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Ex-FBI Agent and ticklethewire.com Columnist Greg Stejskal Says FBI Knew About McGwire’s Steroid Use Way Back
Retired FBI agent Greg Stejskal By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Former FBI agent Greg Stejskal, a columnist for ticklethewire.com, tells ESPN.com that he didn’t need baseball slugger Mark McGwire’s confession on Monday to know he was taking illegal steroids. Stejskal says informants told the FBI about McGwire’s doping regimen two decades ago and added…
Drunk Driving Charge Dropped Against R.I. Fed Prosecutor; Justice Dept. Probing Matter
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A judge dropped drunk driving charges Monday against an assistant U.S. Attorney in Rhode Island who is at the center of a controversy over whether he got favorable treatment, the Associated Press reported. A Warwick, R.I. judge, at the request of the city attorney, dropped the charges against fed prosecutor Gerard…
Michael Ward Named Head of Newark FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Michael B. Ward has been plucked from the FBI mothership to head the agency’sĀ Newark Division, starting in March. Ward, currently the assistant director of Counterrorism Division’s Operations Branch II at headquarters, started his FBI career in 1988 and spent the first nine years in the Dallas office dealing…
Muslim Parents Coming Forward Against Extremism is More Common Than Public Realizes, Muslim-American Leaders Say
Publisher Osama Siblani By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (A new AOL news site) WASHINGTON — The dramatic, fast-paced events of recent weeks that had parents contacting the FBI and CIA about their children’s links to radical Muslims may clear the way for other reluctant parents to come forward, say key figures in the Muslim-American community….
Website Challenges Conservative Columnist Over the Firing of a D.C. FBI Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The news website TPMmuckraker is challenging an assertion by conservative columnist Frank Gaffney in a recent op-ed pieceĀ that D.C. FBI agent John Guandolo lost his job because of fierce opposition to radical Islamic ideology, not because he was sleeping with a key witness in the ex-Congressman William Jefferson…
Justice Dept. Probe Calls for Reforms for Inglewood Police’s Use of Force Policies
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department “has found significant flaws in the way Inglewood police oversee use-of-force incidents and investigate complaints against officers” and has proposed a list of reforms, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. The paper reported that the ongoing Justice Department probe found the department’s use of force policies…
Column: Sen. Reid’s Remark Reminded Me of ATF Official’s “Jew Them Down” Remark
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The revelation in a new book on the 2008 presidential campaign about the stupid remarks Sen. Harry Reid made about President Obama was somewhat of a shocker. The book “Game Change” reported that Reid “was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace…
Politics Continues to Plague U.S. Atty Choice in Dallas
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson/gov photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Justice may be blind, but politics is not — particularly when it comes to the appointment of a new U.S. Attorney in Dallas. The Dallas Morning News reports that the White House may not be any closer to appointing a new U.S. Attorney there…