Greg Stejskal

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 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. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Lincoln Law School. By Greg Stejeskal During my time in the FBI, I investigated several frauds involving cons or grifts of varying sophistication. One relatively…

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…

By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com Greg Stejskal: “When Flynn was interviewed, he did lie.” I first met Bill Priestap (Edward William Priestap) in the mid-90s. I had been talking to University of Michigan football teams every Fall since 1982. I would bring along other agents and federal prosecutors, and we would talk about illegal sports gambling,…

By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com A new documentary about the Unabomber/Ted Kaczynski will begin airing on Netflix Saturday (Feb. 22). “The Unabomber – In His Own Words” is so titled because the documentary liberally uses parts of the only interview Kaczynski has ever given since his arrest and conviction in 1996. The documentary not only looks at Kaczynski’s 17 years…

By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com In the late ’70s, I was assigned to the FBI Detroit field office’s surveillance squad. We spent most of the time following Detroit organized crime members, but we were also involved in other investigations. One of those resulted in information that a local group of the Ku Klux Klan were going…

The writer, an FBI agent for 31 years, retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office in 2006. By Greg Stejskal On March 10, 1975, I reported to the Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C. — “Main Justice” — to be sworn in as a FBI special agent with my fellow…