By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Shawn Henry, who heads the FBI’s D.C. field office, wants to be more transparent, particularly when it comes to briefing the private sector on such matters as cyberterrorism and other threats, according to an interview with the Associated Press. “I want to walk up to the line,” Henry, 48, told AP….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI’s number two man John Pistole, who was considered a sure bet, was confirmed unanimously by the Senate Friday to head the Transportation Security Administration, The Hill newspaper reported. Pistole, who was highly respected in the FBI, was the third nominee for the post. The two others, ex-FBI agent Erroll…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A man with Canadian-Lebanese dual citizenship pleaded guilty Friday to participating in an eight-year conspiracy to defraud the United Nations Oil for Food Program and bribing Iraqi officials in connection with the sale of a chemical additive used in the refining of leaded fuel, the Justice Department announced. Ousama Naaman, 61,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Jamaican gang leader Christopher “Dudus” Coke, whose loyalty in his country set off a bloodletting after the U.S. came after him, was sent to New York on Thursday, the Associated Press reported. Coke not only had plenty supporters in Jamaica, but in the U.S. as well. Federal prosecutors filed court…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Senate Judiciary Committee continues to chip away at confirming U.S. Attorneys around the country. On Thursday, the commmittee gave the nod to Stephen Wiggington for the Southern District of Illinois and Edward L. Stanton III for the Western District of Tennessee. To date, the panel has approved 59 U.S. Attorney…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 45-year-old Minnesota man was indicted Thursday for hacking into his neighbor’s wireless router Internet service and sending threats to the vice president and the governor and senator from Minnesota from email under the neighbor’s name. Authorities said Barry Vincent Ardolf was charged with two counts of aggravated identity theft, one…
