Someone should have saved these historical records. It’s a shame the records are gone. Fortunately the memory of Walter Cronkite can’t be destroyed. By Matt Kelley USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The FBI destroyed its files on former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite two years ago under a policy that has been criticized by researchers for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Texas state trooper was shot and wounded late Monday night while helping FBI agents serve a federal warrant at an apartment on the south side of Dallas, the Associated Press reported. The exact condition of the trooper was not immediately released, but AP reported that he was conscious just before…
Federal authorities had hoped to wait to bust these guys once they started to look like they were actually kicking things in gear. But leaks forced them to act quicker. It will be interesting to see how this all unfolds. By Josh Meyer and Tina Susman Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Federal authorities have tied…
From outward appearances, the defense sounds fairly lame. On another point, it’s amazing how many times the FBI has been able to successfully pull off this type of sting with cops around the country. In Detroit, in the 1990s, the FBI used this sting and busted a number of cops along with the mayor’s common-law…
Here’s a little explosive news. These are the things agents know can harm a case. In this case, so far, this sexual relationship hasn’t derailed the conviction. But we’ll see on appeal. By New Orleans Times-Picayune Staff Federal Judge T.S. Ellis III today denied former Rep. William Jefferson’s request for a new trial. The request…
This is getting messy. Did the FBI lose a great informant or did it finally get rid of one who hurt the agency far more than he helped it? And the more that comes to light in the case, more serious it seems. BY Elizabeth Hays and Helen Kennedy DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS NEW YORK…
UPDATE: Sunday 12:45 a.m. FBI Arrests Father and Son in Terror Probe (NY Times) The FBI is expected to run down counterterrorism leads and check them out thoroughly. And that’s what the agency seems to be doing in this case. But it’s still not clear how big of a deal this was. BY James Gordon…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s one burglary that will probably get a little more attention from law enforcement than most. The Indianapolis police reported that thieves broke into an FBI agent’s car on the city’s northwest side Thursday morning and stole a submachine gun, a semiautomatic rifle, .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun and two sets of body…
