FBI
John Giacalone Named Head of N.Y. FBI Counterterrorism Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Agent John Giacalone is leaving the mothership at headquarters in D.C. and heading north to become special agent in charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office Counterterrorism Division. Giacalone most recently served as the section chief of the Counterterrorism Division’s Domestic Terrorism Strategic Operations Section at FBI headquarters. Giacalone is…
Ala. Newspaper Editorial Calls Fed Prosecution in Ala. Incompetent
By The Daily Home Editorial Rather than settle any questions of guilt or innocence, the acquittals and mistrials returned last week in Alabama’s gambling corruption trial have only exacerbated mistrust of state government and the legal system. What are we to make of a trial that charged nine people, including four state legislators, with 125…
Dead End? U.S. Authorities Push Probe into Murdoch’s Reporters
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. authorities have expanded their probe into Rupert Murdoch’s News Corps phone hacking allegations, but so far have come up with no hard evidence of wrongdoing, the Wall Street Journal reports. Reporters Cassell Bryan-Low and Devlin Barrett reports that U.S. investigators so far have found nothing concrete to back allegations written…
FBI Report Show Mortgage Fraud on the Rise
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI report shows that mortgage fraud appears to be on the rise. The FBI said it had 3,129 pending mortgage fraud investigations in 2010, up 12 percent from 2009 and up 90 percent from 2008 when the economy tanked and the real estate market was already in dire straights. The…
J. Edgar Film to be Released in November
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The film “J. Edgar” starring Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover will be released this Nov. 9, according to the website Movies.com and other film websites. The film, directed by Clint Eastwood, also stars Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, Lea Thompson and Judi Dench. The film is expected to stir…
High Ranking New England Mobster Was FBI Informant, Court Documents Show
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mark Rossetti, a reputed capo in the New England Mafia, has been working all along as an FBI informant or “rat” as they say in the mob world. The Boston Globe reports the revelation came out in court documents filed this week in Suffolk Superior Court. Rossetti was indicted last year…
Ex-FBI Agent Mike Mason Expresses Concern About Sabotage in Verizon Strike
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI official Mike Mason, who heads up security at Verizon, is voicing concern about the strike by company workers on the east coast that has resulted in the sabotage at some facilities including a police department and hospital. “I consider that an unpatriotic act,” Mason, a former executive assistant director of…
Feds Won’t Charge Son of Late Sen. Ted Stevens
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Stevens family has had its share of legal luck. The latest: The Anchorage Daily News reports that ex-Alaska state Senate President Ben Stevens, son of the late Sen. Ted Stevens, won’t be prosecuted in what the paper described as a “rapidly fading Alaska political corruption investigation.” The paper reported that…