Paul Abbate, Head of FBI’s Washington Field Office, Going to Headquarters

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Paul Abbate, assistant director of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, is moving several blocks over to headquarters. Abbate, who was assigned to the Washington field office in September 2015, will assume the new post of executive assistant Director for the Criminal Cyber Response and Service Branch at headquarters after  the presidential…

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FBI Prohibited from Entering Libya to Arrest Terror Suspects

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Libyan government is barring the FBI from arresting suspects in last year’s deadly terror attack on the U.S. that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, CNN reports. A top State Department official delivered the news to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday. Republicans expressed shock that…

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FBI: Evidence Stacking Against Five Suspects in Benghazi Attacks, But Not Enough for Civilian Court

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  FBI agents have enough evidence against five men accused in the Benghazi attack to seize them by military force as suspected terrorists, the Associated Press reports. But the AP reported that the agents don’t have enough evidence to charge the men in a civilian court, which is the Obama administration’s preference. In…

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Whistleblower Says Obama Administration at Fault for Delayed Benghazi Investigation

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The Obama administration’s characterization of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya on Sept. 11, 2012, slowed the down the investigation, a key Benghazi whistleblower said, Fox News reports. “I definitely believe that it negatively affected our ability to get the FBI team quickly to Benghazi,” Greg Hicks, the deputy chief…

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Investigation: State Department Failed to Properly Secure U.S. Consulate in Libya

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The State Department was blasted for having inadequate security at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, National Public radio reports. The report by the Accountability and Review Board, released Tuesday night, criticized the State Department for relying heavily on Libyan…

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