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Number of FBI Agents Cheated on Test, IG Report Says
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As expected, the Justice Department’s Inspector General report released Monday found that a number of FBI agents cheated on a test on bureau policies for conducting surveillance on Americans. Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine says he found “significant abuses and cheating” and that people worked together or got…
NY Times Editorial: A Reminder to the FBI
By The New York Times Editorial Page The day after Thanksgiving, 2002, was a slow day in the Pittsburgh office of the F.B.I., so a supervisor sent a special agent to a rally against the threatened war in Iraq to look for any terrorism suspects who might be there, just to ”see what they are…
Obama Administration Wants to Keep Better Tabs on Internet and Bank Transfers
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is making moves to try and get a better handle on the activities of terrorists. Charlie Savage of the The New York Times reports that federal law enforcement and national security officials plan next year to seek new regulations from Congress that would allow agencies to…
FBI’s Troubled Computer Project to Go In House
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– The FBI is making a new move to try and bring its troubled computer project called the “Sentinel” under control, according to the Washington Post’s Capital Business report. The program has been plagued by endless glitches. The paper reports that the FBI has decided to bring the project in…
U.S. Border Inspector Charged With Taking $50,000-plus to Let Drug Vehicles Pass
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the Mexican-U.S. drug war, money still corrupts on both sides of the border. The latest: A U.S. border inspector was charged Friday with taking more than $50,000 to let drug-filled vehicles from Mexico pass through his lane, the Associated Press reported. Authorities charged that Oscar Osbaldo Ortiz Martinez,30, a Customs…
Justice Lawyer Criticizes Agency for Failing to Protect White Voters
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In a controversy that won’t seem to go away for the Obama administration, a veteran Justice Department lawyer on Friday accused his agency of being unwilling to go after racial discrimination cases on behalf of white voters, the Washington Post reported. Christopher Coate testified before the U.S. Commission on…
Weekend Series on Crime: The Detroit Mob
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCxhbVpyo6c WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST FBI Serves Terrorism Warrants in Minn. and Chicago (NY Times) U.S. Officials Defend State Secrets Claim in al-Aulaqi Suit (Washington Post)
Drug Dealer Whose Wife Killed Pitts. FBI Agent Gets 25 Years
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The convicted drug dealer whose wife shot and killed a Pittsburgh FBI agent in 2008 during a raid at their home was sentenced Friday in federal court to 25 years in prison, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The paper reported that Robert Korbe, who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking, gun and insurance…