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Say it Ain’t So Joe: VP Biden Charging Secret Service for Rent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Under the category of: Mmmmmm. Something doesn’t seem right. The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Secret Service, which protects VP Joe Biden, is paying Biden $2,200 a month to rent a cottage next to his suburban Wilimington, Del., home. Records show Biden has collected more than $13,000 since April on the…
Column: New Orlean’s U.S. Atty. Jim Letten Speaks of Diversity and the Arab-Muslim Community
By Jim Letten, U.S. Attorney New Orleans Times-Picayune Op-Ed Page NEW ORLEANS — As we approach the 10th anniversary of the tragic Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and continue to defend against those who wage their vicious campaigns against us and our freedoms, it is essential that we look forward. That is not to say that…
Authorities to Add Ted Bundy’s DNA to FBI Database
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Florida authorities are working to add serial killer Ted Bundy’s DNA profile to the FBI’s national database by mid-August, a move that could help detectives in Tacoma, Wash., determine if Bundy was responsible for the abduction of 8-year-old girl Ann Marie Burr in 1961, The News Tribune reported The paper reported…
Column: Injured FBI Agent Still Hopes for Justice
FBI agent Theresa Foley was the first full-time female FBI agent to be stationed at Guantanamo. She has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department, saying she was made to bunk with vermin that gave her a tropical disease. Theresa Foley has undergone multiple surgeries since contracting the disease and has been disabled and is…
Suspended Philly Fed Prosecutor Says Government’s Initial Allegations Weren’t Accurate
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Philly federal prosecutor Laurie Magid, who was recently given a 100-day suspension without pay, is pushing back, saying the allegations initially lodged by the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) simply weren’t accurate. In fact, in a press release Magid says the Office of Special Counsel has admitted for the first time…
Shakeups at Justice Dept. and FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Shakeups over at the FBI and Justice Department. John Carlin, currently Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, is joining the leadership team at the Justice Department’s National Security Division as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff. He’s being replaced at the…
FBI Director Mueller Picks Aaron Zebley as New Chief of Staff
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Aaron M. Zebley is movin on up. The website Main Justice reports that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III has promoted Zebley to his chief of staff. Zebley, an agent and a former federal prosecutor, had been the deputy chief of staff. Zebley will replace John P. Carlin, who…