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Retired ATF Official Bernie La Forest Pens 2nd Book
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Bernie La Forest, who headed up ATF offices in Kansas City, Detroit, Phoenix and Los Angeles before retiring, has just penned his second suspense novel — “In The Red Dragon’s Shadow.” The murder mystery is chock full of international intrigue and involves the ATF, Detroit Police, guns, radical Muslims from Iraq,…
Weekend Series on Crime History: The Genovese Crime Family
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcnkCmZijjA WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Va Teen on No-Fly List Recounts Being Detained in Kuwait (Washington Post) (video) Colombia Helps Mexico Battle Drug Gangs (Washington Post) Teresa Chambers to Resume Old Job as Park Police Chief on Jan. 31 (Washington Post) Lethal Injection Drug Being Phased Out (Washington Post) Ghailani Terrorism Conviction in NY Affirmed…
Could Deep Budget Cuts Spell Doom for Agencies Like FBI and DEA?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Could big Congressional budget cuts spell doom for agencies like the FBI and DEA? Conservative Republicans on Thursday demanded dramatic cuts, the Washington Post reported. Specifically, members of the conservative Republican Study Committee said the GOP needs to keep a campaign pledge and immediately cut at least $100 billion from non-defense…
Gotti Hitman Pleads Guilty to Arranging Murder of Executive Who Was Suspected Snitch
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com On Thursday, the day 127 people were charged in the largest Mafia roundup in FBI history, a hit man for the late mob Godfather John Gotti pleaded guilty in federal court in New York to arranging the Sept. 11, 1989 murder of a Staten Island businessman Gotti suspected was a snitch,…
127 Busted in Largest Mafia Roundup in FBI History
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Federal authorities Thursday announced what they called the largest mob roundup in FBI history: the indictment of 127 people, including key Mafia figures from the New York, New Jersey and New England crime families, on charges ranging from murder and racketeering to gambling, extortion and loan-sharking. About 800 law…
Secret Service Employee Dies While Fighting a Fire in Baltimore County
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An Emergency Services specialist for U.S. Secret Service died Wednesday while fighting a four-alarm fire as a Lutherville, Md., volunteer firefighter in Baltimore County. Mark G. Falkenhan, 43, a four year employee of the Secret Service, died in a blaze, which was called in as a kitchen fire around…
Secret Service Could Have a Lot More Work if Pres. Shows up to Super Bowl in Texas
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. Secret Service could have a lot more work on its hands if the Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. That’s because the Bears would be headed to Super Bowl XLV in Arlington, Tex. on Feb. 6, and President Obama being from Chicago, might show up as…
Report Finds 9/11 Plotter Khalid Sheik Mohammed Killed Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A new report concludes that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the 9/11 attack, killed abducted Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan nine years ago, the Wall Street Journal reported. The paper reported that Asra Q. Nomani, a former Journal reporter who was friends with Pearl,…