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It’s Out: Whitey Bulger Tipster is Former Miss Iceland
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The former Miss Iceland Anna Bjornsdottir was splitting her time between Iceland and Santa Monica, Calif. when, at home in Iceland, she saw a photo of her Santa Monica neighbors, Carole and Charlie Gasko, flash across the TV screen, according to CBS Boston. The Gaskos’ were actually mob boss Whitey Bulger…
Miami Fed Juror Charged With Soliciting Bribe During Trial
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Italo Campagna was serving as a juror in Miami an ongoing federal criminal trial when he slipped the defendant’s father a piece of paper outside the courthouse with a telephone number on it. Later that afternoon, Campagna, 55, met with the defendant’s brother, who had contacted him, and arranged to meet…
Upcoming Article Raises More Questions About Anthrax Attack
By WILLIAM J. BROAD and SCOTT SHANE New York Times A decade after wisps of anthrax sent through the mail killed 5 people, sickened 17 others and terrorized the nation, biologists and chemists still disagree on whether federal investigators got the right man and whether the F.B.I.’s long inquiry brushed aside important clues. Now, three…
FBI Unveils New Facial Recognition System
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Prepare yourselves for a protracted battle between privacy rights advocates and the FBI this winter. FBI officials told the website NextGov by January they will activate a nationwide facial recognition service, allowing local police in select states to identify unknown subjects in photos. The Feds are embarking on “a multiyear, $1 billion…
Rep. Issa Says More Subpoenas Coming in Fast and Furious
OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST Merchant of Death’s Trial Begins This Week (AP) Calif. Sheriff Announces Changes at Jail After Word Surfaces of FBI Probe (LA Times) Editorial: U.S. Attorneys Should Back off Medical Marijuana Dispensaries (Seattle Times) FBI’s Use of Alleged Mobster Challenged (Boston Globe) FBI Plans New Mexico Search in Serial Killing (ABC) Cyber…
Weekend Series on Crime History: The Hells Angels
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Atty. Gen. Holder Fires Back About Fast and Furious: “My Testimony Was Truthful and Accurate”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. fired off a forceful letter to key Congressional members on Friday, calling allegations that he lied before Congress about his knowledge of ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious totally unfounded. “My testimony was truthful and accurate and I have been consistent on this point throughout,” Holder wrote…