By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge in Portland dealt a blow to the government’s case against FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita, who is accused of lying about firing his weapon during a 2016 confrontation with Oregon occupation spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, who was fatally shot. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones wrote in a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For decades, the story of James “Whitey” Bulger was one of the bigger ones to come out of Boston. Now, his name is back in the news. Former gangster Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi testified Monday that he and Bulger paid off seven FBI agents, killed several informants after they were exposed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s some disturbing news. Two months before the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, a retired Secret Service agent warned administrators that the school could be vulnerable to a gunman, the Sun Sentinel reports: Gates were unlocked. Students did not wear identification badges. A fire alarm could send students streaming into…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two people have been charged in the shooting of an ATF agent in Gary, Ind., who was wounded during a shootout last Thursday. Blake King, age 19, of Chicago and Bernard Graham, age 25, of Calumet City, Ill., were charged last Friday in a criminal complaint. The charges include: Forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has says its inability to crack encrypted cellphones during investigations makes the country less safe. But 72 percent of 100 cybersecurity leaders from government, academia and the private sector surveyed by the Washington Post’s “Cybersecurity 202” disagree. The survey showed a broad opposition to the FBI’s demand that device…
Dick Thornburgh served as U.S. attorney general from 1988 to 1991. By Dick Thornburgh For the Washington Post As a lifelong Republican, I am proud that my party has consistently revered the rule of law as a central tenet of our country’s values. I have been honored to serve under seven presidents, including as U.S. attorney…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The New York Daily News reports that witnesses have seen what appears to be a black U.S. Secret Service car parked outside Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Central Park West apartment. She’s dating Donald Trump Jr. The Daily News reports: For the fourth straight Tuesday, Donald Trump Jr. enjoyed a date night with Fox News…
