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41 Years Later, FBI Arrests Pan Am Hijacker in NY
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Better late than never. The FBI in New York arrested Louis Armando Pena Soltren, 66, who was wanted for the 1968 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 281 bound from New York to Puerto Rico, the New York Times reports. Soltren arranged to surrender so he could visit his famiy, including his…
Justice Dept. to Review Mandatory Waivers of DNA Testing for Some Fed Convicts
This is an interesting issue. The bottom line is: No one should have to waive their right to DNA testing if there’s any remote possibility that it will prove their innocence. It’s called the justice system. Why should we take something away that can provide justice? If we can prove something beyond a reasonable doubt,…
FBI Releases Soundless Video of Tsunami Striking Its Parking Lot in American Samoa
Note: It takes some patience to watch this. The action doesn’t come until the last few seconds of this 2:08 minute tape. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi9gApr7x68
Weekend Series on History: The Life and Disappearance of James Riddle Hoffa
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7z4BUYSfVo
A Ventriloquist, A Dummy, The White House, Secret Service and Explosives
*not the actual dummy/photo throwthings.com By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Jerry Smolinsky may be no dummy, but he was pretty close to one on Friday. The 55-year-old ventriloquist was riding in a cab Friday morning in Arlington, Va., with his dummy in tow, when he told the driver he had explosives and was on…
FBI’s Stu McArthur Leaves the Mothership to Head Springfield, Ill. Office
Stu McArthur By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Stu McArthur, an Inspector in the FBI Inspection Division at headquarters, is leaving the mothership to head up the Springfield, Ill. office as special agent in charge. He replaces Karen Spangenberg, who was recently named deputy assistant director of the Criminal Investigative Division. McArthur started his FBI…
Prosecutor in Madoff Probe Removes Himself Over Conflict of Interest
It doesn’t take much to bump into a conflict of interest in the federal justice system. Prosecutor Richard Zabel and his office did the smart thing by declaring the conflict of interest. End of story. Or at least it should be. By BRIAN ROSS and JOSEPH RHEE ABC NEWS Just days after being appointed, the…
FBI Top 10 Fugitive Caught in Mexico
Jorge Alberto Lopez Orozco/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A triple-murder suspect who has been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List since 2005 along with such notables as Osama bin laden, has been captured in Mexico, the Associated Press reports. Mexican federal police caught Jorge Alberto Lopez Orozco in the Pacific…