Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was just Scott S. Smith’s third day as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh office when a student slashed and stabbed classmates in a hallway at Franklin Regional High School last week. “It was a horrific incident,” Smith told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for a story. “Behind the scenes, though,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has declined to open a criminal investigation into the FBI-involved shooting that left a New Orleans man dead during an undercover drug sting last summer, the Times-Picayune reports. It’s the second time an agency has opted against pursuing charges against the agent, who shot 37-year-old Allen Desdunes on July…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A pair of fugitive tax scofflaws secretly built an elaborate bunker at the Washington state home. The New York Daily News reports that Radu Nemes and his wife, Diana, were arrested in March on accusations of conspiring to hide at least $68 million in taxes. The pair have not been charged with…
By The Rutland Herald Editorial Board As Boston marks the first anniversary of the Marathon bombings, one chapter closes. But there’s still enough to fill a book — especially when it comes to the role of the FBI. Questions about it pour from the pages of numerous post-bombing government reports. An assessment by the House…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 16-year-old boy survived a five-and-a-half-hour trip in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii despite frigid temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen, the FBI said. CBS News reports that the boy was questioned by the the FBI after he was discovered Sunday on the tarmac…
