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FBI’s Long Arm Nabs Pirate Negotiator in Somalia
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The long arm of the FBI reached into Somalia and plucked out a man suspected of being the chief negotiator for a group of pirates who hijacked an American yacht in February and ultimately killed all four people aboard, authorities announced Wednesday. Mohammad Saaili Shibin, who worked ashore as the pirates…
2 New Orleans Cops Convicted in 2005 Beating Death of Civilian
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More unflattering news about New Orleans cops. Two New Orleans cops were convicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Orleans of civil rights and obstruction of justice violations in the July 30, 2005 beating death of a civilian Raymond Robair and the cover up, the Justice Department announced. Sentencing was…
Column: Barry Bonds Fed Trial About “America’s Discomfort With Prominent, Powerful, Wealthy Black Men”
Editors Note: The jury in the Bond’s case begins its fourth day of deliberations on Wednesday. He faces charges of making false statements to a grand jury about steroid use and obstruction of justice. By WILLIAM C. RHODEN The New York Times The trial of Barry Bonds has always been more than a simple case…
Tall Order: FBI Officials Try to Recruit an NBA Forward
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI knows about good public relations. Portland, Ore., is a case in point. The TV station FOX 12 in Portland reports that FBI agents showed up to a Portland Trailblazer basketball practice in suburban Portland this week to reach out to player Gerald Wallace, 28, as a potential recruit and…
FBI Document Raises Questions About Authenticity Of Nazi ID in Demjanjuk Trial
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI report is creating a major stir for the Ukranian-born John Demjanjuk, who is on trial in Germany for Nazi war crimes. The Associated Press reported that a newly declassified FBI document from 1985 raises questions about the authenticity of a Nazi ID card that shows Demjanjuk, 90, served at…
FBI Intercepted 30,000 Phone Calls in NY Public Corruption Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com That’s a whole lot of chatter. The New York Daily News reports that the FBI intercepted 30,000 phone calls in a corruption probe involving N.Y. state Sen. Carl Kruger, who is charged with allegedly taking $1 million in bribes to help a developer, a lobbyist and two hospital execs. The feds…
FBI Commemorates Deadly 1986 Shootout That Killed 2 Agents and Wounded 5 Others
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and former director William Webster were among several hundred law enforcement folks who gathered in North Miami Beach Monday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of one of the most horrific events in the agency’s history that ended with two agents dead and another five wounded,…