Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com New roomier digs are coming in 2013 for one of the FBI’s smallest divisions. WAVY.com reports that the FBI will move its Hampton Roads regional headquarters from Norfolk to Chesapeake, Virginia. Special Agent in Charge John Boles told WAVY.com the new three-story office building will be about twice the size of the…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI agent Thomas F. Minton III will head up the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of Homeland Security, the governor’s office announced. Minton, 52, served most of his 22 years with the FBI investigating national security matters with a focus on terrorism, according to a press release. Minton was involved in key investigations such…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI agent Harvey C. Flemister 85, a 27-year veteran of the bureau, died of congestive heart failure March 18 at his home in Silver Springs, Md. The Washington Post reports Flemister retired in 1977 as chief of the FBI intelligence division’s liaison section. Having started his career as a special agent in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Shawn Henry, the FBI’s top cyber cop up until his recent retirement, is putting his FBI skill to use in the private sector. The Wall Street Journal’s Devlin Barrett reports that ex-FBI official Shawn Henry is joining an Irvine, Calif. upstart computer security firm called CrowdStrike Inc. The Journal reports that…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Bob Craig, retired FBI agent and father of four, is remembered for being a stand-up agent in the field and a regular guy at home. Fellow agents applauded him for his “tremendous intellect,” and essential role in busting up the Pittsburgh Mafia when he first came to town in the late 70’s,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com To the DEA: Welcome to Bulgaria. The agency has opened an office in the city of Sofia, according to the FOCUS News agency. UThe opening of an office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Bulgaria is a sign for strategic partnership and cooperation between the US and Bulgaria,” Bulgarian Interior…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Dallas FBI will have a new boss soon. The FBI announced that Diego Rodriguez, special agent in charge of the Criminal Division in New York, will take over as the SAC in Dallas. He’ll replace Robert Casey who will be retiring on April 30. “I have the highest regard for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With just seven months to go until election time, President Obama is filling the final U.S. Attorney vacancies around the country. In a White House press release issued late last week, the president announced the nominations of Patrick A. Miles, Jr. for the Western District of Michigan in Grand Rapids and…
