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FBI Wants Wiretap Friendly Law for Social Networks Like Facebook
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI wants greater access. CNET reports that that the FBI is pushing for legislation to force social networks like Facebook and Twitter, email providers and peer-to-peer networks to become “wiretap friendly. CNET reports that the legislation would expand a current law for cell phone operators and broadband networks. To read…
Hoover Legacy Recounted on 40th Anniversary of his Death
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com This week marks the 40th anniversary of J. Edgar Hoover’s death, and in his honor the FBI website is running a series of tributes to its controversial former director. Hoover was the only civil servant to lie in state in the U.S. capitol, at the request of Congress in 1972. Then-President Richard…
William Jefferson Reports to Texas Prison
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The inevitable has arrived. Ex-Rep. William Jefferson of cash-in-the-freezer fame is heading off to prison Friday in Beaumont, Tex. to begin serving his 13-year sentence, Bruce Alpert, star reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported. He was sentenced 2 1/2 years ago, but stayed out of prison pending his appeal. In March,…
Football Hangs its Head: FBI Stings 3 Former Pro Football Players in Tax Refund Scam
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Football has seen better weeks. Three former pro football players were among those arrested in a Florida tax ring this week that involved an FBI sting, reported CBS News from Miami yesterday. The FBI set up an undercover cash checking store in North Miami and the three cashed about $500,000 in fraudulent refund…
Fed Judge Deciding Whether FBI Improperly Gathered Evidence
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Yet another instance of the war on terror infringing on personal freedoms? Or a case of bureaucracy standing in the way of justice? Federal Judge Garr M. King has to make that determination. Oregon Live reports that King has delayed ruling on whether the FBI improperly gathered evidence on Portland terrorism suspect…
Terrorism and the American Dream: Part II
In case you missed part one of this series, you’ll find that here, Terrorism and the American Dream: Part I. Also, ticklethewire.com columnist Greg Stejskal, a retired FBI agent, previously wrote a column defending the prosecutor in the case, Richard Convertino. To read that column called “Sleeper Cell Nightmare” click here. By Allan Lengel Deadline…
Pt I: Terrorism and the American Dream
In the first of three installments, Deadline Detroit tells the story of how Karim Koubriti has rebuilt his life after being wrongly convicted of terrorism. The prosecutor was indicted for subverting justice, but was acquitted. By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Enthusiastic and ambitious, Karim Koubriti came to America from Morocco in search…
Conviction for al Quaeda Operative Who Intentionally Crashed Car on U.S. Highway and Plotted NYC Subway Bombing
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Authorities called it one of the most serious terrorist plots against America since 9/11. On Tuesday, 28-year-old Adis Medunjanin of Queens paid for that ambitious plot. Medunjanin was convicted on terror charges on Tuesday in New York fed court after a 4-week trial exposed the depth of his plots with former high…