Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department plans to announce it is investigating excessive force within the Cleveland Police Department, WXYC Channel 3 reports. The probe involves a police pursuit in November when Cleveland cops fired 137 bullets at an unarmed man and woman. WXYC reported that a news conference is expected today to announce the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former New York FBI Agent accused of an “extensive scheme” to derail a criminal investigation into potential military fraud will remain free from jail – for now, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. U.S. District Court Judge Ted Stewart dismissed prosecutors claims that Robert G. Lustyik Jr., 50, would continue to disregard…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is helping investigating a cache of explosives found under a bridge in Orange County Monday, the LA Times reports. People working on a drain ditch found a backpack full of grenades, blasting caps and fuse igniters. If ignited, the explosive would have caused “major structural damage to the bridge,” Orange…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sen. Joseph Lieberman wants a special prosecutor to investigate leaks of classified information following allegations that the White House disclosed the secrets, Reuters reports. Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Lieberman said that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s appointment of two federal prosecutor was insufficient. The security leaks includes…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Oregon’s largest mosque feels under siege by snoopy FBI agents who have placed at least five affiliates of the mosque on no-fly lists without an explanation, the Religion News Services reports. Included on the roster of suspected terrorists banned from flying in the U.S. is the longtime religious leader of At…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has launched an anti-trust investigation into whether cable companies are acting improperly to hurt competition from online video, the Wall Street Journal reported. Justice Department officials have talked to cable companies such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable about setting data caps and limiting how much a subscriber can…
This endless tightrope act will continue so long as these types of investigations pop up. And so far there’s no sign of these probes vanishing any time soon. The FBI is going to have to work hard on it’s relations with the Muslim community, something it has tried to work on in the post-9/11 era,…
From the onset, Jesse Jackson Jr. has denied doing anything improper in connection with President Obama’s old senate seat. So far, it looks like he hasn’t convinced the FBI of that. The scandal involving ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich is likely to grow. By Jeff Coen and John Chase Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Federal authorities have…
