By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Channing Phillips, the number two person in the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office, is heading off to the Justice Department several blocks away to become Deputy Associate Attorney General for Diversity Management. A Justice Department memo announcing the move said Phillips will be responsible for the implementation of Attorney General…
By Allan Lengel tickletehwire.com WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday announced plans to nominate FBI deputy director John Pistole — the number two man in the agency — to head up the Transportation Security Administration, which is responsible for the safety of the nation’s airport passengers. He becomes the third Presidential nominee for that position….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jerry E. Martin was confirmed as the U.S. Attorney of Nashville on Wednesday night, the website Main Justice reported. Martin will replace U.S. Attorney Ed Yarbrough, a Bush appointee, who announced that he has accepted a position with the law firm Walker Tipps and Malone in Nashville. Main Justice, which closely…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary on Thursday gave the nod to private attorney Jerry E. Martin for the U.S. Attorney post in Nashville, clearing the way for the full Senate to vote on the matter. Martin will replace U.S. Attorney Edward Yarbrough, who was appointed by President Bush in 2007. Active…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI agent Robert Anderson, Jr. is leaving headquarters to take on the job as special agent in charge of Intelligence Division for the Washington field office, the agency announced Thursday. Anderson has been the chief of the Counterespionage Section in the Counterintelligence Division at FBI headquarters. Anderson started his…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday gave the final nod to Zane D. Memeger to become U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia and David Fein to become the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut. Memeger replaces interim U.S. Attorney Michael L. Levy, who had been in that position since 2009. Levy will work for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire Sidney Smith, a World War II vet and Nixon-appointed U.S. Attorney in Idaho, died on April 23 at the age of 95, The Associated Press reported. Born in the Midwest, he graduated from the University of Colorado law school, AP reported. In 1970, President Nixon appointed him deputy general counsel for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com James Stanley “Stan” Lemelle announced Monday that Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. has named him interim U.S. Attorney in Baton Rouge. He replaces David Dugas, a Bush appointee,who stepped down last week. “I have been an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District for 31 years,” Lemelle said in a…
