Ronald C. Ruecker has been named the Assistant Director of the FBI’s Office of Law Enforcement Coordination (OLEC). He replaces Louis F. Quijas, who retired to take a position in private industry, the FBI said. Prior to taking his new post, Ruecker was the Director of Public Safety for the City of Sherwood, Oregon, the…
I saw Griffin Bell’s name every morning for almost three decades when I entered my office in the Detroit U. S. Attorney’s Office. His signature was on the DOJ certificate which hung behind my desk. His death this week, at age 90, brings to mind subjects like civility and the gradual approach to solving problems…
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – An FBI affidavit unsealed Monday provides a few new details of gruesome allegations against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards charged in the 2007 shootings in Baghdad that left at least 14 Iraqi civilians dead and 20 wounded. Washington FBI agent John M. Patarini , in a 3-page affidavit, wrote…
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In these gloomy days of cutbacks and layoffs and what not, it may sound a bit strange to hear an organization announcing a “Hiring Blitz”. Well, those are the words being bandied about at the FBI these days. The agency announced a “Hiring Blitz” Monday to fill more than…
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com Attorneys for John Gotti Jr. filed a motion Monday saying their client quit the mob years ago and deserves to be free on bail pending trial in New York on allegations of cocaine trafficking, murder, extortion, jury tampering and kidnapping. The 14-page motion filed in U.S. District Court said Gotti is…
With all the forms of communication these days, federal agencies need to keep up with the “New Media”. By Chris Battle Security DeBrief WASHINGTON — The State Department continues to lead the way among federal agencies making use of new media tools. Colleen Graffey, deputy assistant secretary for public diplomacy, published a column (“A Tweet…
The trooper was caught on video abusing the suspect. It might make the public wonder what would have happened had there not been an official video. By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former South Carolina trooper caught on video kicking a suspect in the head after a highway chase pleaded guilty…
