By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution fired off a letter Wednesday to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller accusing the agency of providing “incomplete and misleading” information on the 2001 anthrax attacks to the committee. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) letter focuses on the amount of “silicon” that was…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT –– A Michigan insurance company insists it’s still not getting justice from the Justice Department. The Associated Press reports that the Justice Department is still refusing to pay $750,000 to a Michigan insurance company for a stolen Ferrari F50 that was recovered, but then was wrecked while being driven by…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT –An FBI agent is off the hook. U.S. District Judge Marianne Battani of Detroit on Monday tossed out a lawsuit against FBI agent Michael Thomas, the Associated Press reported. The suit was filed Karim Koubriti, whose terrorism conviction in Detroit was thrown out after it was ruled that the prosecution…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Violent crimes and property crimes dropped in 2010 compared to the previous year, the FBI’s Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime report showed. The report, released Monday, showed a 5.5 percent decrease in reported violent crimes compared to 2009. Property crimes dropped 2.8 percent. The FBI reported that murder declined 4.4 percent ,…
By Felisa Cardona Denver Post DENVER — James F. Yacone is a decorated combat veteran, an accomplished criminal investigator and a graduate of West Point, but he doesn’t like to brag. The walls in his office at the Denver FBI are nearly bare, with just a sampling of photographs from his military service overseas despite…
By Joshua Sinai The Washington Times Now that an elite American special-operations unit has ended the life of Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda’s charismatic leader and founder, the world’s most lethal and geographically dispersed terrorist organization is entering a new, uncertain direction. Although this momentous event occurred after the publication of Garrett M. Graff’s important…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com When President Obama announced plans to have FBI Dir. Robert S. Mueller III stay on two years beyond his 10-year term, the FBI Agents Association quickly issued a very positive statement even though some of its members were not very happy. Nonetheless, some of the unhappiness seems to be coming out….
