Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents investigating corruption have uncovered allegations of wrongdoing against two key U.S. senators – Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Sen. Mike Lee – but there’s a big problem. The Justice Department has prevented the FBI from launching a full investigation, the Washington Times reports. The investigation, rather, is being…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in southern Arizona following a struggle between the pair, the Associated Press reports. Authorities were tracking a group of people Thursday night on suspicion of being in the country illegally. While two of the suspect were apprehended, a third escaped. He was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI rushed its investigation into Trenton Mayor Tony Mack because agents were worried the administration knew about the probe, the Trenton Times reports. A city carpet salesman, who was Mack’s fraternity brother, warned the mayor of an investigation, prompting the FBI to scurry for search warrants. “We needed to execute immediately…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com On the day a jury found two former Fullerton Police Department officers not guilty of beating a homeless man to death, the FBI said it would determine whether “further investigation is warranted” to bring new charges, the Los Angeles Times reports. The officers are accused of beating to death Kelly Thomas, a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigations into the U.S. Secret Service have been bungled by senators and plagued with nepotism allegations against an inspector general, according to congressional and government sources, the Washington Times reports. Despite allegations of sexual misconduct against a Secret Service agent, Sen. Claire McCaskill has demanded an end to the investigation, and Deputy…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sheriff’s deputies in the Los Angeles area are accused of unlawfully targeting black residents in public housing, the Associated Press reports. Deputies for the Lancaster and Palmdale Sheriff’s Departments are under investigation for allegedly making unnecessary stops, seizures and force. The findings follow a two-year investigation, the AP reported. “While our investigation…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI investigation of CIA Director David Patraeus has not ended and remains active, the USA Today reports. Attorney General Eric Holder said as much during a virtually unnoticed exchange last month with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican. “While an extra-marital affair itself is not classified as an ‘intelligence activity,’ the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents trying to determine whether the Boston Marathon bombing suspects received any help have been questioning a Chechen refugee and former separatist fighter with a past social relationship with one of the alleged bombers, the New York Times reports. Agents searched the New Hampshire apartment of Musa Khadzhimuratov on Tuesday, subjecting…
