September 2, 2011
77-Year-Old Mobster Shot in Prison Multiple Times With Rubber Bullets By Guards
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The mob world is full of irony. Jerry Capeci, mob expert, noted one of the latest on his website Gang Land News. Capeci wrote that act Colombo Crime boss Andrew (Mush) Russo, 77, has spent half a century as a “made man” and never once got shot. But that changed…
Secret Service Goes After Gypsy Family Accused of $40 Mil Spiritual Cleansing Fraud
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com An odd prosecution is taking place, the result of a Secret Service operation dubbed “Operation Crystal Ball.” Ten members of the family of the late Jimmy Marks, a leader in the Gypsy community, have been arrested in New York and Florida for fraudulently acquiring $40 million from victims seeking spiritual cleansing,…
Emails Suggest White House Knew More About “Fast and Furious” Than Originally Thought
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com And now for more controversy about the failed ATF operation “Fast and Furious.” The LA Times reports today that the White House knew more than previously thought about the program. A Phoenix ATF supervisor specifically mentions the operation in at least one email to a White House national security officer, the…
Calif. Man Gets 6 Years for Tormenting Victims in “Sextortion” Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the eyes of authorities, Luis Mijangos was a skilled computer hacker who went on the rampage and tried to extort sexually explicit videos from women and girls in what some referred to as a “sextortion” case. On Thursday, Mijangos ,32, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who lived in Santa Ana,…
Fed Prosecutor Emory Hurley Deserves Some Blame in ATF’s “Fast and Furious” Operation
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There seems to be plenty blame to go around when it comes to the ill-thought out “Operation Fast and Furious”, ATF’s program that encouraged Arizona gun dealers to sell to straw purchasers, all with the hope of tracing the guns to the Mexican cartels. Some have already taken a hit as…
Az. U.S. Attorney’s Office Tried to Cover Up Murder Link in “Fast and Furious”, Congressional Members Say
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The controversial ATF program “Operation Fast and Furious” continues to generate plenty controversy. The latest: CBS News reports that Congressional investigators say the U.S. Attorney’s office in Arizona tried covering up a link between Fast and Furious and the murder in Arizona of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry last December. Two…
Movie: A Black FBI Agent Goes to Ireland and Encounters Some Racism in a Comedy “The Guard”
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