By Mike Wiser, PBS FRONTLINE, Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, and Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has called into question a key pillar of the FBI’s case against Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist accused of mailing the anthrax-laced letters that killed five people and terrorized Congress a decade ago. Shortly after Ivins committed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s never a good idea. Daniel F. Cleary, 48, of Weston, Fla. knows that now. Clearly pleaded guilty last Friday in federal court in Southern Florida to impersonating an FBI agent, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Authorities said it all began on Jan. 13 of this year when Broward Sheriff’s Office…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As his 10-year term comes to an end, rumors and speculation are popping up as to what FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III will do in life. People who know Mueller say one thing is for certain: He won’t be getting a white belt and white shoes and heading…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Presidential appointments in law enforcement continue to trickle in. The White House on Wednesday announced the nominations of Dennis J. Erby for U.S.Marshal for the Northern District of Mississippi and Edward M. Spooner for U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Florida. Spooner is currently Assistant Special Agent…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A team of investigators has cleared an FBI agent of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a veteran last May 19 at the MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. In a press release, the FBI stated that the agent, whose name was not released “operated within the scope of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — States around the country are turning to the Justice Department for help in locating an execution drug, the Associated Press reports. AP reported that 13 states signed a letter sent to the Justice Department asking for help scoring sodium thiopental after the only U.S. manufacturer stopped producing it and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Boston FBI agent John Connolly, who authorities say stepped way over the line in his relationship with the mob, is appealing his 2008 second-degree murder conviction in the 1982 mob-related slaying of a gambling executive in Miami, the Associated Press reports. AP reported that the Florida Court of Appeals will hear…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI Thursday morning arrested two people who worked for swindler Bernie Madoff. Joann Crupi was arrested at her home in Westfield, NJ and Annette Bongiorno was arrested at her home in Boca Raton, Fla., said Richard Kolko, spokesman for the FBI in New York. “Charges, in connection with the Madoff…
