts such members as Tom Cruise and John Travolta, is once again steeped in controversy, thanks to a magazine article that cites numerous allegations of abusive behavior and gross misconduct. Author Lawrence Wright writes in The New Yorker magazine that ex-members told him of…
Iran Denies Detaining ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Iran’s elite military force, the Revolutionary Guards, is denying a report generated by WikiLeaks documents that suggested it was holding, or had held, former FBI agent Robert Levinson, Agence France-Presse reported . “We deny the arrest of the FBI agent and if the Guards had arrested an enemy, it would announce…
After Long Battle Airport Screeners Get Bargaining Rights
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — After a long drawn out battle that lasted nearly 10 years, more than 40,000 airport screeners have been given limited collective bargaining rights, Fox News reported. The station reported that the Transportation Security Administration on Friday granted the right. Under the provision, screeners would still be barred from striking…
2 Philly Cops to Plead Guilty in DEA Undercover Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two of three Philly cops busted in an undercover DEA sting last summer are expected to plead guilty Monday, the Philadelphia Daily News reported. Cops Robert Snyder, 30, of South Philadelphia, and James Venziale, 32, of the Far Northeast, are scheduled to enter pleas before U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III,…
Modern Mobsters Still Follow Dad into the Mafia
By Allan Lengel For AOL News The historic mobster roundup that collared more than 120 people in the New York region last month provided a snapshot of the Mafia of today: murder, gambling and extortion; big bosses and small fries; “made guys” and associates. But what it didn’t show was the pervasive nepotism that still…
White House Can’t Pull the Trigger; Delays Emergency Request to Require Gun Reporting Along the Mexican Border
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The White House just can’t seem to pull the trigger. James V. Grimaldi of the Washington Post reports that White House budget officials once against delayed a decision for at least two months on an emergency request that would require gun dealers along the Mexican border to report people…