By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Blackwater, the controversial security contractor that got in a whole lot of legal trouble for its deadly cowboy antics in Iraq, is trying once again to scrub clean that bad image. First it tried by changing its name to Xe Services LLC. But inevitably most articles included the phrase “formerly known…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A crackdown on drug smugglers has resulted in a dramatic jump in the use of sophisticated tunnels under the Mexico-U.S. border, Reuters reports. Reuters reports that authorities discovered more than 100 tunnels during President Felipe Calderon’s five years in office. That number is double the ones found over the previous 15…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The legendary but outdated FBI headquarters building in in the nation’s capital moved a step closer to its demise. The Washington Post reports that the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passed a resolution late last week authorizing the General Service Administration to find a consolidated headquarters. The Post reported…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Is the N.Y. FBI allocating far too little to fight the five Organized Crime Families? The answer is a definite Yes, according to a story by mob expert Jerry Capeci, editor of Gang Land News. The site reports that the number of agents investigating New York wiseguys is at an all…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — A Noah’s Ark of the Detroit legal and law enforcement community including federal prosecutors and fed agents and judges gathered Thursday night at the upscale Whitney restaurant on Woodward Avenue to mark the retirement of two assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Leibson, 63, and Blondell Morey, 64, who…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is continuing an investigation into an anthrax scare in Cleveland, reports WDEF.com. On Wednesday afternoon a letter containing white powder was found addressed to the Bradley County Circuit Court’s Office, but a mobile testing unit determined the substance was just talcum powder, according to WDEF. No one is sick…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It was a busy day for authorities with the DEA and local law enforcement in San Antonio Thursday, where agents rounded up and brought to federal court 6 of 17 suspects facing murder, racketeering and drug charges, reports Kens5.com The suspects were members of the Texas Syndicate. The indictment claims the…
