Allan Lengel, editor of ticklethewire.com, is a veteran journalist who has covered law enforcement at major publications including the Washington Post and the Detroit News. He also served as an intern under the late investigative columnist Jack Anderson and was an adjunct journalism professor at the University of Maryland.
America’s Disease It Won’t Cure
By Allan Lengel I was in Israel in November when two bombs went off at bus stops in Jerusalem, several miles from where I was renting an apartment for the month. Two people died and about 20 were injured. I happened to be in Haifa, about two hours away, when it happened. When I returned…
Lengel: Michigan School Shootings a Reminder that America Loves its Guns More Than Its Children
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…
Commentator Frank Figliuzzi Fabricated Passage in FBI Book and MSNBC Could Care Less
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,…
Here’s Why Chuckie O’Brien Deserves A Clearance Letter in Hoffa Murder
Chuckie O’Brien in Florida in 2018. (Family photo) By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s time for the feds to give Chuckie O’Brien a letter of clearance that says he’s no longer a suspect in Jimmy Hoffa’s murder. Why? Because the evidence is overwhelming. For nearly 45 years, a cloud has hung over O’Brien, Hoffa’s confidante, “surrogate…
The FBI Will Survive the Inspector General Report
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Dramatic headlines in the media may suggest otherwise, but truth be told, the long-awaited report by Inspector General Michael Horowitz contains few surprises. Yes, we already knew ex-FBI Director James Comey stepped over the line at his press conference about not charging Hillary Clinton, and yes, we already knew he violated…