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Is ‘Black Mass’ a Realistic Portrayal of Crime Boss Whitey Bulger?
From The Godfather movies and Goodfellas to Boardwalk Empire and The Sopranos, there has been no shortage of gangster movies infiltrating pop culture.
Secret Service Agents: Pope Francis Not Safe During Upcoming Trip to U.S
Secret Service agents said Pope Francis’ life is in danger because they cannot adequately protect him during his upcoming visit to the U.S.
Should J. Edgar Hoover’s Name Be Removed from FBI’s New Headquarters?
Jonathan Rauch The Atlantic Now that the Confederate flag has been furled at South Carolina’s Capitol, it’s time to deal with another symbolic insult to minorities and the Constitution—the one inscribed over the door of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency. A consummate bureaucrat and institution-builder, J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI’s first director, was also a…
How FBI May Be Able to Recover Clinton’s ‘Wiped’ E-Mails
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Although Hillary Clinton said more than 31,000 e-mails were deleted from her private server because she considered them personal, the FBI should be able to resurrect them, Mother Jones reports. Clinton’s lawyer, David Kendall, maintained that Clinton’s e-mails were “wiped” from the server, but the Denver-based company that operated the e-mail…
Congress Considers Boosting Funding for ATF to Crack Down on Gun Trafficking
Some members of Congress want to increase ATF funding to crack down on gun trafficking.
Former FBI Agent Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Selling Confidential Information
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent who sold confidential information to a man bent on damaging the reputation of a Bangladeshi political rival was sentenced to five years in prison Monday, the New York Daily News. Robert Lustyik, 53, of Westchester County, New York, received tens of thousands of dollars in 2011 to…
Mexican Cartel Leader Convicted of Torture, Murder of DEA Agent Could Soon Be Released
A Mexican cartel leader convicted of the 1985 torture and murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Salazar could soon be released from prison in Mexico.
The “Dirty Politics” Behind the Imprisonment of Richard “White Boy Rick” Wershe Jr.
This Michigan Department of Corrections record shows his earliest and latest release dates as never at the bottom right. . . Vince Wade is a former investigative reporter for WXYZ and Fox 2. He now lives in California and runs Informant America, described as ” a blog about the shadowy world of law enforcement informants with particular…