A rookie mistake? Hardly. By The Newark Star-Ledger Staff NEWARK –– A federal immigration agent suspected of robbing drug dealers was arrested yesterday during a pre-dawn sting at a Newark warehouse where he allegedly tried to steal what he believed was a shipment of cocaine, authorities said. Valentino Johnson, a 25-year-old rookie agent, was surrounded…
By Allan Lengel and Rachel Leven ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – As Mark T. Rossini sat at the defendant’s table in the D.C. federal courthouse in May awaiting his fate, you couldn’t help but wonder, if only for a moment, if he saw himself as a tragic figure in a fabled Hollywood film: Dapper, veteran FBI agent…
It sounded like perjury. But Holder has spoken. By Evan Perez Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder says he won’t overturn prosecutors’ decision declining to prosecute a former Bush administration Justice official investigated for possible perjury during the investigation of the 2006 U.S. attorney firings. Bradley Schlozman, a former lawyer in the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Daniel McMullen, FBI special agent in charge of criminal matters in Los Angeles, has been named the top agent for the Jackson, Miss., division. He replaces Frederick T. Brink, who retired. McMullen began his career in 1991 and was first assigned to the Shreveport, La. office. In 1995, he…
It’s hard to believe a goof like this could happen on a day like this. Mmmm. More details to come. BY CNN WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it will review a training incident along the Potomac River that triggered security concerns about President Obama on the eighth anniversary of the September 11…
Ouch. It’s rare to see someone who made it that high up in an organization like this– even after they’ve left — get indicted. BY MICHAEL SALLAH AND ROB BARRY Miami Herald MIAMI — The former chief of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Miami office who led the agency’s cases against infamous Panama strongman Manuel…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Life is just more painful when you mess up and you have a high profile job. Ask Lori Bailey. The ex-FBI agent, who was the face of the FBI down in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (she was the media spokeswoman), was the subject of Texas media reports this week after she…
