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NY Cop Who Cracked Copycat Zodiac Killer Case Assigned to Homeland Security Committe in Washington
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Star New York cop Joseph Herbert, who cracked the Zodiac copycat killer case in 1996, has been assigned to work as an expert on the Homeland Security Committee, the New York Daily News reported. The Daily News reported that Herbert becomes the first New York cop to be assigned to a…
Mi. Undercover FBI Agent Used Bogus Name on Militia Leader’s Marriage Certificate
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An interesting thing happened on the way to the alter: An undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the Hutaree militia in Michigan ended up signing the marriage certificate for the group’s leader using a bogus name, the website AnnArbor.com reported. The site reported, citing an FBI 302 report, that the undercover agent…
Die-Hard New Yorker George Venizelos Running Philly FBI
By John Shiffman Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Several weeks after 9/11, the senior FBI agent in Harrisburg, George Venizelos, received an alarming tip: A terrorist planned to ride an Amtrak train from Philadelphia to the state capital, carrying an atomic bomb. In response, Amtrak closed the rail line and began searching. Venizelos soon received another…
Movie Depicting J. Edgar Hoover As Being Gay Rankles Some in FBI
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — The bulldog-like mug of J. Edgar Hoover has long been synonymous with the FBI, a world-renowned law enforcement agency forever hyper-sensitive about its public image. Still, Hoover’s legend has taken its lumps over the years. Now comes the latest: an upcoming movie directed by Clint Eastwood and…
Column: FBI Dir. Mueller’s Presence in Arizona Sends a Strong Message
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s a good thing that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III hopped a plane to Arizona to deal with the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed a federal judge and seriously wounded a member of Congress. Sure, Mueller could have stayed back in Washington and gotten briefed regularly…
Court Calls Dead Judge John M. Roll a “Warm, Compassionate Judge and Inspirational Leader”
By Allan Lengel tickelthewire.com The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona issued a statement in honor of Chief Judge John M. Roll, 63, who was shot and killed on Saturday in Tucson in a mass shooting that killed six and wounded 12 including Democratic Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. The following is the statement:…
Fed Judge Killed and Congress Member Critically Wounded in Mass Shooting in Tucson; FBI Director Sent to Az
UPDATE: Sunday, 3 p.m. — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said at a press conference that he doesn’t believe a second person wanted for questioning is directly involved in the shooting. “It was an attack not only against dedicated public servants but against citizens, one being a child,” Mueller said. “This was an attack…
Weekend Series on Crime History: Mobster John Gotti the “Teflon Don”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fh_HNt5l_8 WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Baltimore Cop Among Two Dead in Night Club Shooting (AP) Detroit Feds Recommend Life Sentences in Biker Case (Detroit News) Fed Judge Allows Limited Release of Escort Black Book (Detroit News) Incendiary Mailings Spread from Maryland to D.C. (Washington Post) U.S. Demands Info on WikiLeaks Twitter Account (AP) Atty. Gen….