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DEA Task Force Cop Admits Tipping Motorcyle Gang Member About FBI Wiretap
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — A DEA task force cop pleaded guilty Tuesday in Detroit federal court to leaking information about an FBI wiretap to the president of a local chapter of a motorcycle gang. Randall Hutchinson, a former Hamtramck, Mi., police officer, on the DEA task force, admitted leaking the info to the…
Before Everything Imploded, Rep. Issa Was Briefed on Fast and Furious and Raised No Objections, Washington Post Reports
By Jerry Markon and Sari Horwitz Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON –– A chief Republican critic of a controversial U.S. anti-gun-trafficking operation was briefed on ATF’s “Fast and Furious” program last year and did not express any opposition, sources familiar with the classified briefing said Tuesday. Rep. Darrell Issa (Calif.), who has repeatedly called for…
NY Auction House Auctioning Fed’s Mob Files from 50s and 60s
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some fed mobster file lost in a New York cab nearly 20 years ago– with an estimated pre-sale worth of $10,000 to $15,000 — are going up for auction at Bonhams New York, the Associated Press reports. The U.S. government file in a three-ring binder — stamped “Mafia” and “United States…
Jon Stewart Goes After ATF’s Troubled “Operation Fast and Furious”
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Secret Service Investigating Counterfeit Money in Ala.
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Ohio State Student Pleads Guilty to Sending Fake Bomb Threat to FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Note to Ohio State University student Jonathan Birkmeyer: Try just not showing up for the test next time. Or make up some crazy excuse. But don’t send the FBI a fake bomb threat. Birkmeyer pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to sending a fake bomb threat to FBI headquarters that resulted…
Latest FBI Campaign to Find Mobster “Whitey” Bulger Brings in Tips Beyond “Our Expectations”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The latest FBI campaign to try and nab Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger is paying off — at least if you measure it by the bulk of tips. The Boston Globe reports the FBI has gotten a number of tips that have “exceeded our expectations”, the result of a new ad…
Ex-Seattle U.S. Atty. John McKay Backs Push to Legalize Pot
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Granted, the irony is rich. But ex-Seattle U.S. Attorney John McKay, a President Bush appointee, says he has his reasons for joining a coalition that’s pushing an initiative to legalize marijuana in the state of Washington. McKay, 55, contends that criminalizing marijuana creates a black market that benefits international cartels and…