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VP Biden’s Brother Got White Powder Package in Fla.
OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST Column: ATF Gun Scandal Still Growing (NY Post) SWAT Team Kills Ft. Bragg Fugitive (Courthouse News Service) Medicare Fraud Cases Have Uncertain Future (Courthouse News Service) 2 Reserve Deputies Killed in Ok. in Crash (Policeone.com) Off-Duty Cop Thwarts Robbery, Shoots 4 Suspects (Policeone.com) CIA Operative Charged in Parking Spot Fight (AP)…
Management Shakeup Expected at ATF
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With acting ATF Director B. Todd Jones in place, and the new fiscal year beginning, rumors are swirling about that ATF is soon expected to make a lot of changes in top management, which will result in a serious round of musical chairs. One rumor circulating within ATF is that Thomas…
Suspected Mi. Terrorist Charged With Trying to Ram Car into FBI Agent’s Car
By Allan Lengel tickletehwire.com Apparently Reed S. Berry, who was suspected of have terrorist links, didn’t like the FBI tailing him before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Associated Press reports that a fed judge in Grand Rapids, Mi. ordered him detained last week after he allegedly tried ramming his car into…
FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List Really Just Eight Most Wanted for Now
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI’s legendary Ten Most Wanted list is really only the Eight Most Wanted list these days. Two of the the most well-known figures on the list — Osama bin Laden and Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger — are no longer wanted. Bin Laden was killed by the U.S. military in…
Great Strides Made in Nation’s Biodefenses Since 2001 Anthrax Attacks; But Concerns Linger
By Dan Vergano USA TODAY Anthrax-laced letters that killed five people, targeted U.S. senators and paralyzed post offices a decade ago have reshaped the nation’s biodefenses. While confidence is higher that the United States is better protected, there are continuing worries about potential threats in the coming era of “synthetic biology,” man-made designer microbes. Nationwide,…
FBI Plans to Change Definition of Rape to Better Capture Stats
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Are rapes recorded accurately? Apparently not, which is why the the FBI is in the process of changing the definition of rape for the first time in 80 years, reports the Baltimore Sun. The Sun reports that critics have insisted the definition is too narrow, resulting in fewer stats and less…
Rumor Mill Works Overtime in Controversy Between FBI and LA County Sheriff’s Dept.
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The rumor mill has been working overtime involving the controversy between FBI and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Lee Baca is fuming that the FBI didn’t tell him about its investigation into inmate abuse, or the fact that the FBI, in an undercover sting, paid a sheriff’s deputy about…
Sting in North Texas Nets 28 “Outlaw” Motorcycle Gang Members
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com “Rebel Rider Ben” may ride no more. The 58-year-old of Alvarado, Tex., known to his mother as Benjamin Edward Neuner, sold five guns, 15 boxes of ammunition, smoke grenades and gun magazines to undercover FBI agents, reports the Star-Telegram newspaper. Neuner changed the rifling on the guns to make the bullets…