New Special Agent in Charge Named to FBI’s Birmingham Division

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The FBI’s Birmingham Division has a new special agent in charge to replace Patrick J. Maley, who retired in August to become the South Carolina Inspector General, the Birmingham News reports. Richard D. Schwein, Jr., who most recently served as a member of the FBI Counterterrorism Division, will oversee the northern judicial…

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Attorney: Four Men Who Intended to Blow Up Synagogues Were Entrapped By Undercover FBI Sting

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four men imprisoned for plotting to blow up two synagogues in Riverdale, N.Y. were entrapped by a paid FBI informant posing as an Islamic extremist, their attorneys told an appeals court Monday, the New York Daily News reports. The attorneys of the men – James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payan…

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Opinion: U.S. Is Winning the War on Drugs

By Gil Kerlikowske  Director of White House’s National Drug Control Policy Since March 2009, the Obama administration has placed an unprecedented amount of personnel, infrastructure and technology along the southwest border. The U.S. Border Patrol has doubled in size, we’ve bolstered operations at our ports of entry and we’ve expanded successful partnerships with the Mexican…

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