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Is Today’s Anti-Government Movement Similar to the Pre-Oklahoma Bombing Era?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– Is the Tea Party and other anti-government movements mirroring the sentiments of the nation before the Oklahoma bombing 15 years ago? USA Today reports that some see parallels. “It feels a lot like the run-up to Oklahoma City,” Mark Potok, Intelligence Project director at the Southern Poverty Law Center,…
A Look at One of the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives: A Russian Mobster
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Imam Who Lied to FBI in NY Subway Bombing Plot Dodges Prison But Gets the Deportation Boot
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Queens imam who admitted lying to FBI agents in the case of the aborted bombing plot of the New York City subway got a break: he won’t be heading off to prison. A Brooklyn federal judge gave Afghan-born Imam Ahmad Afzali time served, which was four days, the Associated Press…
Scientist Steven Hatfill Wrongfully Accused in Anthrax Murders Breaking Silence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Steven Hatfill, the scientist wrongfully accused of being the anthrax killer, is apparently working to repair his damaged image and has decided to break his silence. The Atlantic magazine has put a teaser on its website indicating that it plans to publish a story on Friday in which Hatfill,…
FBI Dir. Mueller Assures Senators Overhaul of Computer System No Boondoggle
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The massive overhaul of the FBI’s computerized case management system may not be as big a mess as it seems — at least that’s what Director Robert S. Mueller III told the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Thursday. The website Main Justice reported that Mueller said the delays on the…
Texas FBI Agent Convicted of Illegal Gun Sales and Lying to ATF
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal jury in El Paso deliberated for less than three hours Wednesday before convicting FBI agent John Thomas Shipley of dealing weapons without a permit and lying to ATF agents about the sales, the El Paso Times reported. ATF agents arrested Shipley, 40, last year after tracing back to him…
Ex-FBI Contract Linguist Loses NY Law License
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A contract linguist with the FBI in Maryland who pleaded guilty in December to disclosing classified information to a blogger, has had his law license suspended in New York, according to the New York Law Journal. The Law Journal reported that the Appellate Division, 3rd Department declined to set aside the…
Senior Administration Officials Privately Dismayed Over Atty. Gen. Holder’s Job Performance, Washington Post Reports
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Washington Post is reporting that senior administration officials aren’t all that happy with Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr and have privately expressed dismay about his job performance. The Post reports that administration officials have complained about Holder’s “tin ear in his decision-making and his public remarks.” The paper…