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FBI Director Mueller Grilled on Release of Terrorist Cleric in 2002
By Catherine Herridge Fox News Several congressional committees want the FBI director to explain why one of his agents ordered the release of Anwar al-Awlaki from federal custody on Oct. 10, 2002, when there was an outstanding warrant for the American Muslim cleric’s arrest. “There are a number of committees interested in the facts of…
FBI Director Mueller Says Special Interrogation Group Used More Than a Dozen Times in Past 2 Years
By CNN WASHINGTON — A special group set up to interrogate captured terror suspects has been mobilized more than a dozen times in the past two years, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday. “It’s been effective,” Mueller told a House appropriations subcommittee when asked about the use of the so-called High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, known…
Head of NJ FBI Not Happy With NYPD Spying on Muslims
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The New York Police Department’s spying on Muslims in New Jersey is not only ticking off Muslims. The FBI is none too happy. The Newark Star-Ledger reports that the NYPD activity, which as been written about in the media, is rubbing Michael Ward, head of the New Jersey FBI, the wrong…
Newt Gingrich to Get Secret Service Protection
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It took a while. CBS News reports that presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich will be getting Secret Service protection just like Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. The network pointed out that Ron Paul is now the only candidate left who doesn’t have the Secret Service protection. Gingrich, who has been fading in…
Hacker Helped FBI Break Big Case With Anonymous
By Donna Leinwand Leger USA TODAY An influential computer hacker turned FBI informant led investigators to his former accomplices, helping federal agents make their first significant crack into Anonymous, a cybergroup that attacks corporate and government websites. Four members of the international computer hacking group LulzSec were charged Tuesday with a worldwide conspiracy after the…
Obama Orders Atty. Gen. Holder to Investigate Oil Price Speculation
By Jon Perkins ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday at a press conference that Attorney General Eric Holder will reconstitute the Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group to probe the rising prices at the gas pumps around the nation. The move comes amid a consensus that speculation is what has driven the cost…
Texas Financier R. Allen Stanford Convicted in $7 Billion Fraud
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com All the riches in the world, and no where to go but prison. A fed jury in Houston on Tuesday convicted wealthy Texan R. Allen Stanford,61, on 13 of 14 counts that involved allegations that he ran a $7 billion fraud through an offshore bank, the Houston Chronicle reported. Family members…