Fed Agents Behaving Badly in 2009

By Allan Lengel For  AOL News WASHINGTON — The Inept Criminal is by now a well-established and extensively chronicled archetype, with whole Web sites devoted to the misadventures of dumb, stupid and just plain crazy law-breakers. But law enforcement has its own share of bunglers, and Sphere believes they deserve attention, too. Herewith, a sampling…

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ATF’s Cavanaugh Talks About The KKK, Obama, Church Burnings in the South and David Koresh

DENVER— Inside the cavernous Colorado Convention Center here at the recent International Chiefs of Police Annual Conference, veteran agent James M. Cavanaugh, an affable and personable man, who heads the ATF’s Nashville Division, took time out to talk to ticklethewire.com editor Allan Lengel. Cavanaugh, whose territory includes Tennessee and Alabama, touched on such subjects as hate…

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How the Fed’s Case Against a Suspected LA Gangster Imploded After Convicting Him on 50-Plus Counts

George Torres/la city beat photo By Jeffrey Anderson For ticklethewire.com The defense lawyer for accused racketeer George Torres smelled blood. Torres, a self-made grocery store magnate and suspected drug kingpin, who was both feared and revered in the barrios of South Los Angeles, was on trial in federal court. Prosecution witnesses were lined up waiting…

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