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Federal Investigation Targets Baseball Clubs That Sign Cuban Defectors
A federal investigation into the smuggling of Cuban baseball players to the U.S. is targeting MLB team officials.
Researcher Sues FBI for Long-Withheld Records About Ex-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A lot of secrecy still shrouds the FBI’s past obsession with former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. AllGov.com reports that the FBI has refused to disclose records detailing her trip to the Soviet Union in 1957 and 1958. Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover believed Roosevelt was a Communist sympathizer. Now a…
Secret Service Won’t Provide Security Along Bridge During Pope’s Visit
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Pope Francis visits Philadelphia next month, the Secret Service won’t be providing protection along the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Local law enforcement have been frustrated with planning for the visit because the Secret Service had not made its intentions clear until recently. Security planning will be headed…
Retiring Special Agent in Charge of Philadelphia FBI Office Fulfilled Parents’ Dreams
All Ed Hanko’s parents wanted was for their son to achieve more than they did.
Twitter Becomes FBI’s Most Effective Informant As ISIS Supporters Take to Social Media
One of the FBI’s most effective informants in the crackdown against terrorism has been Twitter.
FBI Releases Video of Decades-Old Art Heist at Museum in Boston
The FBI released a jumpy surveillance video in hopes of solving the decades-old art heist at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
FBI Source: Probe into Hillary Clinton’s Emails Is ‘Criminal,’ Not Fact-Finding
The FBI’s examination of Hillary Clinton’s unsecured email account is more than a fact-finding mission.