By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Florida state lawmaker announced his resignation on Friday after admitting that he sent anonymous, flirtatious text messages in 2011 to a married assistant U.S. Attorney, ABC 25 reported. The admission by Fla. House Rep. Richard Steinberg, 39, came after the Secret Service traced the unsolicited texts he sent to assistant…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Louisville office has a new person in charge. The FBI announced Monday that Perrye K. Turner will head up the office as special agent in charge. Turner most recently served as deputy assistant director of the Information Technology Engineering Division at FBI Headquarters, the agency said. Turner started with…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com You know a good way to stay homeless? Try stealing a Secret Service car. UPI reports a homeless man was arrested in Washington on Friday after he tried swiping a Secret Service car that was parked near Sidwell Friends School, an exclusive private school in Upper Northwest Washington that happens to…
By BEN PROTESS and AZAM AHMED New York Times Gordon Gekko is cooperating with the F.B.I. No, there’s not another big-budget Oliver Stone follow-up to “Wall Street” in the works. Instead, Michael Douglas, who played the financier in the 1987 movie and the sequel, is now starring in a straight-to-television video for the Federal Bureau…
Charles Lutz is a retired DEA agent and Penn State University alum. His column is in response to a ticklethewire.com column by Ross Parker’s entitled: A Letter to My Son on Moral Decisions in Light of Penn State. By Charles Lutz For ticklethewire.com While I don’t disagree with Ross Parker’s advice to his son…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Louisiana Sheriff was arrested on conspiracy, computer fraud, identity theft and obstruction charges, the FBI announced in a statement. Sheriff Royce Edward Toney, 64, of Monroe, La., was arrested on Friday, according to the FBI. The indictment alleges that Toney and another man engaged in a conspiracy to illegally track…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III let his Ivy League colors fly over the weekend. Mueller, a 1966 graduate of Princeton, was awarded the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award on Saturday at Princeton, which recognizes an alum’s commitment to public service, the Daily Princetonian reported. The paper reported that Mueller spoke at…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, is set to receive protection from the Secret Service, reports FOX News. Rival candidate Newt Gingrich has also requested protection from the service, and Mitt Romney already has it, according to FOX. Santorum asked for protection after an incident earlier this month after “Occupy” supporters heckled…
