Trump Is Lying: He Has Not Been Indicted More than Al Capone
Former President Trump continues to falsely claim in speeches that he has been indicted more than than the notorious Chicago mob boss Al Capone.
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What the Discovery Channel Gets Wrong In Its Series on the Unabomber
By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com The Discovery Channel TV series, “Manhunt Unabomber,” disrespects achievements of the “Unabom” investigation by creating a predominantly fictionalized story. One of the shows I watched in my youth was “The Untouchables.” I was about ten when it premiered in 1959 on TV, and it was one the things that inspired me…
Stejskal: Discovery Channel TV Series on Unabomber Disrespects The Investigation’s Achievements
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. Stejskal was the case agent on the UNABOM bombing that targeted Michigan Prof. James McConnell in 1985, and investigated Kaczynski’s time at Michigan as a grad student. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com The Discovery Channel…
Naming of New ATF Headquarters Causing Heated Debate
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ugly debate is brewing over the naming of the glassy new ATF headquarters in Washington D.C. The Los Angeles Times reports that many people aren’t happy with the Senate’s decision to name the new building after famous federal agent Eliot Ness, who helped bring down Al Capone. Opponents of the new name…
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Should ATF Headquarters Be Named for Eliot Ness
By the Chicago Tribune Editorial Page Chicago We all know crime fighter Eliot Ness brought down Chicago mobster Al Capone, right? Not quite. Ness spent the best years of his life in a hunt to put Capone behind bars, but he had less to do with the final outcome than legend has it. Ness retired…
Al Capone an “Amateur” Compared to the FBI’s New “Public Enemy Number One”
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The head of a criminal enterprise in Chicago is far more violent and dangerous than mob boss Al Capone ever was, according to the FBI. To capture the elusive, vicious Joaquin Guzman Loera, the FBI said it has joined forces with the Chicago Police Department, naming Joaquin Guzman Loera “Public Enemy Number…
Newly Released FBI Documents Show More Threats to Ted Kennedy; One Allegedly Came From Al Capone’s Son
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Just released FBI records show the bureau investigated more threats against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy than previously revealed, including one involving the son of the late mobster Al Capone and a plot by Cuban communists, the Boston Globe reported. The paper reported that none of the half-dozen or so newly revealed…
Book Review:”Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America’s most Wanted Gangster”
The very able author Jonathan Eig, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, who has written books on baseball legends Jackie Robinson and Lou Gehrig , has now written about another type of legend, and a ruthless one at that: Al Capone. It details his colorful life and how the feds brought him down. Here’s the…
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