Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The former Yankees trainer suing former pitching superstar Roger Clemens for slander wants to use FBI records in the civil defamation case, the New York Post reports. The trainer, Brian McNamee, claims in Brooklyn federal court that Clemens “intended to deceive the public and Congress into falsely believing that McNamee is a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A New Zealand court delivered a blow to the FBI’s global crackdown on copyright theft, ruling Thursday that a search warrant used to raid the mansion of the suspected kingpin of an Internet piracy ring was illegal, Reuters reports. The FBI accuses Megaupload.com operator Kim Dotcom, of Germany, of netting $175 million…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Obviously, this NYPD cop was on the wrong side of the line. The New York Daily News reports that the FBI is investigating whether Detective Rafael (Ray) Astacio is part of a burglary crew. He was caught last month breaking into a Long Island home. To read more click here. OTHER…
By O’Ryan Johnson Boston Herald BOSTON — The Indiana congressman who led the 2003 federal probe of corrupt ties between James “Whitey” Bulger and the FBI said he has seen no evidence of any immunity deal with the South Boston mobster — and doubts any exists. “I can’t remember anything that would say Whitey Bulger…
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit Robert D. Foley, a native of Massachusetts with a law degree, who has investigated everything from counterterrorism to gangs to drugs and police corruption, will become the new head of the Detroit FBI, Deadline Detroit has learned. Foley is currently the special agent in charge of the Administrative Division…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has investigated more than 100 suspected Islamic extremists connected to the U.S. military and discovered about a dozen serious cases, NPR reports. FBI and Department of Defense officials said the suspects – or “insider threats” showed a strong intent to attack military targets, according to the NPR report. Suspects range…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Kevin Perkins is moving up. The veteran FBI agent has been named the agency’s associate deputy director, the number three spot at FBI headquarters. He’s replacing Thomas J. Harrington, who is retiring. In 2009, he was named assistant director of the bureau’s Criminal Investigative Division. He joined the FBI in 1986…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An incessant, high-pitched hum coming from a nondescript FBI building in Virginia is driving neighbors crazy, the Washington Post reports. “You’ve never stood next to such a loud building,” Tom Jackman wrote for the Washington Post. “It sounds like a helicopter is hovering a block away – a helicopter that never goes…
