President Trump’s sudden and brazen decision to fire FBI Director James Comey drew immediate and fierce criticism from both sides of the aisle Tuesday, with some comparing the bombastic Republican to Richard Nixon.
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Richard Nixon was 24 years old, he applied to be a special agent in the FBI in 1937. That application is now on display at National Archives, reports the Smithsonian. “It is a nice window into a moment in Richard Nixon’s life that people probably don’t think about,” says Jennifer Johnson,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The legend of Watergate lives on. A book to be released next month, “Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat,” reports that Felt, the number two guy in the FBI during Watergate, was leaking, not out of concern for public good but rather because he was angry he was not getting…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Assuredly the Occupy Wall Street folks would find President Nixon’s grand jury testimony of interest. In newly released documents of President Richard Nixon’s 1974 grand jury testimony, the president admitted to giving precedence to wealthy campaign contributors when assigning foreign ambassador posts. The president maintained that such assignations were not “commitments” made…
