By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department announced Wednesday that the FBI agents who shot and killed Detroit imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah last October during a raid did not violate federal civil rights laws and did not “warrant further federal criminal investigation.” The announcement came nearly two weeks after the Michigan Attorney General concluded the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More than 70 people including members and associates of an Armenian-American organized crime enterprise were charged in a nationwide scam involving $163 million in fraudulent Medicare and insurance billing, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Authorities alleged that 73 people were involved in the operation of at least 118 different phony clinics in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Herman Groman, a retired FBI agent in Las Vegas, may be going Hollywood. Groman, who heads up security at the Orleans Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas, recently authored his first novel, a suspense thriller called “Pigeon Spring”. Now, he says producer-director Joseph Merhi read the book and wants to make a movie…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is asking a federal judge in Mississippi to stop defense attorneys for an indicted FBI agent from alleging that the charges stem from a vendetta from the former U.S. Attorney, the Associated Press reported. The agent, Hal Neilson, was indicted in January for allegedly failing to disclose his…
Ali H. Soufan was an F.B.I. special agent from 1997 to 2005. By ALI H. SOUFAN New York Times Op-Ed TEN years ago, Qaeda terrorists blew a hole in the side of the Navy destroyer Cole in Yemen, killing 17 sailors. Yet the attack’s mastermind still hasn’t been prosecuted, and many of the men tried…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s official: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio will play J. Edgar Hoover in director Clint Eastwood’s upcoming film on the legendary FBI director. Eastwood told Reuters news service that “it’s a great role for” DiCaprio and that he was in the process of signing a contract with the popular actor. Eastwood Monday shot…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Drew Parenti, head of the FBI’s Sacarmento bureau, is retiring to take a job as vice president of security for Penske Truck Leasing in Reading, Pa., the Sacramento Bee is reporting. Parenti, 50, a 26 year bureau veteran, said the FBI is “a hard organization to leave,” according to the paper….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An investigative specialist in the FBI Washington Field Office, who was the son of a retired FBI agent, was struck by a car and killed early Sunday morning in Rockville, Md., as he crossed the street with a friend, reporter Martin Weil of the Washington Post reported. The friend…
