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Small Town Cook Does His Thing Under Watchful Eye of Secret Service
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s not everyday that a small town cook has to cook under the watchful eye of the U.S. Secret Service. But that’s exactly what happened to Shane Baker at Doncker’s Fudge in Marquette in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, according to the Detroit News. Baker said President Obama, who delivered a speech Thursday…
Doctor Gets 1 Year in Prison For Altering Fingerprints of Illegal Immigrants
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com They say fingerprints never lie — that is unless they’re altered. Enter Dr. Jose Elias Zaiter-Pou, 62, a Dominican doctor. Zaiter-Pou was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Boston to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to conceal illegal immigrants from detection by altering their fingerprints, the…
FBI Agent Adrian Johnson Involved in Fatal Crash; Blew .25 on Breathalyzer; Had Just Been Assigned to Atty. General’s Security Detail
FBI Agent Suspected in Fatal Drunk Driving Crash Identified: MyFoxDC.com
DEA Says Lebanese Bank Laundered Drug Money Linked to Hezbollah
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The DEA and Treasury Department on Thursday accused the Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL and its subsidiaries (LCB) of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in drug profits by an organization linked to the Lebanese organization Hezbollah. In its announcement, authorities designated the bank as a “primary money laundering concern.”…
Ex-House Staff Member Convicted of Taking Bribe: Trip to Game One of 2003 World Series
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Game One of the 2003 World Series at Yankee Stadium; All expense paid trip. Priceless? Only when you don’t get caught. Fraser C. Verrusio, 41, a former staff member for Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who was then-chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was convicted Thursday after a…
Calif. Real Estate Agent Charged With Posing as FBI Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Seal Beach, Calif. woman is in big trouble for allegedly posing as an FBI agent. The Associated Press reports that Karen Elaine Hanover, who allegedly posed as an agent, had a real estate service that charged clients $30,000 to provide commercial property information. AP reported that some disenchanted clients unhappy…
Wise-Cracking Mike Stenger of U.S. Secret Service Hanging it Up
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Mike Stenger, the wise-cracking, New Jersey bred, 35-year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service whose protective details included President Reagan, Jesse Jackson and Egypt President Anwar Sadat, is hanging up his badge and gun. Friday is his last day. At a retirement party Thursday at Secret Service headquarters in…
FBI Director Mueller Says Cyber-Crimes Making it Easier to Steal Intelligence and Cash
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III emphasized Thursday that the cyberworld has dramatically changed the landscape when it comes to theft of intelligence and money. “You have probes and capabilities of intruding into networks..that previously you had to recruit somebody inside to obtain, which makes it much easier for…