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Filmmaker Michael Moore Defends WikiLeaks Founder and Posts $$$
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Controversial and seldom-at-a-loss-for-words filmmaker Michael Moore is stepping into the fray and defending WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — and putting up money too. In a statement posted on his website Tuesday morning, Moore wrote: “Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to…
Murder Trial Underway for ex-FBI Agent in Las Vegas
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Trial is underway in Las Vegas for retired FBI agent Edward Preciado-Nuno, who is accused of murdering his son’s girlfriend in November 2008. His son had been trying to evict the girlfriend from the home. Preciado-Nuno, 63, claims he killed girlfriend Kimberly Long after she attacked him with a hammer. He…
Bernie Madoff Won’t Attend Son’s Funeral
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Convicted swindler Bernie Madoff won’t be attending the funeral of his son Mark, who committed suicide in his Manhattan home over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported. “Mr. Madoff will not be attending the funeral out of consideration” for his family, attorney Ira Sorkin…
Texas Guns Dealers Top U.S. Suppliers List to Mexican Cartels
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — America profits from the murderous ways of the Mexican cartels when it comes to supplying weapons. Washington Post reporters James V. Grimaldi and Sari Horwitz, in a year long investigation, uncovered the names of the top 12 U.S. gun dealers of guns traced to Mexico in the past two…
FBI Director’s Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel W. Lee Rawls Dead at Age 66
W. Lee Rawls/ u of va. photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — W. Lee Rawls, who served as chief of staff and senior counsel to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III until 2009, died earlier this month of acute leukemia in Washington, the Washington Post reported. He was 66. The Post reported that he…
Daniel Ellsberg of the Pentagon Paper Fame Defends WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers about the Vietnam War in 1971, defended WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. “If I released the Pentagon Papers today, the same rhetoric and the same calls would be made about me,” Ellsberg said, according to the news organization Democracy Now! “I would be…
Atty. Gen. Holder Forcefully Defends FBI Stings in Terrorism Cases
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. delivered a forceful speech Friday night before the Muslim Advocates’ Annual Dinner in suburban San Francisco, strongly defending the FBI stings involving terrorism. “Our nation’s law enforcement professionals have consistently demonstrated not just their effectiveness, but also their commitment to the highest standards of professional conduct,…
Weekend Series on Law Enforcement History: Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover Discuss Supreme Court
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvk3F_sQ-S8 WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Elizabeth Smart’s Kidnapper Found Guilty (People Magazine) Austrian Banker Accused of Being an Accomplice in Madoff Scheme (NY Times) Mexican Drug Leader Believed to be Dead (NY Times) New Nixon Tapes and Documents Released From Watergate Era (AOL News) Senate Confirms Three U.S. Attorneys (Main Justice) Bernie Madoff”s Son Found…