Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Agent William Evanina, who helped investigate the anthrax attacks in 2001 and the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, is moving to a new job, Citizens Voice reports. Evanina has been appointed director of the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, giving him a important role in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Daniel McMullen, the first black special agent in charge of Jackson’s FBI office, has announced his retirement. “As a person with an interest in history itself and the history of the civil rights movement and an understanding of where Mississippi was in the history of civil rights, I find it very interesting…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Frank Montoya Jr., who acted as head of national counterintelligence for the U.S. government, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Seattle Division, the Seattle Times reports. Montoya most recently served as the national counterintelligence executive in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Montoya replaces Laura M….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joseph Arabit, the new head of the Houston Division of the DEA, arrives with a plethora of border experience that authorities hope will help crack down on drug cartel activity between the Texas-Mexico border, KHOU.com reports. Arabit previously was in charge of the DEA office in El Paso at a time of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Scott Sweetow, who heads up ATF’s St. Paul, Minn., office is moving up the chain. He”ll be taking over the job as Deputy Assistant Director for ATF’s Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information (OSII). His new responsibilities will include ATF’s partner engagement liaison with the intelligence community, overseeing ATF’s foreign operations…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Walter R. Walsh chased gangsters as an FBI agent in the 1930s before becoming the longest-lived Olympian. He died at 106 at his home in Arlington, Va., the Associated Press reports. Walsh also trained Marine Corps snipers. In 1934, Walsh joined the FBI and began pursuing gangsters. His efforts led to the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was just Scott S. Smith’s third day as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh office when a student slashed and stabbed classmates in a hallway at Franklin Regional High School last week. “It was a horrific incident,” Smith told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for a story. “Behind the scenes, though,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Arthur Lewis, the first African American acting deputy administrator of the DEA, rose to prominence after starting his career on the hardscrabble streets of Harlam as an undercover agent. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Lewis is credited with breaking down racial barriers and winning a legal battle in the 1970s to improve…
