FBI Hunts for Killers of Armored Car Guard in Georgia
FBI Goes Over Video in Armored Car Attack: MyFoxATLANTA.com
FBI Goes Over Video in Armored Car Attack: MyFoxATLANTA.com
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert S. Mueller urged Congress Wednesday to reauthorize investigative tools like roving wiretaps to help fight terrorism. “We encourage Congress to reauthorize the three critical FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) tools that will expire later this year: roving wiretap authority, access to business records under FISA, and the “lone…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The war against drugs is looking more and more like a war. The New York Times reports that the Obama administration has started sending drones deep into Mexico to gather intelligence on the location and activities of major drug traffickers. The Times reports that the Pentagon began flying the unarmed drones…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In an odd footnote to the death penalty issue comes this: The DEA on Tuesday seized a key lethal injection drug used by the state of Georgia, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. DEA spokesman Chuvalo Truesdell said, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: “We had questions about how the drug was…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI Agents Association’s endorsement Tuesday of ex-FBI agent Mike Mason to head the FBI in September offers no guarantees, but it could raise his profile as a candidate. He would be the first African-American to head the agency. Mason, who served in the FBI for 23 years, and currently heads…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI Agents Association has endorsed ex-FBI agent Mike Mason to replace the soon-to-retire FBI Director Robert Mueller III. The association, which represents more than 12,000 active duty and retired agents, said Tuesday that it had submitted the recommendation to the Obama Administration. “While the FBIAA is not limiting itself to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com This could get interesting. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Colorado resident Steven Howards can sue two Secret Service agents who arrested him after he touched Vice President Dick Cheney’s arm in 2006 and told him that his Iraqi war policies were disgusting, the Associated Press reported….