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The Oklahoma Bombing 16 Years Later: We’re No Longer Surprised
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sixteen years ago today, America was served up one horrific surprise: The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City: 168 people died. It was shocker. At the time — April 19, 1995 – as a reporter at the Detroit News, I called around to federal law enforcement people,…
Column: The Oklahoma Bombing 16 Years Later: We’re No Longer Surprised
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sixteen years ago today, America was served up one horrific surprise: The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City: 168 people died. It was shocker. At the time — April 19, 1995 — as a reporter at the Detroit News, I called around to federal law enforcement people,…
Let the Fun Begin: Fed Prosecutor Calls Blago a “Liar” As Retrial Nears
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The pretrial hearing was like a “weigh in” before the big boxing match, where both sides snipe at one another. A federal prosecutor on Monday called the very chatty ex-Ill. Gov Rod Blagojevich a ‘liar’ at a pretrial hearing in U.S. District Court in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune. And…
FBI Agent Robert Hanssen’s Suburban Home Up For Sale for $725,000; He Now Lives in Supermax Prison in Colo.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com To the FBI, the White House, the CIA and the American people, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was nothing more than a traitor, a Russian spy who did some serious damage to national security in exchange for diamonds and cash worth $600,000. But in the real estate world, his name means little….
Rep. Peter King Busts Justice Dept.’s Chops; Claims it Overruled Wishes of Prosecutors and FBI to File Charges in Muslim Charity Case; Justice Dept. Calls Allegations Nonsense
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rep. Peter King is busting the chops of the Justice Department, claiming the department overruled fed prosecutors and FBI agents who wanted to file charges against unindicted co-conspirators in a prosecution of a Texas-based Muslim charity — the Holy Land Foundation — which had ties to Hamas in Gaza, the Washington…
Blago Says He Never Considered a Plea Deal; Appears a Little Nervous About Retrial
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With just days to go before his retrial, ex-Ill. Gov Rod Blagojevich is still speaking his mind. No surprise. The chatty ex-Gov. told the Associated Press Saturday he never considered a plea deal with federal prosecutors. The retrial is set to begin Wednesday in U.S. District Court in downtown Chicago. “There…
Park Dedicated to Murdered Seattle Prosecutor; Case Remains Unsolved
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The dedication won’t right the tragedy, but it’s still pretty nice. Friends and family gathered Saturday to dedicate a 1.3 acre park in the Queen Anne section of Seattle to assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Wales, who was murdered while he worked in his basement in Seattle 10 years ago, according to…
Say it Ain’t So: Someone Threatened Col. Sanders, FBI Files Show
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Threatening to kill Col. Sanders of KFC fame is almost as bad as threatening Santa Claus — at least for those of us who grew up on the 11 herbs and spices. We last reported that the FBI opened a file on the legend after he asked for an autograph from…