By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – In the end, it left me scratching my head. Russian spies. Huh. So 60s. So Sputnik-era like. Forgive me, but some how, with al Qaeda and every other hell-bent-to-destroy-America group out there, Russian spies don’t seem all that threatening. Nonetheless, the FBI arrested 10 last week. And on Thursday…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As expected, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III tapped Timothy P. Murphy to become the second in command at the FBI. “Tim has consistently shown exceptional leadership and met tough challenges head-on,” Mueller said in a statement issued Thursday. “I have every expectation that he will do the same…
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com Trades in sports like the NBA often garner plenty of attention. But this trade is different: spies for spies. The New York Daily News reports that a plan is in the works to send the 10 Russian spies arrested last week home in exchange for imprisoned spies who did work for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s pretty typical for Washington politicians to leave public office and cash in the chips in the private sector. Sometimes they go a little too far. Federal authorities say ex-Michigan Congressman Mark Siljander, who was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, went too far. And on Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to…
