Special Agent in Charge of FBI Office in Buffalo Headed to Terrorists Screening Center

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Christopher M. Piehota, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Buffalo, will leave soon to become director of the Terrorists Screening Center in Washington D.C. , the Buffalo News reports. “To be honest, it’s one of the first lines of defense in our national security,” he said of the screening…

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Feds Charge Colombo Crime Family Members in Kickback Scheme at Ground Zero

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn continues to chip away at the Colombo crime family. On Tuesday, the office announced the indictment of eight people tied to the notorious crime family on charges including fraud and extortion linked to the World Trade Center. The indictment alleges that the Colombo-controlled trucking company…

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NY FBI Gives Dir. Community Leadership Award to Activist Devorah Halbertstam

Former US Attorney General Michael Mukasey, FBI Assistant Director in Charge (ADIC) Joseph Demarest Devorah Halberstam and the Honorable Rudolph Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York. Photo credit: Matthew Coleman, FBI By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Devorah Halberstam, whose son was killed in a terrorist attack on the Brooklyn Bridge in 1994, was honored last week…

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