Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mob boss convicted: One of the nation’s most notorious mafia leaders, James “Whitey” Bulger, was sentenced to life in prison on Nov. 13 after a Boston federal jury found him guilty of racketeering, money laundering and extortion. Bulger was a violent, cold-blooded leader of the Boston Irish mob for decades….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Abdulbaki Todashev is agonized by the silence. Since an FBI agent fatally shot his son, Ibragim Todashev, during an investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings in May, the agency has been virtually mum. So, he thought, maybe photos of his son’s bullet-riddled body would prompt President Obama to seek answers. The Boston…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some members of Congress are still not satisfied with FBI’s response to questions about the Boston Marathon bombings, My Fox Boston reports. One of the lingering questions is: Why didn’t the FBI tell local law enforcement that Russian authorities had warned the U.S. about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the bombing suspect who was killed….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 12-year Secret Service agent who resigned in 2011 to run for a Senate seat in Maryland has written a book about his career. Dan Bongino’s “Life Inside the Bubble: Why a Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent Walked Away from it All” hit the bookshelves Tuesday, offering a look at the staffers, acolytes,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The government shutdown has caused more delays in a high-level investigation into whether federal agencies could have prevented the Boston Marathon bombings, the Boston Globe reports. The furloughs and budget cuts have bogged down inspectors general of four federal agencies who are conducting a wide-sweeping review. Before the budget hurdles, the officials…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Should Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev be given the death penalty? Legal experts said his lawyers may try to avoid the death penalty by arguing their client was under the influence of his brother, who recently was implicated in a past triple murder, Time reports. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s attorneys are trying to…
Steve Neavling ticklethwire.com Before Tamerlan Tsarnaez was accused of planting bombs at the finishing line at the Boston Marathon, the slain suspect participated in a triple murder in a nearby town, his friend told investigators, Reuters reports. The newly filed court records said Ibragim Todashev told investigators that Tsarnaez took part in a triple stabbing….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has said its facial-recognition technology is a critical component of fighting the war on terror and other serious threats. But new records indicate the technology could fail 20% of the time, the National Journal reports. “An innocent person may become part of an investigation because the technology isn’t completely accurate,”…
