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ticklethewire.com Salutes Federal Law Enforcement in Its Battle Against Terrorism and Honors Those Who Died on Sept. 11, 2001
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I still remember walking down Connecticut Avenue in Washington, headed to the subway, when I ran into a friend who told me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. About 20 minutes later, when I got off the subway downtown at the Farragut North stop, I bumped into…
9/11 Changed Career for Ex-FBI Agent John Pistole: He Now Heads TSA
Also read AP Story: TSA Chief Optimistic About Everything But Terror By Tim Evans Indianapolis Star Anderson native John Pistole was an FBI agent performing routine audits of the agency’s local offices when the terrorists attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Counterterrorism wasn’t exactly Pistole’s area of expertise. Nonetheless, he was quickly pulled into…
Comrades Gather in Detroit to Honor the Late Ex-FBI Agent and Author Paul Lindsay
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — In a beer-and-burger joint on Michigan Avenue in Detroit, down the street from where the old Tiger Stadium once stood, former and current FBI agents and employees gathered Thursday evening to remember ex-Detroit FBI agent Paul Lindsay who died last week in Boston at age 68 from pneumonia….
Our World Since 9/11: Mall of America Visitors Unknowingly End Up in Counterterrorism Reports
Listen to NPR Radio Story By G.W. Schulz, Center for Investigative Reporting | Andrew Becker, Center for Investigative Reporting | Daniel Zwerdling, NPR BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – On May 1, 2008, at 4:59 p.m., Brad Kleinerman entered the spooky world of homeland security. As he shopped for a children’s watch inside the sprawling Mall of…
FBI Gets Involved in IHOP Shooting in Nevada
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has jumped into the investigation into the 32-year-old gunman who opened fire with an AK 47 in an IHOP in Carson City, Nevada Tuesday morning, killing four people and himself. The Tahoe Daily Tribune reports that more than a dozen FBI agents on Wednesday morning combed through the Mi…
Man Who Plotted Bronx Synagogue Bombings in FBI Sting Gets 25 Years
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The last of four men –Laguerre Payen — was sentenced Thursday in Manhattan Federal Court to 25 years in prison for his role in an FBI sting that involved plotting to bomb Bronx synagogues and shoot down U.S. military planes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Specifically, authorities say he was involved…
Feds Bust 91 in Nationwide $295 Mil Medicare Fraud Crackdown
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Medicare fraud, which helps zap government funding for healthcare, was at front center on Wednesday when the Justice Department announced a nationwide crackdown that resulted in charges against 91 people who were involved in roughly $295 million in false billings. Authorities said in Miami alone, 45 people—including a doctor and a…
Maryland Scientist Pleads Guilty for Attempting to Spy for Israel
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Maryland scientist busted in an FBI sting in 2009 for attempting to spy for Israel, pleaded guilty Wednesday in D.C. federal court to one count of attempted espionage, the Associated Press reported. Stewart D. Nozette, 54, was charged in 2009 with giving sensitive government information to an undercover FBI agent…