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FBI Dir. Mueller Warns Terrorist Threats “More Dangerous With Each Passing Day”; And Intelligence Director Misspeaks
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Some of the Who’s Who of the federal law enforcement and intelligence community came to Capitol Hill at multiple hearings to talk about terrorism and security, including FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III Mueller, who warned of the dangers ahead. “As the Christmas Day attempted bombing illustrates the threats…
FBI Agents Obtained Phone Records Using “Startling” and Highly Questionable Methods, Inspector Gen. Report Finds
The upside of this is that the Inspector General for the Justice Department has reviewed this weighty matter and exposed it in a report. Also, the good news is that the FBI says it has stopped this shoddy practice, which also targeted reporters’ phones. In fact, the report says: “Some of the most troubling improper…
Acting Chief Michele Leonhart Expected to Get Nod Soon From White House to Head DEA on Permanent Basis
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It looks like Michele Leonhart, the acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, will soon get the nomination from the White House to fill the post on a permanent basis, according to knowledgeable sources. Leonhart, a former Baltimore cop, joined the DEA in 1980 and rose through the ranks…
eBay Deal: A Doughnut Shop Owner, Tusks and a Fed Indictment
By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (A New AOL news site) There are plenty of legal things to buy on eBay, but elephant ivory isn’t one of them. Federal authorities in Los Angeles on Tuesday indicted a Thai national charged with trafficking in ivory from endangered African elephants, and a California doughnut shop owner who allegedly…
Homeland Security to Send Up to 900 More Coast Guard Reserves to Haiti
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Sec. of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Tuesday authorized the temporary activation of up to 900 reserve U.S. Coast Guard service members to “bolster the more than 500 Coast Guard personnel already serving in Haiti in support of the U.S. government’s response to the devastation caused by the Jan….
Ex-FBI Agent Who Was Nominated to Head TSA Withdraws Name; Leadership in Limbo
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The effort to nail down the top spot for the Transportation Security Administration has taken one giant step backwards at a time airport security is still a pressing concern among Americans. Nominee Erroll Southers, a former FBI agent, said he is withdrawing his name to lead the agency because…
Pakistani Neuroscientist Accused of Opening Fire on American Soldiers and FBI Agents is Booted From NY Trial After Outburst
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Could this be a preview of what’s to come when Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 terror suspects go on trial in New York? Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist accused of opening fire on American soldiers and F.B.I. agents while being detained in Afghanistan in July 2008, didn’t last very…
FBI Sting Involving Foreign Bribery Nets 22 Arrests
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — About 150 FBI agents executed 14 search warrants around the country and in London and 22 executives and employees in the law enforcement and military products industry were arrested as part of a sting involving allegations of foreign bribery,authorities announced Tuesday. Twenty one people were arrested in Las Vegas …