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Retired FBI Agent James F. McGuire Dies at Age 82
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Retired FBI agent James F. McGuire, who joined the bureau in the 1950s in Connecticut and went on to specialize in counterintelligence in Washington, died late last month at an Arlington, Va. hospital, the Washington Post reported. He had leukemia and was 82. The Post reported that McGuire, after…
FBI Releases List of Some of its Top Terrorism Cases in 2010
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The year 2010 was full of almost-disastrous terrorist acts from the Times Square Bomber to the the Portland teen who tried to detonate a car bomb during a Christmas-lighting ceremony in Oregon, only to find out it was an FBI sting. Not everyone agreed with the FBI tactics when…
Ooops! FBI May Have Blown Mob Informant’s Cover as Snitch
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI may have blown the cover of a mob informant by being a little careless, the Gang Land News website reported. Jerry Capici of Gang Land News, a former mob writer for the New York Daily News, reports that the cover of mob associate Howard Santos may have been blown…
Panamanian Pres. Ricardo Martinelli Wanted DEA to Wiretap Political Opponents
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Good or bad, one thing is certain: The WikiLeaks documents are pretty fascinating. One of the latest ones of interest has surfaced in some publications including the Washington Post, which reports that Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli was trying to put the squeeze on the DEA to wiretap his political…
Column: TSA and the Child Pat-Down
By Petula Dvorak The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Over the river and through the body scanner to Grandmother’s house we go! What a fun, new twist on traveling with the kids this year. And you thought getting them to take their shoes off and let Bunky the Bear go through the dark tunnel was hard….
Homeland Chief Napolitano Defends Intel Chief Not Knowing About UK Terrorist Bust
OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST Homeland Security Chief Defends Airport Security (AP) Utah Police Kill Shotgun Toting Man Near Mormon Church (AP) Ex-NY Sen. Asks Court to Block Retrial (AP) 2 Plead Guilty in Navy SEALS Weapons Smuggling Case (AP) New Concerns About the New Tasers (ABC News)
Weekend Series on Crime History: J. Edgar Hoover Addresses American Legion in 1940
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDeJsQUjVc0 WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST TSA Probes Pilot Who Criticized Airport Security (AP) As Application Approvals Drop, Work on Secret Wiretaps Grows (Washington Post)