Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A division of the Department of Homeland Security spied and kept records on the Occupy Wall Street protests, even when they were peaceful the Huffington Post reports. More than 250 records obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund show the federal government was keeping close tabs on protesters. “Taken together, the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sen. Charles Grassley, a longtime critic of the FBI, issued some harsh words for the agency in the case of FBI informant Mark Rossetti, a big-time Boston mobster, who was sentenced last week in Suffolk Superior Court to 12 years in prison. Grassley said the Boston FBI hasn’t learned its lesson…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Boston federal judge in the James “Whitey” Bulger case has been removed. CNN reports that the First Circuit Court of Appeals made the ruling after the defense raised concerns that U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns might not be able to be impartial. Stearns was a federal prosecutor at the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Boston Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy have penned a new biography on mobster James “Whitey” Bulger , which reveals some interesting tidbits about the one-time fugitive accused of killing 19 people. The book, “Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt that Brought Him to Justice,” talks about…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A new biography on mobster James “Whitey” Bulger reveals some interesting tidbits about the one-time fugitive accused of killing 19 people. The Boston Globe reports that the book, “WHITEY BULGER: AMERICA’S MOST WANTED GANGSTER AND THE MANHUNT THAT BROUGHT HIM TO JUSTICE” by Globe staff writers Kevin Cullen and Shelley…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Recently uncovered FBI files on former Boston Mayor Kevin White show his administration was the target of a federal corruption probe in the 1970s, the Boston Globe reports. Among the claims, which never led to charges, were that White pressured businesses to donate money in exchange for work in the city. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge has delayed the trial of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger until June 6, the Boston Herald reports. Bulger, who had been hospitalized for chest pains, and was released earlier this week, was set to go to trial this week. “The complexity of the case, the multiplicity of defendants, the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a long time coming, but the Boston office of the FBI is finally beginning to build a new complex in nearby Chelsea, the Boston Globe reports. The FBI expects to move into the 200,000-square-foot building by early 2015. The agency is moving forward with the construction after a judge dismissed…
