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Detroit U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade: We Expected Some Ridicule From the Dig For Jimmy Hoffa
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Things haven’t been dull for Barbara McQuade. Right after being sworn in as the Detroit U.S. Attorney in January 2010, she started dealing with the “Underwear Bomber” case involving Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to detonate an explosive aboard a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas…
South Shore Businessman Testified That ‘Whitey’ Bulger Forced Him to Pay Friend’s $300,000 Debt
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just weeks after his friend was killed in 1982, a South Shore businessman came face-to-face with James “Whitey” Bulger. Michael Solimando testified in the racketeering and murder trial of James “Whitey” Bulger, saying the accused mobster ordered him at gunpoint to pay his friend’s $400,000 outstanding debt, the Boston Globe reports. “We…
FBI Bars Florida Examiner from Releasing Autopsy of Chechen Man Killed by Agent
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has blocked the release of the autopsy report of the Chechen man killed by an FBI agent during an investigation in May, the Boston Globe reports. Ibragim Todashev, a friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, was in his Orlando apartment when the agent shot and killed him. …
Did Boston Marathon Bombers Have Help? FBI Investigates Accused Terrorist in Boston Area
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal investigators are trying to determine whether the Boston Marathon bombers received help from a terrorism suspect who had all the materials needed for a pressure-cooker bomb, Reuters reports. The Boston-area man, Daniel Morley, is accused of trying to blow up an airplane and having bomb-making equipment at his home on June…
‘Whitey’ Bulger’s Alleged Victim Feared He’d Die for Crossing the Mobster
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Edward “Brian” Halloran had a feeling his life wouldn’t last long if he revealed information about a slaying involving accused mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, The Boston Globe reports. During testimony Monday in the racketeering and murder case against Bulger, a retired FBI agent said Holloran indicated he was concerned about retaliation…
FBI Prepares For New Office in Hudson Valley
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents will be closer to an area that has been a hotbed for violent crime in the Hudson Valley in New York, the Associated Press reports. The agency is opening up a new $4.5 million regional office near the city of Newburgh, which has been the focus of FBI crackdowns on…
Laura Bucheit Takes Helm at FBI’s Las Vegas Division
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Laura A. Bucheit, who served as a special assistant to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, has been named special agent in charge of the agency’s Las Vegas Division, the Las-Vegas Review-Journal reports. Bucheit’s career with the FBI began in 1996 at the Baltimore Division, where she investigated terrorism and other serious…
Why FBI’s Departure from Pennsylvania Avenue Would Boost Region
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The demolition of the Hoover Building would create $28 million in additional tax revenue for Washington D.C. and provide much needed aesthetic relief for people who have to see the hulking building every day, the Washington Post wrote in an editorial today. The move to another building also makes sense regionally, the…