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Maryland Makes Big Pledge to FBI in Hopes of Luring New Headquarters
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Maryland is trying its best to lure the FBI’s headquarters to the state. The Washington Post reports that Maryland and Prince George County have pledged to commit hundreds of millions of dollars on road improvements if the FBI relocates from downtown Washington to Greenbelt or Landover. Support has also come…
Justice Department Investigating Milwaukee U.S. Attorney for Alleged Misuse of Credit Card
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney James Santelle is under investigation on accusations that he misused the government-assigned credit card and violated a law barring federal employees from some political activities, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The Department of Justice is leading the investigation, which started more than a year ago following a routine audit….
FBI’s Fabled Behavioral Analysis Unit to Investigate Hanging Death of Black Man
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI will use its Behavioral Analysis Unit to investigate the hanging death of Mississippi man Otis Byrd, the USA Today reports. The unit “focuses specifically on criminal human behavior in an attempt to better understand criminals — who they are, how they think, why they do what they do —…
Investigation of Democratic Senator Gives New Chances to DOJ’s Public Integrity Section
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The revamped anti-corruption unit of the Justice Department ha an opportunity to redeem itself in the federal corruption investigation of Sen. Robert Menendez, the Los Angeles Times reports. The top leadership of the Public Integrity Section resigned after an embarrassing slip up led to the dismissal of Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens’…
Suspect Fatally Shot by Border Patrol Agent Wanted for Murder in Washington
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The man shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent last week was wanted for murder, KMVT.com reports. Investigators said a man was crossing the border illegally in Sumas in Washington when the shooting occurred. “The subject refused the agents commands then assaulted one of the agents with an unknown incapacitating…
Washington Times: Why Homeland Security Is Sad Place to Work
By The Washington Times Editorial Board No department of the government has a mission more important than the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), created after Sept. 11, 2001 to defend and protect the towns and cities, the farms and factories of the American homeland. It ought to be one of the most attractive places in…
Retired FBI Agent To Appear on Q & A Panel in Detroit for Documentary on Mystery VA Hospital Deaths
Greg Stejskal was a young FBI agent in Detroit when he was assigned to a task force investigating the mysterious deaths of patients at the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Hospital. He served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. Stejskal will appear on a…
ATF Director B. Todd Jones Calling it Quits; Tom Brandon Will Step Up
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com B. Todd Jones, the head of ATF, who first stepped in as acting director in 2011, and later became the first ATF directory in history to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, is stepping down, effective March 31. The announcement from ATF came in a press release, which said he’s departing…