DEA Agent Is Accused of Sending a Prostitute to Visit Secret Service Agent in Colombia?

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  A DEA agent is accused of sending a prostitute to a Secret Service agent in Colombia while the pair were in the country working, the Huffington Post reports, citing a Justice Department report. The reports says a Secret Service supervisory agent received a massage and sex while preparing for President Obama’s visit….

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DEA Agent in New Orleans Retiring Following Newspaper Report on Potential Conflict of Interest

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jimmy S. Fox,  the special agent in charge of the DEA’S office in New Orleans,  is retiring after a newspaper report exposed a potential conflict of interest, the Times-Picayune reports. The newspaper wrote that Fox was bidding to oversee a consent decree between the Justice Department and the city of New Orleans….

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Critics: FBI Violates Federal Law with Cell Phone Tracking Technology

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  New records show the FBI is using a controversial cell phone tracking technology that dupes phones into using a fake network, Slate reports. The idea is to track the movements of suspects in real time, Slate reported. But communication is not intercepted. The technology, called “Stingray,” is controversial because it collects data from…

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The Headache Named Bobby Ferguson: A Pain to Everyone Except Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — He was Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s good buddy, his confidante, his favorite city contractor. But Bobby Ferguson managed to turn off many in Kilpatrick’s inner circle. Contractors and city officials — including Victor Mercado, the head of the water department — complained about Ferguson. Even Kilpatrick’s sister, Ayanna, found…

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FBI’s Washington Field Office Investigates Manipulation of Interest Rates

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The FBI’s Washington field office is best known for investigating terrorism and public corruption. Now, the office is leading an investigation of the manipulation of interest rates, Bloomberg reports. The work has paid off so far, with two international resolutions, including a $1.5 billion settlement with UBS AG in December and the…

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