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Judge: Top FBI Agent in Seattle May Proceed with Age Discrimination, Hostile Workplace Lawsuit
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The special agent who oversaw the FBI’s Seattle office cleared a hurdle in her discrimination lawsuit against the bureau Thursday, the Seattle Times reports. U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled that Special Agent-in-Charge Laura M. Laughlin, 55, can proceed with her claims of sex discrimination and retaliation, the Seattle Times reported. Laughlin…
Savannah Police Department Under FBI Investigation Over Claims of Under-Reporting Crime
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating claims that the Savannah-Chatham Police Department is under-reporting or failing to report crimes, Savannah Now reports. Alderman Tony Thomas suggested in January that the department’s record-low crime levels are the result of officers failing to report many crimes, Savannah Now reported. Other council members said they had heard…
Al Capone an “Amateur” Compared to the FBI’s New “Public Enemy Number One”
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The head of a criminal enterprise in Chicago is far more violent and dangerous than mob boss Al Capone ever was, according to the FBI. To capture the elusive, vicious Joaquin Guzman Loera, the FBI said it has joined forces with the Chicago Police Department, naming Joaquin Guzman Loera “Public Enemy Number…
Justice Department, FBI: Budget Cuts Would Undermine Public Safety
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department and FBI warned Thursday that public safety is at risk if across-the-board budget cuts proceed, the Huffington Post reports. The result would be devastating: FBI furloughs would reduce the number of cases the bureau can take; the Justice Department wouldn’t be able to prosecute as many cases; and the…
ACLU: FBI Is Secretly Profiling Muslims, Latinos, African-Americans and Others
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ACLU is blasting the FBI for using an alleged secret racial and ethnic mapping program to profile Muslims in Michigan, black people in Georgia, Chinese-Americans in California and Latinos in several states, Huffington Post reports. “What we’ve uncovered through over 15,000 documents from 34 states around the country already shows, as…
Defense: Mobster “Whitey” Bulger Was Never an FBI Informant
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mobster and suspected serial killer “Whitey” Bulger was never an FBI informant, his attorneys said Wednesday, the Boston Herald reports. “James Bulger was never an informant for the FBI or anyone else,” attorney J.W. Carney Jr. told reporters outside Boston federal courthouse. “We have never said in the courtroom that he…
FBI Installed Spying Equipment in Prison Cells, Visiting Rooms at Guantanamo Bay
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI installed eavesdropping equipment in prison cells and visiting rooms at Guantanamo Bay, the military police commander of the prison said Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The testimony by Army Col. John Vincent Bogdan incensed defense attorneys for five suspected Sept. 11 plotters because it appears the confidential meetings with…
Excerpt From Book on Boston Mobster James “Whitey” Bulger
Prologue By Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy He sat in the back of a black SUV wearing blue jeans, handcuffs, and a scowl. After sixteen years on the run, Whitey Bulger had returned to the South Boston waterfront, to a town that had changed so much that he stared uncomprehendingly out the window. He…