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…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Richard A. McFeely, who has a law degree and was the FBI’s deputy assistant director of the Finance Division, has been named special agent in charge of the bureau’s Baltimore Division. McFeely replaces Amy Jo Lyons, who was recently named assistant director of the Inspection Division at FBI headquarters….
Was the Russian mob responsible for the 1997 murder of a cop in Brooklyn? Here’s a report by long-time mob reporter Jerry Capeci, which suggests that’s a good possibility. By Jerry Capeci Gang Land News Who killed Police Officer Ralph Dols? The feds say the 1997 murder in front of his Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn home…
On the eve of the 8th anniversary of one of the most dreadful days in American history, Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano puts it best: “We have come a long way, but we have a ways to go.” By Lois Romano Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — On the eve of the anniversary of the…
