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Rep. Issa’s Committee Probing ATF Released Sealed Document in Criminal Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In their apparent zest to learn the truth about a controversial ATF program “Operation Fast and Furious”, and generate public pressure, staffers working for House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) may have gone too far — at least according to committee member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). The website Talking Points…
FBI Forensic Team sent to Yemen to Investigate Attack on Prez Compound
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI forensic team has been sent to Yemen to investigate the attack on the presidential compound that wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the website Global Post reported. “The FBI is aiding Yemeni law enforcement in their investigation in the attack on the presidential compound. The FBI team arrived in Sanaa…
Insurance Firm Isn’t Giving Up on Collecting Money After FBI Agent Smashed $750,000 Ferrari
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT –– The case of the smashed up $750,000 Ferrari simply won’t go away for the FBI and the Justice Department. Reporter Ed White of the Associated Press reports that a Southfield, Mi. insurance firm, which is suing the feds to recover money from the crash, is wondering about the suspicious…
Column: We Didn’t Learn Much New from the Hearing on Controversial ATF Program
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com We’re supposed to learn something from Congressional hearings. I’m not sure we learned all that much on Monday when Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, held a hearing with legal experts to determine what the committee can demand from ATF and the Justice…
No Surprise: Senate Report Says U.S. Guns Going to Mexican Drug Traffickers at Alarming Rate; Makes Recommendations
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Certainly this comes as no surprise. A Congressional report released Monday concludes that American military-style weapons are arming Mexico’s violent drug organizations at an alarming rate and policy makers are not adequately responding. “Congress has been virtually moribund while powerful Mexican drug trafficking organizations continue to gain unfettered access to military-style…
Column: Mother of FBI Agent Says Agency Did Daughter Wrong: Questions Whether FBI Dir. Mueller Should Get Extension
Irene Foley is the mother of FBI agent Theresa Foley, the first full-time female FBI agent to be stationed at Guantanamo. Theresa Foley has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department, saying she was made to bunk with vermin that gave her a tropical disease. Theresa Foley has undergone multiple surgeries since contracting the disease…
Justice Dept.’s Elite Team That’s Going After Edwards Walks a Fine Prosecutorial Line
By Jerry Markon The Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s decision to charge former presidential candidate John Edwards with campaign finance violations drew criticism from legal experts, including some former prosecutors, that the case was too aggressive. In the months before the indictment, the Justice Department took flak from government watchdogs for dropping corruption…
Terrorist Behind U.S. Embassy Bombings in 1998 in Africa is Killed
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com He escaped the long reach of the U.S. for 13 years. He was on the FBI’s Top Ten Terrorist List. And there was a $5 million reward for his capture. Last week, a bullet ended all of that. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the organizer of the 1998 terrorist bombings in Kenya and…