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…
By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com “Say it ain’t so, Rocket.” (“Say it ain’t so, Joe.” Reported words of a young fan to Shoeless Joe Jackson after the Black Sox gambling scandal.) Roger Clemens may have lied under oath in front of a Congressional committee regarding the use of steroids during his baseball career, but so what?…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ooops! The publication WIRED reports that a student in California, the son of an Islamic-American community leader, found a GPS device on his car during an oil change and the FBI came knocking to get it back. The whole thing started last Sunday when Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old American born business…
