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Wife of Dead Photo Editor Has Doubts About Anthrax Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The controversy over the 2001 anthrax killings isn’t likely to go away — not for a long time at least. The latest: The Associated Press reports that the widow of National Enquirer photo editor Robert Stevens, who was killed by an anthrax letter in 2001, has doubts that the lone scientist…
FBI Wants to See if “Unabomber” Linked to Tylenol Killings in 1982
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Theodore Kaczynski, aka the “Unabomber”, is a apparently a suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area, according to media reports. Bloomberg reported that the FBI wants Kaczynski’s DNA to see if there’s any link to the Tylenol killings. Bloomberg reported that Kaczynski made the…
Prosecution Expected to Rest in Blago Retrial: Blago May Testify
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Well, that was quick. After just 2 1/2 weeks of testimony, the prosecution in the federal retrial of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to rest its case on Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The first trial took 11 weeks, most of which was taken up by the prosecution presenting it case…
Ex-FBI Informant and Right Wing Shock Jock Claims Life is in Danger in Prison
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Convicted right winger, New Jersey Internet shock jock Harold “Hal” Turner, who once worked as an FBI informant, claims his life is in danger now that he’s housed in federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., with notorious prisoners, the Jersey Journal reported. “I probably won’t even see it coming,” Turner wrote…
Like Portland, San Francisco Police Place Limits on Officers Who Participate in FBI’s JTTF
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The San Francisco Police Department becomes the second major police force in the nation in recent months to place limits on what its officers can do as members of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). Following Portland, Oregon’s lead, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the San Francisco police chief…
If Congress Extends Dir. Mueller’s Term 2 Years, Let’s Not Do it Again For Anyone Else
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– I have mixed feelings about the White House proposal to have FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III stay two years more beyond his 10-year term, which expires in September. The opinions of newspaper editorial boards around the country reflect my ambivalence. All recognize the need for continuity in such…
FBI Agent Charged With Allegedly Lying About Helping Informant He Had Affair With
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Toss in an FBI agent, an informant and allegations of sex and you’ve got scandal. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan announced Tuesday the unsealing of an indictment charging FBI agent Adrian Busby, 37, with making false statements to protect a married confidential source he was allegedly having an affair with….
Ex-Suburban D.C. County Executive Jack Johnson Who was a Prosecutor Pleads Guilty
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Considering he was once the top prosecutor for a prominent suburban county just outside D.C., Jack B. Johnson was not such a smart crook and shakedown artist. Johnson was arrested by the FBI last November while in his final weeks in office as county executive of Prince George’s County…