By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Saying the feds acted in “bad faith” during discovery, a federal judge in Boston has ordered the U.S. government to pay about $700,000 in legal fees in a lawsuit that resulted from four men being deliberately framed by the FBI in a 1965 mob slaying. The legal fees are on top…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A dying mother’s request helped the FBI nab her her son, who had been on the lam for 36 years. He had escaped from prison while serving life for a deadly San Francisco robbery. The Sacramento FBI Safe Streets Violent Crime Task Force on Friday arrested William Walter Asher III, 66,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The pirate biz may have provided a good life for two Somalian men. Now it’s simply providing life — in prison that is. Ali Abdi Mohamed, 30, and Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf, 31, were both sentenced Monday in federal court in Norfolk, Va. to life in prison for their roles in the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com In a nondescript Rosslyn, Va. parking garage in 1972, a FBI deputy director met with two young Washington Post reporters, sharing strands of information that would eventually take down the president of the United States. The Watergate story has become an American legend, a story many from that era share with…
By Joseph Goldstein New York Times In the F.B.I.’s expansive offices in Lower Manhattan, a black-and-white banner on Special Agent Kevin P. Coughlin’s desk stands out amid the rows of cubicles. It is a Jolly Roger, skull above crossed swords, the pirate’s calling card. Related Mr. Coughlin, 35, belongs to a squad whose caseload includes…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI in Georgia is trying to hone in on corrupt judges and legislators. The Associated Press reports that the FBI has created a new squad to investigate those folks. Brian Lamkin, who heads the FBI office in Georgia, told The Associated Press he formed the team after months of reviewing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Put Sarah Palin into the equation, and you’re bound to get plenty attention. Just ask Christy, 47, and his 22-year-old son Shawn. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the FBI from the Allentown, Pa. office on Thursday arrested the two on charges of making hundreds of harassing calls to Palin’s family and…
