ATF Investigates Alleged Affair Between Agent, Prosecutor During Storefront Investigations

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ATF agent and a prosecutor had a secret affair while working together on controversial storefront operations in Georgia and are under investigation following allegations they illegally helped in informant, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.  The storefront investigations were the subject of intense scrutiny following alarming reports by the Journal Sentinel…

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Internal Investigation: FBI’s Evidence Collection Is Beset with Serious Errors

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  An internal investigation found widespread mishandling of FBI evidence in every region of the country, the New York Times reports. The highly critical report found that the FBI’s evidence collection and retention system is beset by errors, either through mishandling, mislabeling or losing evidence. The report also found that the FBI…

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Top Prosecutor Says He’s Investigating FBI Shooting of Chechen immigrant

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Orlando’s top prosecutor pledged to review the fatal shooing of a Chechen immigrant in his condo during an FBI interrogation, The Associated Press reports. The news comes the same week Ibragim Todashev’s father arrived in Florida with the intention of suing the bureau for his son’s death. State Attorney Jeff Ashton said…

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Closing Arguments to Begin in Murder, Racketeering Trial of ‘Whitey’ Bulger

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The murder and racketeering case against accused mobster James ‘Whitey” Bulger may have reached its final days as prosecutors and defense attorneys prepare to present lengthy closing arguments today, the Associated Press wrote. The nearly eight-week trial will give way to closing arguments after jurors heard testimony about 19 killings in which…

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