N.H. Man Sentenced to 16+ Years for Assaulting, Robbing ATF Informant
A New Hampshire man was sentenced to 16-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the 2017 beating and robbing of an ATF informant who was trying to purchase guns.
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Houston Board Repairman Charged with Alleged Plot to Bomb Apartment Building
A Houston boat repairman accused of plotting to bomb an apartment building was charged in federal court Monday.
FBI Increasingly Conducting Undercover Stings to Investigate Suspected ISIS Supporters
The FBI is increasingly conducting undercover operations to investigate American suspected of supporting ISIS.
Las Vegas’ First Female FBI Agent Was an Undercover Success
Tall and slim, with long, blond hair, Deborah Richard could look like an expensive call girl or a bag lady.
FBI: Reputed Klansman Planned to Attack Muslims with Mobile, Radiation-Spewing Weapon
A reputed Klansman from Saratoga County in New York believed he was capable of making a mobile device that would decimate Muslim towns with radiation.
FBI Agent Became Addicted to Heroin After Dependence on Pain Meds
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent accused of stealing heroin from evidence in cases to feed his addiction was first hooked on pain medication, The Washington Post reports. Matthew Lowry, 33, of the Washington Field Office told investigators that he first took heroin in 2013 after stealing a small amount obtained during an undercover…
Retired DEA Agent Was Trailblazer for Better Treatment of African Americans, Women in Bureau
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Arthur Lewis, the first African American acting deputy administrator of the DEA, rose to prominence after starting his career on the hardscrabble streets of Harlam as an undercover agent. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Lewis is credited with breaking down racial barriers and winning a legal battle in the 1970s to improve…
Journal Sentinel Editorial: ATF’s Stings Were an Embarrassing ‘Joke’ by Federal Government
By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial The deputy director of the ATF told a congressional subcommittee last week that the agency is out of the business of undercover storefront stings for now after embarrassing revelations in this newspaper that illustrated how badly botched some of these operations were. Thomas E. Brandon told the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee…