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James Comey Faces Tough Questions During Confirmation Battle During Confirmation Hearings
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s nominee for FBI director, James Comey, faces a tough confirmation battle over a host of controversial issues facing the agency. Comey, who served as deputy attorney general in President George W. Bush, is seeking Senate confirmation at a tough time for the FBI, reports The Hill. The Hill reports that…
FBI Reduces Number of Agents Investigating Organized Crime
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI will continue to shed the number of agents assigned to fight the mafia as the demand for other threats increases, The New York Times reports. For the third time in five years, the bureau will decrease its agents assigned to organized crime to about three dozens. In the meantime, more…
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Reputed Mob Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger Loses Temper During Murder, Racketeering Trial
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Reputed mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger lost his cool in court for the second time in his three-week-old trial for murder and racketeering, The New York Times reports. Bulger became agitated while one of the government witnesses, John Morris, a former FBI witness, was testifying about Bulger’s role as an FBI…
Opinion: Where’s the Outrage Over NSA Surveillance of Americans Phone Calls, E-Mails?
By JENNIFER STISA GRANICK and CHRISTOPHER JON SPRIGMAN New York Times The twin revelations that telecom carriers have been secretly giving the National Security Agency information about Americans’ phone calls, and that the N.S.A. has been capturing e-mail and other private communications from Internet companies as part of a secret program called Prism, have…
Column: DEA Agent’s Death a Reminder of Courage in a Dangerous World and the Good Work of the DEA Survivors Benefit Fund
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com DEA Special Agent James “Terry” Watson had spent an enjoyable evening with friends at a Bogota restaurant watching Game 7 of the…
DEA Launches ‘Largest’ Ever Worldwide Crackdown on Synthetic Drugs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA has launched what it calls its “largest ever” crackdown on synthetic drugs, arresting more than 150 people in 49 cities and five countries, the U.S. News & World Report writes. The bust is good news for authorities who have seen the devastating impact of designer synthetic drugs, which often are…