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FBI Considered a Sting Aimed at Newt Gingrich in 1997
By James V. Grimaldi Washington Post WASHINGTON –It is a curious case in the annals of the FBI: The bureau considered a sting operation against then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich after sifting through allegations from a notorious arms dealer that a $10 million bribe might get Congress to lift the Iraqi arms embargo. The FBI ended…
ATF’s Tom Brandon Named ticklethewire.com’s Fed of the Year
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Thomas E. Brandon, the straight-shooting, well respected and extremely able veteran of ATF, who was sent around the country this year to try and mend some of the agencies pressing problems, has been named ticklethewire.com’s Fed Of The Year for 2011. Brandon, an ex-Marine who is currently ATF’s number two person…
FBI Faces Lawsuit in Ft. Hood Shooting
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI could be in for a big legal battle — and a costly one at that — as more than 80 claimants seek damages of $750 million from the bureau, the US Army, the Justice Department and the Department of Defense for a 2009 incident at Ft. Hood that left…
D.C. FBI Announces Intense Media Blitz to Catch “Potomac River Rapist” From the 90s
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Using media and social media as it did to help capture Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger earlier this year, the FBI field office in D.C. announced plans this week to to go after the “Potomac River Rapist”, believed to be responsible for eight sexual assaults, one attempted one and one murder…
On 1 Year Anniversary, Family of Slain Border Agent Critical of ATF and Justice Dept.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com On the one year anniversary of the murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, the family issued a statement that included a sharp rebuke of ATF and the Justice Department. “Brian’s death has been extremely difficult to accept. As most know, we had to learn from the news media that…
ATF’s Tom Brandon Named ticklethewire.com’s Fed of the Year
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Thomas E. Brandon, the straight-shooting, well respected and extremely able veteran of ATF, who was sent around the country this year to try and mend some of the agencies pressing problems, has been named ticklethewire.com’s Fed Of The Year for 2011. Brandon, an ex-Marine who is currently ATF’s number two person…
Republican Candidates Run Wild with FBI Falsehoods, Associated Press Finds
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachman told a group of Republican faithfuls on Oct. 28 that “Obama is allowing terror suspect groups to write the FBI’s terror training manual,” a wildly false statement, according to the Associated Press. But that didn’t stop other Republican hopefuls from repeating the claims, reports the Associated…
Sen. Kohl Asks FBI Director Mueller Not to Close Wisc. Offices
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Senator Herb Kohl warned FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday morning about the danger of the FBI’s plan to close three FBI offices in the senator’s home state of Wisconsin, reports WXOW. Kohl opposed the closures of offices in La Crosse, Kenosha and Wausau, Wisc., telling Mueller that if the closures…