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Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Was Swimming in Cash, Prosecutor Says
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT — The prosecution lit into Kwame Kilpatrick in opening arguments today, and the defense countered with sharp criticism of the charges. By 1:55p.m., the first day of battle was over, opening the way for the government to call its first witnesses on Monday in the biggest case in…
A Theft That’s Bound to Get Plenty of Attention: Thieves Swipe Houston FBI Agents Gun and ID
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some thefts get more attention than others. Count on this one getting plenty of attention from the public and law enforcement. The Associated Press reported that thieves stole a handgun and identification documents from an FBI agents car that was parked at a Houston gas station on Wednesday. AP reported that…
FBI Investigating Whether Somali Terror Group Is Successfully Recruiting Americans
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A year-long investigation into a Somali terror group’s efforts to recruit Americans may be gathering steam in Minnesota, the Associated Press reports. The FBI has been focusing on Minnesota because it’s home to the largest Somali population in the U.S., according to the AP. Fueling fears that al-Shabab is succeeding in its…
Fiona Apple Lands in Jail Over Marijuana Possession at Border Patrol Checkpoint
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Pop singer Fiona Apple was released from jail Thursday after authorities says she was busted with marijuana and hashish in her tour bus at the West Texas Border Patrol checkpoint, the Associated Press reports. After drug-sniffing dogs detected pot, Apple’s bus was searched and authors found about four grams of marijuana and…
Border Patrol Agent Arrested on Allegations of Molesting His 14-year-old Relative
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A veteran Border Patrol agent faces charges of indecency with a child after surrendering to authorities following accusations that he molested a 14-year-old relative, 6 News reports. Jose Jalomos, 49, is to be charged in two counties where he’s accused of fondling the girl at a ranch and another undisclosed location over…
Feds: Chicago Teen Who Pulled Trigger on Fake Car Bomb Was Not Entrapped
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors dismissed claims from the attorney of an Illinois teen Thursday that undercover FBI agents entrapped his client, the Chicago Tribune reports. Although Ahmed Daoud pulled the trigger on what he thought was a car bomb outside a Chicago bar, he only did so because he was manipulated by undercover FBI…
New York Times Editorial: Fast, Furious and Foolish
By The New York Times Editorial Page The recklessness of federal officials in their harebrained scheme to assist in illegal gunrunning to Mexican drug cartels was laid bare in a scathing report by the Justice Department’s inspector general. Primary blame for the botched program — known as Operation Fast and Furious — was placed on…