By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI’s legendary Ten Most Wanted list is really only the Eight Most Wanted list these days. Two of the the most well-known figures on the list — Osama bin Laden and Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger — are no longer wanted. Bin Laden was killed by the U.S. military in…
By JOSH GERSTEIN Politico WASHINGTON — Dennis Burke, one of Arizona’s most prominent and well-connected Democratic political figures, abruptly resigned as the state’s top federal prosecutor Tuesday, stirring doubts about earlier expectations that he might mount a bid for governor, attorney general or U.S. senator. Burke served in Washington as a senior adviser to Homeland…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the past two weeks, law enforcement in Arizona has found two tunnels near the Mexican border, the Arizona Republic reported. The paper reported that authorities are becoming increasingly concerned that that drug smugglers are turning more to tunnels as a way to smuggle drugs as the U.S. tightens things up…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI report shows that mortgage fraud appears to be on the rise. The FBI said it had 3,129 pending mortgage fraud investigations in 2010, up 12 percent from 2009 and up 90 percent from 2008 when the economy tanked and the real estate market was already in dire straights. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol station in Bisbee, Ariz. will be renamed after agent Brian Terry, who was shot to death last December. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced the bill in the House this week. “Our nation’s Border Patrol agents have a distinguished history…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a ruling that comes as little surprise, a federal judge on Wednesday in Arizona ruled that Jared L. Loughner, who killed 6 and wounded 13 others including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is not mentally competent to stand trial, the New York Times reported. U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns of Tucson…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were killed early Thursday morning in Arizona when their vehicle was hit by a 90-car freight train, authorities said. The agents were assisting in the apprehension of illegal immigrants who entered the country. The agents were identified as Hector R. Clark, 39, and Eduardo Rojas Jr.,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Drug tunnels continue to pop up along the U.S.-Mexican border. The latest: The Associated Press reports that authorities discovered in Nogales, Az., a fairly sophisticated 250-foot-long unfinished tunnel underneath the U.S.-Mexico border that had electricity, water pumps and ventilation. AP reported that Chief Border Patrol Agent Randy Hill says the tunnel…
