Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Nelson Mandela visited the U.S. for the first time in June 1990, he was under the watch of the FBI. Al Jazeera America reports that the FBI used a confidential source to spy on Mandela, who had been recently released after spending 27 years in prison. The newly released documents are…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Were snipers planning to kill leaders of Occupy Houston in 2011? The Houston Chronicle obtained FBI records that suggest the agency was aware of such a plan. To be clear, the FBI was not involved, but the records indicate the agency knew about a potentially deadly plot. FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dulap warned…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Tennessee death row inmate has been denied access to FBI records that he says would overturn his 1998 conviction for the murder of a Memphis motel clerk, the Associated Press reports. A federal appeals court reaffirmed the FBI’s right to redact information under the Freedom of Information Act. The redacted records,…
