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Mexican Man Says He Lied About Killing Border Agent Brian Terry
JORDAN FABIAN ABC News A Mexican man who says he killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry fabricated his claim to gain attention, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Friday. The FBI said in a statement that agents interviewed Gustavo Cruz-Lozano in San Antonio on Thursday after he claimed to have killed Terry during…
FBI Lays Out What It Wants for New Headquarters
By Jonathan O’Connell Washington Post It was 35 minutes past the scheduled start time when everyone had finally made their way through the security and Dan Tangherlini, acting administrator of the General Services Administration, took the podium. He assumed by the size of the crowd — an estimated 350 people, some of them watching on…
FBI Agent Tells of Sex in the Philippines But Says he Didn’t Pay for It
By Hailey Branson-Potts Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A day after meeting a pretty young woman working at a karaoke club in the Philippines, Marc Napolitano started getting text messages from her, he said. The woman, named Maui, wrote that she missed him, loved him and wanted to see him. Within days of their…
Defense: FBI Terrorism Sting Went Too Far and Targeted ‘a Kid’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The defense attorney for a man accused of plotting to bomb a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Oregon said his client was coerced by over-enthusiastic undercover FBI agents who were bent on getting a terrorism arrest, the AP reports. The trial continued Thursday in the case of Mohamed Mohamud, who thought he was…
Auto Mechanic Dismissed Claims That He Helped Cop Accused in Cannibalism Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A New Jersey auto mechanic was not being serious when he allegedly conspired with a New York City police officer to rape and murder a woman in a cannibalism case, his attorney said in hopes of getting his client’s bail reduced, the Associated Press reports. In fact, attorney Alice Fontier said her…
FBI Agent Slammed in Trial Over $14,5000 Spent on Entertainment in Philippines
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Charles Ro, an FBI agent, spent more than $14,500 in taxpayer money on entertainment, cocktails and tips while investigating weapons smugglers in the Philippines, the LA Times reported following testimony during a trial. The defense for Filipino national Sergio Santiago Syjuco, who is accused of smuggling assault rifles, grenades and mortar launchers…
Ex-Homeland Security Agent Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Investigative Records
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Homeland Security agent who conspired to falsify investigative records pleaded guilty Thursday, and new evidence suggests he faked the documents at the urging of his supervisor, the Associated Press reports. Wayne Ball was a special agent with Homeland Security’s Inspector General’s Office in McAllen, Texas, when he falsified records in…
Defense Attorney: Terrorism Suspect Was Coerced into Detonating Fake Bomb
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mohamed Mohamud was a naive teenager manipulated by the FBI to detonate what he thought was a real bomb at a Christmas tree-lighting event in Oregon, his defense attorney argued in the terrorism case Wednesday, the AP reported. The FBI agent who posed as an al-Qaida terrorist admitted during cross-examination that Mohamud…