The writer, an FBI agent for 31 years, retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office in 2006. He is the author of “FBI Case Files Michigan: Tales of a G-Man.” By Greg Stejskal During my FBI career, I was involved in the investigation and prosecution of many criminal conspiracies. It was…
The writer, a ticklethewire.com columnist, was an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office in 2006. He has a degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law and is author of a recently released book, “FBI Case Files Michigan: Tales of a G-Man.” By…
This is an excerpt from the book “FBI Case Files Michigan“ By Greg Stejskal This is a Christmas story, but it really began just before Thanksgiving in 1987, at the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta. The Cuban inmates had rioted and had taken control of a sizeable portion of the penitentiary. The catalyst for the riots…
By Allan Lengel Some thought the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012 would be the horrific event that would lead to true gun-law reform. Twenty-year-old Adam Lanza used his mother’s Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle to kill 26 people, 20 of them children no older than 8. Earlier in the day, he murdered…
By Allan Lengel To NBC News and its sister station MSNBC, being truthful doesn’t always matter. And that’s the truth. Starting with my high school journalism teacher Robert Jackson, I learned that the truth in journalism was sacred. Intentionally straying from it had grave consequences. That has held true through my many years in journalism,…
By Greg Stejskal The so called “cancel culture” movement has championed efforts to remove statues and the names of certain historical figures from public areas and buildings. I have never understood why military bases and schools are named for Confederate generals who took up arms against the United States to maintain the institution of slavery….
By Greg Stejskal Last Saturday Former President Donald Trump was acquitted on one article of impeachment charging him with inciting an insurrection. Many aspects of the impeachment process are foreign to me, but during my career as an FBI agent, I was mostly involved with investigating and prosecuting federal crimes. I wondered if the incitement of…
The writer, an FBI agent for 31 years, retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office in 2006. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com Last week two peoples’ lives changed dramatically. One avoided jail. The other’s military career ended prematurely. One’s a hero, the other isn’t. On Friday evening, the White House announced that…
