Records: Folk Legend Peter Seeger Hounded by FBI for Years Over Alleged Communist ties
Singer-songwriter Peter Seeger was hounded by the FBI from the 1940s to the early 1970 because of his political views.
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Painting Looted by Nazis Returned to Poland, FBI Announces
A painting believed to have been looted by the Nazis during World War II has been returned to the government of Poland, the FBI announced.
Anne Applebaum: What FBI Director James Comey Got Wrong about His Speech on the Holocaust
By Anne Applebaum Washington Post The Polish ambassador to Washington has protested, the Polish president has protested, the speaker of the Polish parliament (to whom I am married) has protested — and the U.S. ambassador to Warsaw has apologized profusely. Why? Because James Comey, the director of the FBI, in a speech that was reprinted in The Post arguing for more Holocaust education,…
Files Show FBI Investigated Death Threat Against the Late Tim Russert and His Family
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The hard-charging late Tim Russert, who hosted NBC’s “Meet the Press” for more than 16 years, may have been beloved, but apparently not be everybody. The Hill newspaper reports that FBI files show that someone left a threatening voicemail for Russert at the tv station on March 7, 2001 at about…
Feds Seize Paintings Stolen By Nazis in Poland
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Federal authorities have seized two Julian Falat paintings stolen by the Nazis during World War II from New York auction houses, with the hope of returning the national treasures to the Polish government. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that it had filed a civil forfeiture complaint on Wednesday…
Justice Dept. Reports Says U.S. Was “Safe Haven” For Nazis and Their Collaborators
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A 600-page, never-released Justice Department report concludes that the American intelligence officials created a “safe haven” in the U.S. for Nazis and their collaborators after World War II, the New York Times reports. “It describes the government’s posthumous pursuit of Dr. Josef Mengele, the so-called Angel of Death at…
Longest Serving Fed Prosecutor Stepping Down After 59 Years
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — There’s longevity on the job, and then there’s John “Jack” C. Keeney. On Friday, the Justice Department held a retirement ceremony to mark the end of his 59-year career as the longest serving federal prosecutor in U.S. history. According to a Justice Department account of the event, as Keeney…