Head of FBI’s Miami Office Gets Promoted to Counter-Terrorism Post in Washington

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Michael B. Steinbach, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Miami office, is returning to Washington to take a top job fighting counter-terrorism, the Florida Sun Sentinel reports. The 47-year-old will be promoted to deputy assistant director in the counter-terrorism division, where he had previously worked. Steinbach, whose departure date has…

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Book Review: SECURING THE CITY Inside America’s Best Counterterror Force — The NYPD

After Sept. 11, 2001, New York City assembled one darn impressive counter-terrorism unit.  Christopher Dickey, a Newsweek correspondent, takes an in depth look at the department in  his latest book. By DWIGHT GARNER New York Times Book Review Roland Emmerich’s 1998 remake of “Godzilla,” starring Matthew Broderick and Jean Reno, was a hapless piece of…

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