Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a breezy November day in 1957 when the FBI had no choice but to admit that the mafia not only existed, but it operated on a national level, Slate reports. It was Nov. 14, 1957 – 56 years ago Thursday. New York state troopers were alarmed by the number of out-of-state,…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and CIA missed opportunities to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by not taking seriously enough threats from Lee Harvey Oswald, according to Philip Shenon’s new book, “A Cruel and Shocking Act,” reports the Orland Sentinel. Days before the assassination, the president’s administration found a threatening note addressed…
The History Channel listed 10 fascinating facts about the FBI. Here are five of them. 1. J. Edgar Hoover served 48 years as director of the FBI, spending 62% of his life at the helm. FBI directors are now restricted to 10-year terms. 2. The FBI went through a variety of names in the early…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the most popular weapons against criminals, the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” recently turned 63 years old. The list of most-wanted fugitives has helped nab 153 most-wanted fugitives from people tipped off by pictures on the list, About.com reports. Of the 495 people who have been on the list, 465 have…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Cartha “Deke” DeLoach, a former top aide to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, died Wednesday in South Carolina at age 92, the Island Packett newspaper reported. He was a longtime resident of Hilton Head Island. The paper reported that he worked on the investigation into the slaying of Martin Luther King…
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