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Reputed Mob Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger Loses Temper During Murder, Racketeering Trial

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Reputed mob boss James “Whitey”  Bulger lost his cool in court for the second time in his three-week-old trial for murder and racketeering, The New York Times reports. Bulger became agitated while one of the government witnesses, John Morris, a former FBI witness, was testifying about Bulger’s role as an FBI…

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Opinion: Where’s the Outrage Over NSA Surveillance of Americans Phone Calls, E-Mails?

  By JENNIFER STISA GRANICK and CHRISTOPHER JON SPRIGMAN New York Times The twin revelations that telecom carriers have been secretly giving the National Security Agency information about Americans’ phone calls, and that the N.S.A. has been capturing e-mail and other private communications from Internet companies as part of a secret program called Prism, have…

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Column: DEA Agent’s Death a Reminder of Courage in a Dangerous World and the Good Work of the DEA Survivors Benefit Fund

 Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office.   By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com DEA Special Agent James “Terry” Watson had spent an enjoyable evening with friends at a Bogota restaurant watching Game 7 of the…

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Watch Underground ATF Agent Snag Would-Be Robber on Surveillance

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Undercover ATF agents offered would-be robbers an opportunity to steal cocaine and cash from non-existent drug houses. The plan included executing the “inside man.” OTHER STORIES OF INTERST Hostage Taker Insisted FBI, Illuminati Were After Him Before Being Shot Four-Star General Investigated over Leak of Covert Cyber-attacks on Iran’s Nuclear Program Gang…

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