Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s feelings were really hurt when the playground bullies at the FBI kept picking on the NYPD (in the press) for arresting Jose Pimentel, an alleged al-Qaeda sympathizer, on terrorism charges. So, he called FBI Director Robert Mueller and asked him to tell his people to stop giving their honest negative opinions about the case, that agents refused twice because they thought it was bullshit, to the media. (Photo: the-empress/flickr)
Just as the NYPD and Mayor Bloomberg were getting their “lone wolf” serve on, the notorious, buzz-killing FBI wasn’t all that impressed with the bust of alleged terrorist Jose Pimentel. The feds claim they refused to get involved with the case, claiming that the Manhattan man charged with terrorism was basically inept when it came to matters concerning terrorism. Read more »
According to the latest FBI data, way too many Americans are getting arrested for weed. In 2010, police busted over 850,000 people on pot-related offenses. As NORML notes, that accounts for “more than one-half (52 percent) of all drug arrests in the Untied States,” of those, 46 percent were for possession. It’s no wonder law enforcement doesn’t want to legalize the herb. It’s their bread and butter. (Photo: Sp▲ce C▲det/flickr) Read more »
Since 2008, Facebook has provided detailed access to at least 24 personal profiles to the FBI, DEA and ICE, without the consent and often the notification of the users or their friends, which may not be constitutional. The number of Facebook search warrants granted by judges has already doubled since last year. Read more »
The feds finally caught up to James “Whitey” Bulger, an infamous, old school Irish-American mobster from Boston whose been on the run for almost two decades. He was arrested on Wednesday in Santa Monica. The FBI is celebrating with an update to their Ten Most Wanted Fugitives webpage and a downloadable “Captured” poster with three age-adjusted images of the the legendary crime boss. Btw, when discussing Jimmy, there must be a mention of him inspiring Martin Scorsese’s hit movie, The Departed. Bonus audio of his distinct Bahston accent can be heard here, talking very highly of “cough syrup.”
This week the “Holiday Bandit” struck for a seventh time in two months, but not even his criminal proclivities are enough to warrant a joint bank robbery task force with the FBI and so the NYPD is dissolving the unit and redeploying its six detectives to investigate other crimes as well. Wait, does that mean they just sat around unless bank robberies were committed?
It’s not easy rounding up over a hundred funny named gangsters and although the FBI is getting most of the credit, a contingent of authorities assisted. Read more »
More surprising than the actual arrest of 100 or so alleged mobsters in the NYC-New England area by the FBI on Thursday, is that are even 100 or so alleged mobsters still around the NYC-New England area to be arrested. Read more »
Authorities in Arizona say it could be and are actively looking for information on him. They believe that the middle-aged white man may have helped suspect Jared Loughner in Saturday’s Tuscon massacre. Anyone who recognizes the “possible associate” is being asked to call the FBI. UPDATE: He’s just a cab driver who drove the suspect, no affiliation!
Over the weekend, the FBI arrested Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a Somali-born US Citizen for attempting to blow up a fake bomb that agents provided him at a public Christmas tree lighting in Portland, Oregon. The feds posed as terrorist collaborators and after gaining his trust, delivered an inert explosive to the 19-year-old, who then allegedly tried to ignite it. He was arrested and plead not guilty. Meanwhile, the mosque where the so called Muslim belonged was set on fire, an attack they did FBI didn’t thwart so well.
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