March 9, 2012
Ex-Ohio Commissioner Convicted of Bribery and Taking Gifts Including Prostitutes
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Make that number 50. Ex-Cuyahoga County, Ohio, commissioner Jimmy Dimora was convicted Friday on public corruption charges that involved taking bribes and gifts and prostitutes. He becomes the 50th person convicted in an ongoing federal investigation into corruption in Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland. A federal jury convicted him of racketeering,…
NCAA Contacts FBI About Point Shaving Allegations at Auburn University
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The NCAA and Auburn University have contacted the FBI about point-shaving allegations involving the school’s men’s basketball program, CNN reported. “We are very concerned by the point-shaving allegations involving Auburn University men’s basketball program and have been in contact with the school and the FBI since the issue arose in February,” the…
FBI Kept File on Christopher Hitchens
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI kept a file on the late outspoken writer Christopher Hitchens, the website Historiographic Anarchy reports. The website reported that the FBI released through the Freedom of Information Act, 19 pages on Hitchens, some which show he was the subject of an FBI Foreign Counterintelligence probe. He died in December…
Minneapolis FBI Moves to the Burbs
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Minnesota FBI, which also covers North and South Dakota, has moved. The Associated Press reports that the office has moved from downtown Minneapolis to a standalone facility in the suburb of Brooklyn Center, just northwest of the city. Features of the new facility include bulletproof glass and blast-proof walls.