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Ex-FBI Agent Who Worked Espionage Authors Spy Novel
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI agent Thomas R. Stutler, a newly minted author, says he likes fiction readers to get a sense authors know what they’re talking about. “My goal when writing fiction is always to make sure the reader can tell the book was written by somebody who was in the game… Every sentence,…
FBI Interviewing Libyans in U.S. as War Rages On
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Signs of concern about a backlash from the U.S. actions in Libya are surfacing. Devlin Barrett of the Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI has started questioning Libyans in the U.S. to look “Libyan-backed spies or terrorists, and collect any information that might help allied military operations.” The…
Journalists Accuse FBI Employee of Being out of Control and Striking Them With Her Car at National Press Club
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An FBI employee at headquarters is being accused by two Voice of America journalists in Washington of road rage that included intentionally striking them with her car and carrying one a short distance on her hood, the Washington Examiner reports. The paper reports that a lawsuit filed Monday by…
Atty. Gen. Holder Says Ill. Prison Won’t Hold Gitmo Detainees
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. on Monday gave assurances that a state prison the feds are interested in buying to hold maximum-security inmates won’t house detainees from Guantanamo Bay. In an April 4 letter to U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) Holder wrote of the Thomson Correctional Center: “While we…
Brenda Heck Named Head of Counterterrorism at FBI’s Washington Field Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Brenda L. Heck, deputy assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division at headquarters, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office’s Counterterrorism Division. Prior to entering the FBI, she was a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service from 1985-88. In 1988, Heck joined…
9/11 Defendants to Be Tried in Military Court; Atty. Gen. Says He Still Believes Civilian Court Was Best Venue
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Because Congress has blocked Gitmo detainees from being prosecuted in civilian court, Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. said Monday that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others will stand trial in a military court in Gitmo. The announcement marked a sharp reversal of his announcement in November 2009…
Founder of Union Representing Guards Who Protect Fed Buildings Busted for Stealing More than $200,000
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The founder and treasurer of a union that represents private security guards assigned to protect federal buildings in the D.C. area, has been indicted on charges of stealing more than $100,000 from the pension fund and padding his salary to the tune of about $115,000 through unauthorized raises and…
Obama Admin. To Prosecute 9/11’s Khalid Sheikh Mohammad in Military Trial
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In an about face — that appeared over time to be more and more likely of a possibility — the Obama administration has decided to prosecute self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad in a military commission at Guantanamo Bay instead of a civilian court in New York, CBS…