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…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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