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Border Patrol Agent Suicides Spike
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Something is seriously ailing the U.S. Border Patrol. The Associated Press reports that the agency has seen the biggest spike in suicides among agents in at least 20 years. The news service reported that at least 15 agents have committed suicide since February 2008. It said few left notes. “Federal officials…
FBI Defends itself in Unsolved Civil Rights-Era Murders
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — From time to time, the FBI publicly shoots back when criticized in the press. Saturday in the Washington Post was one of those moments. Michael Kortan, chief spokesman for the FBI, fired off a letter to the editor in response to an Aug. 8 op-ed columny by Emery University…
Washington Post Editorial: Mexico Drug War Going Badly and U.S. Looking Other Way
The Washington Post Editorial Page WASHINGTON — Give Mexican President Felipe Calderon credit for honesty as well as courage. Last week he presided over a three-day public conference to assess the results of nearly four years of war against Mexico’s drug cartels. Most of the facts were grim: — According to the chief of the…
U.S. Atty. Fitzgerald’s Star Reputation on Line in Blago Trial
By Allan Lengel For AOL News When he announced the charges in late 2008, Chicago’s U.S. attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald, came at Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich with all the bravado of Eliot Ness going after Al Capone in the movie “The Untouchables.” He told a throng of reporters that Blagojevich had embarked on a “corruption crime…
Weekend Series on History of Crime: The Attempted Assassination of President Reagan 29 Years Ago
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Feds Get Conviction on Third Try Against Racist Talk Show Host Hal Turner
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The third time worked for federal prosecutors. After bumping up against two mistrials because of hung juries, federal prosecutors on Friday convicted Hal Turner, a racist internet radio talk show host and blogger, in Brooklyn U.S. District Court of threatening to assault and murder three U.S. Court of Appeals judges in…
Thomas Harrington Named to #3 Spot at FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Thomas J. Harrington was named to the number three spot at the FBI, replacing Timothy P. Murphy, who moved up to the number two spot, the FBI announced Friday. Up until now, Harrington was the FBI’s number four person, serving as the executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and…
Ex-FBI’s John Pistole Planning Changes at TSA
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As expected, the FBI’s number two person John Pistole, who now heads up the Transportation Security Administration, is making some changes. The Federal Diary column at the Washington Post reports that Pistole is considering creating a small corps of TSA officers that would have law enforcement status. Currently, screeners…