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Fla. City Commissioner Was FBI Informant for 4 Years
It’s an interesting tale how the commissioner in this little community outside of Ft. Lauderdale kept her status as an FBI informant secret for four years. Or at least that’s what she says. Some say she didn’t really keep it secret. Either way, it’s not a giant leap to believe that she would cooperate with…
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder and FBI Dir. Mueller Make List of Washington’s 50 Most Powerful
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In this town of ego-excess, where power is the true currency, not money, its tough to be number one — even if you think you are. GQ magazine has weighed in with the “The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C.” Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is ranked 13 and…
Former Bush White House Official Gets 1 Year For Lying About Ties to Disgraced Lobbyist Jack Abramoff
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The taint of lobbyist Jack Abramoff surfaced again when a federal judge on Friday sentenced a former Bush White House official to one year in prison for lying about his ties to Abramhoff. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman sentenced David H. Safavian, former General Services Administration (GSA) Chief…
Interesting Twist: Sammy the Bull Might Testify on Behalf of Mobster Gotti Jr
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Salvatore “Sammy Bull” Gravano, the legendary mob snitch who helped convict his boss John Gotti, may get an opportunity to help John Gotti Jr. who is on trial in N.Y., according to the website Gang Land News. The website, written by mob-beat reporter Jerry Capeci, reports that the defense may call…
FBI Busts Ex-Ford Engineer For Stealing Trade Secrets
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Back in the day, Ford ran a commercial that said: “Ford Has a Better Idea”. Chinese National Xiang Dong Yu figured that was still the case. The former product engineer for the Ford Motor Co. was indicted in the Motor City on charges that he stole trade secrets from the automaker…
Terror Suspect Zazi Had ties to bin Laden’s Afghan Lt.
The more that comes out, the scarier this sounds. By Brett J. Blackledge Associated Press The airport shuttle driver accused of plotting a bombing in New York had contacts with al-Qaeda that went nearly to the top, to an Osama bin Laden confidant believed to be the terrorist group’s leader in Afghanistan, according to U.S….
Ex-Flint, Mi. Police Chief Pleads Guilty in Fed Court to Fraud
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There’s little good news that comes out of the hard scrabbled town of Flint, a failing industrial city about an hour north of Detroit that General Motors once dominated. Now comes more bad news. The ex-Flint interim Police Chief David Dicks, 42, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit…
Six Members of Bonanno Crime Family Plead Guilty in the Sunshine State
The sun may shine bright in Florida, but these mobsters aren’t going to be around to enjoy it. By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — One by one, members of a South Florida crew of the New York-based Bonanno crime family stood before a federal judge Wednesday to plead guilty to…