By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — At a time when the U.S. has called for an increase in federal air marshals, the service is dealing with some serious internal problems, according to the investigative news website ProPublica. ProPulbica is reporting that the parent agency Transportation Security Administration “is investigating allegations of discrimination in the Orlando…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI agents Tracy Reinhold and Michael J. Folmar are moving up the food chain at FBI headquarters. Reinhold becomes the FBI’s assistant director of the Directorate of Intelligence, rising from the deputy assistant director. Folmar becomes assistant director of the FBI’s Security Division. He most recently served as…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The infamous Blackwater Worldwide comapny may have changed its name a while ago, but it hasn’t managed to erase its troubled past. The New York Times reports that the Justice Department is investigating “whether officials of Blackwater Worldwide tried to bribe Iraqi government officials in hopes of retaining the firm’s security…
The Washington Post Editorial WASHINGTON — THE OBAMA administration did not consult with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on security matters before making the decision to prosecute Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a Manhattan courthouse. Instead, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. simply gave Mr. Bloomberg a courtesy call on the morning of…
