By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — The feds cracked Najibullah Zazi without laying a hand on him, according to most news accounts. But some people still wonder if the rough stuff would have worked better — if only to make sure he gave it all up. They’ve got to turn off their TVs. Today…
Robert Mueller III/fbi photo You would never expect the FBI’s Robert Mueller to go before Congress and point fingers at the missteps of another law enforcement agency, that is unless things really really went wrong. In this case, some things may have gone wrong, but not wrong enough to air things in public. By EILEEN…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) lacks coordination and is not doing nearly enough to crack down on the fraud involved in the distribution and sales of tobacco that amounts to more $5 billion in lost U.S. taxes a year and is sometimes linked to terrorism…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Arthur Folsom, the Denver sole practitioner representing terrorist suspect Najibullah Zazi, is turning to the college set for help, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog reports. Folsom, who has been criticized by some for being in over his head on this case, has placed an ad with the University…
The highly sophisticated detector equipment along the border isn’t all that sophisticated, just expensive. The Boeing Co. is getting another chance to make it right. But how much more will that cost? By Oscar Avila Chicago Tribune Along the boundary between Arizona and Mexico recently, Border Patrol agent Michael Scioli weaved his SUV through unforgiving…
Edwin Foltz took an interesting career path, serving as an FBI agent during World War II before he eventually headed up Campbell Soup. By Sally A. Downey Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — Edwin J. Foltz, 93, a former FBI agent who became president of Campbell Soup International, died of pneumonia Thursday at Waverly Heights, a retirement…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Roland J. Corvington, who headed up the St. Louis FBI office from 2005 to 2007, is returning to take charge of that office once again, the FBI annnounced Tuesday. Corvington, assistant director of the FBI’s Security Division at headquarters,replaces John Gillies, who was recently named special agent in charge…
By Marty Ficke Security DeBrief The arrest of Richard Cramer earlier this month is very disturbing news for many reasons. Personally disturbing to me, not only because I am a former ICE Special Agent and Supervisor, but also because of the damage incidents like this have on inter-agency cooperation, and in this case, international cooperation….
