By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is looking into death threats against ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who had previously been the target of a man who had videotaped her naked through hotel peep holes, the LA Times reported. Andrews’ attorney, Marshall Grossman said a media outlet had received emails that included death threats, the paper…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating letters sent by an anti-government group to more than 30 governors warning them to step down within three days or they’ll be removed. The Associated Press reported that the FBI is warning local cops that the group’s action could provoke violence. The group,the Guardians of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One of the more improbable theories about Teamster James R. Hoffa — that he’s buried under the west end zone at Giant Stadium — is popping up one more time for old time sake as demolition teams get ready to knock down the stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Rumors of the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI is trying to jump start a probe into the 1980s killing of as many as eight people in southeastern Virginia known as the Colonial Parkway murders, the Washington Post reports. The Washington Post’s Maria Glod reports that the FBI is re-examining dozens of pieces of evidence, including…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI duped the members of the Christian militia in Michigan into going to what they thought was a memorial service at a warehouse in Ann Arbor over the weekend, the head of the Detroit FBI told the Associated Press. Andy Arena, special agent in charge of the Detroit FBI, said…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade in Detroit announced Thursday that she’s launched an internal inquiry into “recent disclosures of information to the press regarding federal public corruption investigations.’ McQuade asked investigating agencies to conduct similar internal inquiries, according to a press release issued by her office. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Actor Leonardo DiCaprio could end up playing FBI Dir. J. Edgar Hoover in a film to be directed by Clinton Eastwood. Mike Fleming of the website Deadline New York is reporting that “talks with Leo are just getting underway, but I’m told that DiCaprio will play the lead role…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Andrew Arena, the head of the Detroit FBI, said Tuesday that other mainstream militias have distanced themselves from the nine members of the Christian militia in the Midwest who were indicted for plotting to kill law enforcement members. “I honestly think they don’t believe the same things this group does,” Arena…
