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Inauguration Goes Off Without Glitches Despite Intelligence Reports That A Radical Somalia Group Might Try to Disrupt It
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The most security-intense inauguration of our times went off without apparent glitches Tuesday, even in wake of intelligence reports of a possible threat from an East Africa radical Islamic terrorist group. The Associated Press reported that law enforcement and intelligence officials got word that a Somalia-based group, al-Shabaab, might…
FBI Agent Stephen Tidwell Who Worked on D.C. Sniper and 9/11 is Calling it Quits After 25 Years
After 25 years and investigations that have included the D.C. snipercase and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, FBI agent J. Stephen Tidwell is calling it quits. By LISA BEISEL Annapolis Capitol Crofton resident J. Stephen Tidwell has had an exciting career with the FBI since 1983. He currently holds the bureau’s fourth-highest position, and during…
Current ticklethewire.com Poll: Who has Been a Better FBI Director?
I invite more of you to vote on the current ticklethewire.com poll (to the right): Who has been the better director of the FBI? Louis Freeh or Robert Mueller III. The voting has been has been neck-and-neck. The poll will close on Friday at midnight. Allan Lengel editor/ticklethewire.com
FBI Agents Raid 2 Detroit Businesses in City Hall Probe
The ex-mayor is in jail on state charges. The FBI is investigating him and city hall corruption. And Detroit is in the economic dumps. Not a pretty picture. BY JOE SWICKARD, M.L. ELRICK and JIM SCHAEFER Detroit Free Press DETROIT — Federal agents converged on double fronts Thursday in their wide-ranging investigation into City Hall…
Oooops! Another Government Screw Up in Stevens Case: Prosecution Says it Misspoke and Asks Judge Not to Force Atty. Gen. To Sign Declaration Under Oath
The government now says it misspoke when it told the judge on Wednesday that an FBI agent in the Stevens case had been denied whistleblower status. The misstep on Wednesday set off the judge who ordered Atty. Gen. Michael Mukasey to sign a declaration of oath on the matter. Now the prosecution says it was…
Feds Say White Supremacist Hate Talk Out There About Obama Inauguration
With an event of this magnitude, you can never underestimate potential problems. And one of those potential problems is the white supremacists, who have been spewing hate ever since Obama launched his presidential campaign. Inauguration or not, that isn’t expected to change anytime soon. By Richard Sisk and James Gordon Meek New York Daily News…
Pittsburgh FBI Agent Tells of His Stint in Afghanistan to Crack Down on Contractor Fraud
Jeff Killeen is just one of the many FBI agents who have played an increasing roll in the world for the U.S. in the post-9/11 era. He went there to help crack down on fraud committed by U.S. and Afghani contractors. By Torsten Ove Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — Home from what he calls the “wilds”…
Ex-Boston FBI Agent John Connolly Gets 40 Years in 1982 Mob Murder
The mob and the Boston FBI had a toxic relationship. This was just another story in that sad chapter. But this tale may not be over. Connolly could still go free on a successful appeal, which he seems to have a shot at. BY DAVID OVALLE Miami Herald MIAMI — Disgraced FBI agent John Connolly…