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Note to Deputy U.S. Marshal: No You Can’t Get Free Govt. Gas
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Deputy U.S. Marshal Peter F. Rouse figured being a public servant had its benefits. Problem was, it didn’t have all the benefits he apparently thought it should. Rouse, 37, of Reisterstown, Md., pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., to charges that he used his government-issued fleet…
News Report Questions FBI Theory That Anthrax Suspect Tried to Deceive Investigators
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An investigative report published by ProPublica points to some flaws in the FBI’s conclusion that Ft. Detrick, Md. scientist Bruce Ivins was the culprit who mailed the deadly anthrax in 2001. The investigation, conducted by ProPublica, PBS and McClatchy Newspapers, attempts to undercut a key theory that Ivins tried to deceive…
FBI Finds More than Veal Cutlets at Brooklyn Butcher
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com FBI agents found more than a good cut of veal and pork chops at the Graham Ave. Meats and Deli in Brooklyn, N.Y. neighborhood of Williamsburg this summer. In their arrest of Michael “Mike The Butcher” Virtuoso on extortion charges this past July, agents found a rolodex of Virtuoso’s with the contact…
FBI-DEA Foil Iranian-Linked Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador to U.S.
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The Justice Department on Tuesday afternoon announced that FBI and DEA agents had foiled a plot linked to the Iranian government to kill the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old Iranian-American, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iran-based member of Iran’s Qods Force– a unit of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary…
Witness in “Underwear Bomber” Trial Says He Heard Someone Yell: “Hey Dude, Your Pants Are on Fire!”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — If it hadn’t have been so potentially deadly and scary, Nigerian terrorism suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s Christmas day Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit in 2009 might have made a good Saturday Night Live skit. Witness Michael Zantow, who was flying to Wisconsin to visit his ailing mom from…
Spanish Politician Plans to Sue FBI for Using His Face for Obama Mock-Up Photo
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Being told you look like someone famous might be flattering. Then again, it depends who. Spanish MP (Member of Parliament) Gaspar Llamazares said he wants to sue the FBI, reports the Guardian, for using a photo of his face to create most wanted images of top al Qaeda operatives, Osama Bin…
Feds Target WikiLeaks with Controversial Court Order
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Using a law passed before the birth of the Internet, the U.S. government has obtained a controversial court order to force Google and a small Internet provider, Sonic.net, to hand over information regarding a WikiLeaks volunteer, reports the Wall Street Journal. The WikiLeaks volunteer was identified as Jacob Applebaum, and the…
Fed Judge Says Govt. Doesn’t Have to Pay for FBI Agent Smashing Up $750,000 Ferrari
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Having immunity has its benefits. U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn of Detroit has dismissed a lawsuit by a suburban Detroit insurance company that was trying to get the government to pay up after an FBI agent smashed up a stolen $750,000, 1995 F50 Ferrari that was in government custody,…