FBI’s Randall Thysse Named SAC for NY Counterintelligence

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Randall C. Thysse of the FBI’s global counterintelligence section at headquarters has been named special agent in charge of the New York Office’s Counterintelligence Division. Thysse joined the FBI in 1989 and was first stationed in the Omaha Division’s Des Moines Resident Agency. He later went to headquarters as…

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FBI Dir. Mueller Defends Terrorist Stings at Opening of Crime Lab in Calif.

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In response to a string of FBI stings around the country involving terrorist suspects, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III on Wednesday defended the tactic, calling it “absolutely essential” to public safety, according to the Associated Press. “We have been tremendously successful in thwarting attacks,” Mueller said at a news conference…

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Chicago Fed Jury Convicts White Supremacist Who Advocated Violence Against a Juror

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A self-proclaimed white-supremacist was convicted Wednesday in Chicago federal court of soliciting violence against a Jewish jury foreman who helped convict another white-supremacist, Matthew Hale in 2004. William A. White, 33, of Roanoke, Va., was convicted of one count of solicitation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. White was charged with advocating…

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