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Eighth Case Dropped in ATFs Botched Gun-Buying Sting in Milwaukee
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF’s botched gun-buy sting in Milwaukee took another turn for the worse, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Karen Loebel said two more cases related to the sting need to be dismissed because the lead agent cannot be called as a witness. The case is the eighth…
Ex-FBI Bomb Expert Who Leaked Information Played Vital Role in Bureau
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Before he was charged with child pornography and leaking classified information, Donald Sachtleben was an important expert on bombs for the FBI, the Indianapolis Star reports. Sachtleben collected evidence after the attack on the Word Trade Center, 10 years before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He found bomb-making notes and other evidence in…
Families Want Piece of Fortune Made by Convicted Mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Convicted mobster James “Whitey” Bulger made a lot of money during his murderous rampage in the 1980s. A family of a woman murdered filed a petition in court Monday seeking to find out exactly how much he and his cohorts made and what other properties they have as a result of their…
Public Corruption Expert Selected to Head FBI’s Connecticut Office
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Patricia Ferrick, who served as the FBI’s public corruption chief, was selected Monday to run the bureau’s Connecticut office, the Connecticut Post reports. Ferrick, who began her career with the New York Police Department, is now in charge of about 100 agents in three offices. Outgoing FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III…
FBI Turns Focus on Cyber Attacks in US
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is combating a surge in cyberattacks on corporate America, trying to stop a growing number of people from hacking websites and disturbing commerce, the Los Angeles Times reports. In just the past month, a group called the Syrian Electronic Army crippled the New York Times website for several hours. Hackers…
Ex-FBI Bomb Technician Pleads Guilty to Disclosing National Defense Info to Associated Press
By Sari Horwitz Washington Post WASHINGTON –– A former FBI bomb technician who later worked as a contractor for the Bureau has agreed to plead guilty to disclosing national defense information about a disrupted terrorist plot to the Associated Press, according to the Justice Department. Donald John Sachtleben, 55, of Carmel, Ind., who previously had…
Bernie Kerik’s Sentence Officially Ends Oct. 15
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Disgraced NY Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik was released from prison in late May, and has been serving out the remainder of his sentence under house arrest at his home in Franklin Lakes, N.J. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate locator says Kerik, 58, will officially finish his sentence Oct. 15. He…
FBI: Were Americans Involved in Terror Attack at Kenyan Mall?
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine whether as many as five Americans were part of a team of terrorists who took over a Kenyan mall over the weekend, unleashing an attack that led to the death of at least 68 people, NBC News reports. The probe comes after a group purporting to…