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State Rep. Accepts Lobbyist Cash, Pleads Guilty
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A former state representative in Alabama pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting cash, gifts and campaign money from a businessman and a lobbyist in exchange for political favors, the Justice Department said. Terry Spicer, 46, who had been cooperating with the government long before 11 arrests were made in a vote-buying investigation…
A Letter to My Son on Moral Decisions in Light of Penn State
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Dear Son, As your enthusiasm builds for leaving home and going off to college in a few months, I want to talk with you about having to make on-the-spot moral, legal, and social decisions when you are on your own. As you know, the news has been filled with reports and…
Ex-Fed Prosecutor: A Letter to My Son on Moral Decisions in Light of Penn State
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Dear Son, As your enthusiasm builds for leaving home and going off to college in a few months, I want to talk with…
Hispanics and Muslims Targeted More in 2010 Hate Crimes
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com FBI crime stats released Monday show the proportion of hate crimes committed against Hispanics have reached a decade high, with 66 percent of ethnically motivated hate crimes being committed on the basis of anti-Hispanic bias, reports the Huffington Post. The Huffington Post also reported in a separate article that the level of…
FBI Terrorism Sting in Houston Ends in Conviction
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Barry Walter Bojul’s trip to Yemen has been detoured, possibly by as much as 20 years in a federal prison. The 30-year-old Texan’s conviction in a Houston federal court on Monday was the culmination of an investigation that began in 2009 by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. He was convicted…
Forget Sexuality Issue, Hoover’s Overreach the Real Story
Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com So, about that whole gay thing… Salon contributor Mark Feldstein does not care so much about the issue. In a brief but scathing response to the J. Edgar movie, Feldstein called the film a “brief defense of the FBI’s legendary director” which ignore’s Hoover’s “ruthless abuse of power.” Feldstein credits Hoover, as…
Retired FBI Official Backs Proposed Law to Legalize Small Amounts of Pot
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Retired FBI agent Charles Mandigo has quite the resume. Over the 27-year span at the agency, he did a lot of things including head up the Seattle office, investigate the “Millenium Bomber” and drug cases, and serve a stint as congressional liaison to former FBI Director Louis Freeh. So when he endorsed an…