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Judge: Family of Whitey Bulger Victim Can Continue with Suit Against FBI Agents
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A family of one of James “Whitey” Bulger’s alleged victims can proceed with a federal lawsuit against FBI agents who monitored the mobster-turned-informant, a federal judge ruled Thursday, the Boston Globe reports. The ruling by U.S. District Judge William Young follows an appeals court ruling that the case is null because the…
Retired FBI Special Agent Treks Across Country to Raise Awareness, Money for Fallen Heroes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired FBI special agent is riding a bike across the country with his wife to raise money and awareness for a nonprofit that assists surviving family members of fallen law enforcement personnel, the Syracuse Post-Standard reports. Jim Caverly, who retired in 1999 after 27 years at the FBI, started his trip…
Homeland Security Expert: Libya Needs Help with ‘Fragile’ Security
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. has failed to support Libya after the killing of its longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in October 2011, said former Homeland Security adviser Fran Townsend, CNN reports. Townsend made the remarks Wednesday morning after the killing of U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens. Townsend said the country has a “very…
FBI Stays Busy in Metro Detroit, Targeting Suburban Warren
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As jury selection continues in the corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, FBI agents are investigating suburban Warren city government over a trash hauling contract, the Detroit News reports. The FBI is focusing on Deputy Public Service Director Gus Ghanam (pictured here) and the purchase of garbage trucks, according…
Daily Beast: Former FBI Agent Ali Soufan on Bin Laden’s Death, War on Terror
By John Avlon Daily Beast Ali Soufan, former FBI agent, security consultant and author of “Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al Qaeda” talks to the Daily Beast about terrorism. How’s the Obama administration doing? “Total elimination of Al Qaeda.” Soufan said. “They are hitting leaders of al Qaeda, and…
Federal Government Needs to Reopen 9/11 Investigation, Says Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Florida Gov. Bob Graham urged the federal government to reopen the investigation of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to identify “an external support system,” the Florida Sun Sentinel reports. On the anniversary of 9/11, Graham, who was a U.S. Senator at the time of the attacks, told an audience he believes…
Joint Terrorism Task Forces Among Those to Be Honored by Anti-Defamation League
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Members of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in the Washington Field Office will be among those honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) at a ceremony in D.C. on Sept. 24. The ADL, a Jewish organization that works closely with law enforcement on hate crimes and terrorism issues, is presenting the…
Attorney: Congressman Buchanan No Longer Investigated for Improper Donations
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Justice Department does not plan to pursue charges against U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan following an 11-month investigation, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports. Buchanan’s attorneys said Tuesday that the Justice Department notified him that it’s ending the investigation into the whether Buchanan pressured a former business partner to sign a false affidavit…