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FBI’s Most Wanted Man in Houston Surrenders
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI’s most wanted man in Houston has turned himself in, reports the local ABC affiliate. The bureau had posted billboards with the man’s photos just days before. Patrick Simmons is a suspect in a bank robbery where a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot, according to ABC, putting him on…
Column: Money Laundering is Not Gun Running
Anthony Macisco has over 30 years of extensive leadership and management experience for agencies in the Departments of the Treasury (USSS Executive Protective Service and US Customs-Investigations) and Homeland Security (Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Investigations), in investigations and intelligence fields, in both a covert and overt capacity. Tony is currently a partner in The Densus Group, an…
FBI Called In to Help with Local Paramilitaries
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Local authorities in southern Mississippi have contacted the FBI for help investigating a paramilitary group known as the Savior Unit, reports the Hattiesburg American. The group is comprised mostly of teenagers and young adults. Michael Shaun Schaffran, the 32-year-old believed to be the group’s leader, and Cody Jacob Rogers, 18, were…
What’s in a Name? Ask Blackwater
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Blackwater, the controversial security contractor that got in a whole lot of legal trouble for its deadly cowboy antics in Iraq, is trying once again to scrub clean that bad image. First it tried by changing its name to Xe Services LLC. But inevitably most articles included the phrase “formerly known…
Number of Drug Tunnels at the Border Dramatically Increase Under Mexican President
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A crackdown on drug smugglers has resulted in a dramatic jump in the use of sophisticated tunnels under the Mexico-U.S. border, Reuters reports. Reuters reports that authorities discovered more than 100 tunnels during President Felipe Calderon’s five years in office. That number is double the ones found over the previous 15…
Move to Replace FBI Headquarters Inches Closer to Reality
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The legendary but outdated FBI headquarters building in in the nation’s capital moved a step closer to its demise. The Washington Post reports that the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passed a resolution late last week authorizing the General Service Administration to find a consolidated headquarters. The Post reported…
FBI Agent Calls Staffing Against NY Mob “Dangerously Low”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Is the N.Y. FBI allocating far too little to fight the five Organized Crime Families? The answer is a definite Yes, according to a story by mob expert Jerry Capeci, editor of Gang Land News. The site reports that the number of agents investigating New York wiseguys is at an all…