Judge Rules FBI Must Release Dotcom Evidence

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  U.S. federal authorities cannot extradite the founder of the Megaupload online file-sharing site without evidence supporting charges of copyright breaches and internet piracy, a New Zealand court ruled Thursday, Reuters reports. “Without access to materials relevant to the extradition hearing phase, the person sought will be significantly constrained in his or her…

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Janice Fedarcyk, First Woman to Head N.Y. FBI, Retiring to Join Private Sector

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Janice Fedarcyk, the fist woman to head the N.Y. FBI office, who oversaw some major terrorists, mob and Wall Street probes,  is retiring  to enter the private sector, the Wall Street Journal reports. Janice Fedarcyk, assistant director in charge of the New York bureau, plans to start a consulting firm in Washington…

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Too Much Evidence Prompts Dismissal of Prescription Drug Case

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Is it possible to have too much evidence against someone? It appears so after a federal judge in Iowa dropped a case involving the nation’s largest prosecution of Internet pharmacies, the Associated Press reports. The evidence against former Miami doctor, Armando Angulo, included more than 400,000 documents and two terabytes of electronic data,…

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Thirty Years Later, Carrying on a Tradition: Talking to U of M Football Team About Gambling and Other Matters

By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com  In 1982 legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler called the FBI office in Ann Arbor. Bo wanted the FBI to talk to his team primarily about the perils of illegal sports gambling. The Senior Resident Agent, Tom Love, agreed to make the presentation. Tom knew I had played (read mostly practiced)…

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