By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The then-acting head of ATF, Ken Melson, told Congressional investigators back in July that he was irate that his underlings didn’t tell him about the controversial agency program Fast and Furious, an operation that encouraged gun dealers in Arizona to sell to “straw purchasers” with the hopes of tracing the weapons…
By CNN WASHINGTON — December holiday shoppers were not just interested in buying the hottest electronics and toys — they also were purchasing record numbers of guns, according to the latest FBI figures on background checks required to buy firearms. With a few days left in December, the FBI reports the number of background checks…
UPDATE: Wednesday: U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto ruled against the defense request to suppress evidence. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former D.C. U.S. Attorney is accusing the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office of illegally obtaining documents in a major bank fraud trial in Brooklyn involving a Democratic fundraiser, and then lying about it. He’s…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A missing 9-year-old girl has been found dead, the Associated Press reports, and the girl’s babysitter was arrested on murder charges Monday night. The FBI had been helping in the search. Aliahna Lemmon’s body was found in northeast Indiana, near her family’s mobile home park, investigators say. They aren’t releasing where…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Patrick Caldwell is breathing a few sighs of relief. Bloomberg reports that the ex-deputy assistant director of the Secret Service had conspiracy charges against him thrown out last week. In the first prosecution of alleged foreign bribery charges based on a government sting operation run inside the country, US District Judge Richard…
OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST: US Reviewing anti-Muslim School Bias Complaint (AP) Man Accused of Raping Girl, 12, and Forcing Her into Prosecution (LA Times) FBI Investigates Christmas Eve Hack (BayouBuzz.com) Austin-Area Law Enforcement Spends Two Years Focused on Mexican Mafia Activity (The Republic)
By EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press QUANTICO, Va. — Call it a playground for Bambi and G-Men, where imaginary criminals are hunted and deer are the spectators. The 547-acre FBI Academy, where some of the nation’s best marksmen fire off more than 1 million bullets every month, happens to be one of the safest places…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Barack Obama has named a new man to head federal law enforcement in the drug trafficking-prone US Virgin Islands, reports the Daily World. Ronald W. Sharpe is the new US Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands. Sharpe has deep roots and extended family in the area, according to the…
