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Lawyer Accuses Feds of Misconduct in Gambino Crime Family Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A defense lawyer is accusing the feds of misconduct, alleging in federal court in New York that authorities helped promote teen prostitution, a crime the Gambino Crime family is accused of, the New York Times reports. The paper reports federal authorities have charged the crime family with sex trafficking with girls…
Column: Reporter Bashes NY Times For Bashing FBI
Ronald Kessler is chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com. Kessler has authored several books including “The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI”. By Ronald Kessler Newsmax.com When it comes to the FBI, The New York Times has the same story line: The bureau is either incompetent, over-reactive, or spying on innocent Americans. In most cases,…
FBI Info Tech Manager Gets 46 Months in Prison for Child Porn
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A 65-year-old Information Technology Program manager for the FBI was sentenced Friday in Alexandria, Va., to 3 years and 10 months in prison for possessing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Samuel I. Kaplan, 65, of Gainesville, Va., pled guilty to possessing child porn on June 3. Court…
State Dept. Contractor Indicted for Leaking Intelligence to Fox News
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– A contract worker for the State Department has been indicted here on charges of unlawfully disclosing national defense information to a national news outlet, the Justice Department announced Friday. Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, 43, was charged with leaking the information and lying to the FBI. The indictment was unsealed Friday….
ATF Agents Concerned About Justice Dept. Memo About Explosive Cases With FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Some ATF agents are concerned about a recent memo from the Justice Department that tries to correct the beefing going on between the FBI and ATF over turf, the Washington Post reported. Acting Deputy Attorney Gen. Gary G. Grindler issued a memo earlier this month saying it was “critically…
Judge Orders Dallas FBI Agent Detained Pending Trial on Charges of Threatening to Kill Estranged Wife and Head of Dallas FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Dallas FBI agent accused of threatening to kill his estranged wife and the head of the Dallas FBI, Robert E. Casey Jr., will remain behind bars pending trial, the Dallas Morning News reported. The ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Ramirez in Dallas came Thursday after hearing disturbing evidence about…
Brotherly Love? Ex-Gov. Blago Doesn’t Call Brother Hours After Charges Dropped
Ex-Gov on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Perhaps one of the more interesting asterisks surrounding the decision Thursday by prosecutors to drop charges against Robert Blagojevich was that his brother Rod, the very chatty, seldom-at-a-loss for words ex-governor, had not called to congratulate him hours after the announcement, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. “When…
FBI Agent Arrested on Charges of Threatening to Kill Wife and Head of Dallas FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Suffice to say, FBI agent Carlos Ortiz is in big trouble. The 48-year-old Dallas agent was arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening to kill his estranged wife — also an FBI employee — and Robert E. Casey Jr., the head of the Dallas FBI, the Dallas Morning News reported. The paper reported…