By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Daniel McMullen, FBI special agent in charge of criminal matters in Los Angeles, has been named the top agent for the Jackson, Miss., division. He replaces Frederick T. Brink, who retired. McMullen began his career in 1991 and was first assigned to the Shreveport, La. office. In 1995, he…
It’s hard to believe a goof like this could happen on a day like this. Mmmm. More details to come. BY CNN WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it will review a training incident along the Potomac River that triggered security concerns about President Obama on the eighth anniversary of the September 11…
Ouch. It’s rare to see someone who made it that high up in an organization like this– even after they’ve left — get indicted. BY MICHAEL SALLAH AND ROB BARRY Miami Herald MIAMI — The former chief of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Miami office who led the agency’s cases against infamous Panama strongman Manuel…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Life is just more painful when you mess up and you have a high profile job. Ask Lori Bailey. The ex-FBI agent, who was the face of the FBI down in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (she was the media spokeswoman), was the subject of Texas media reports this week after she…
Could we have prevented the 9/11 attacks? That’s the question we continue to ask. At the time, we certainly could have been doing more. FBI counter-terrorism agent John O’Neill kept warning us of an attack while at the FBI. He eventually left the agency and became director of security at the World Trade Center. He…
The system needs flexibility when it comes to sentencing. In some instances, the guidelines just don’t make sense. All we can ask for is that the sentence befits the crime. By Kari Lydersen Washington Post Staff Writer CHICAGO — Advocates for added flexibility in criminal sentencing took their appeal to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, which…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Four U.S. Attorney nominees moved one giant step closer Thursday to final confirmation by the Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted the nominees out of committee by a voice vote. The U.S. Attorney nominees included: Peter F. Neronha of Rhode Island; Daniel G. Bogden of Nevada, who had been…
