By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Page PITTSBURGH — American mobsters probably assumed they had a free ride after Sept. 11. East Coast crime families probably breathed easier after the Justice Department turned its attention toward foreigners whose names appeared on terror-watch lists. For sure, the specter of international terrorism provided the FBI and other law enforcement…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Charlotte Observer noted of Jerry Senatore: “As a boy, Jerry Senatore turned to his mother after an episode of the TV cop show ‘Dragnet’ and proclaimed: ‘Mom, I am going to be an FBI agent one day’.” Last week, Senatore, who spent 20 years in the FBI’s Charlotte Division —…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ousted U.S. Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers will return to her old job on Jan. 31, U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar announced. Chambers was fired in 2004 for publicly voicing concerns about budget shortfalls and staff shortages which she said left citizens vulnerable to crime. The Merit Systems…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Bernie La Forest, who headed up ATF offices in Kansas City, Detroit, Phoenix and Los Angeles before retiring, has just penned his second suspense novel — “In The Red Dragon’s Shadow.” The murder mystery is chock full of international intrigue and involves the ATF, Detroit Police, guns, radical Muslims from Iraq,…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcnkCmZijjA WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Va Teen on No-Fly List Recounts Being Detained in Kuwait (Washington Post) (video) Colombia Helps Mexico Battle Drug Gangs (Washington Post) Teresa Chambers to Resume Old Job as Park Police Chief on Jan. 31 (Washington Post) Lethal Injection Drug Being Phased Out (Washington Post) Ghailani Terrorism Conviction in NY Affirmed…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News The story line of Colombo family underboss John “Sonny” Franzese, 93, of New York reads something like this: He knew Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. He got booted from the Army in World War II for displaying homicidal tendencies. His son testified against him in trial last year….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Could big Congressional budget cuts spell doom for agencies like the FBI and DEA? Conservative Republicans on Thursday demanded dramatic cuts, the Washington Post reported. Specifically, members of the conservative Republican Study Committee said the GOP needs to keep a campaign pledge and immediately cut at least $100 billion from non-defense…
