By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI said Tuesday it has opened an investigation into three mysterious shootings at buildings in Northern Virginia since Oct. 17, including the Pentagon. No one has been injured. The FBI said it has confirmed that shots fired at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., and the…
Holder delivers speech in Orlando/ticklethewire.com photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ORLANDO — Concerned about the rising tide of law enforcement deaths on duty, Atty. General Eric Holder Jr. announced Tuesday a new Justice Department initiative called “VALOR” to address law enforcement safety. Speaking before a crowd of federal, state and local law enforcement at the…
By Zack Cohen ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Federal judges are considered among the elite in the judiciary world, appointed by the president for a lifetime, regarded as being beyond reproach. But in recent times there has been a crack in the almost king-like facade. One judge, G. Thomas Porteous of New Orleans, was just convicted in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF is operating on a short leash, hamstrung by limited resources to regulate gun ownership, much in part due to the strong gun lobbying efforts, the Washington Post reports. “Concerns about government regulation of gun ownership have limited the resources available to the ATF, led to strict regulatory restrictions and left…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds have arrested a Hawaiian man who traveled to Pakistan, hoping to join the Taliban or a similar group, the Associated Press reported. Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, 21, a U.S. citizen, who was arrested Friday in Honolulu, was charged with making false statements relating to international terrorism, AP reported. The criminal…
By Kathleen McChesney, Ph.D. FBI Executive Assistant Director (ret.) As Robert S. Mueller III completes the final year of his ten-year term as the Director of the FBI, President Barack Obama and the United States Senate will have the critically important responsibility of nominating and confirming his successor. This selection process should be devoid of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI first took interest in the late Sen. Paul Wellstone when he was arrested during an anti-Vietnam war protest in 1970, and years later investigated death threats against him as a liberal Democratic senator, according to Minnesota Public Radio, which obtained FBI files under a Freedom of Information request. MPR…
