By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The first thought some people had was that Jeffry Picower, the Florida man accused of making more than $7 billion from Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, had committed suicide on Sunday at his palatial oceanside home. Not so, says the the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner Michael Bell who ruled that Picower,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Atty. General Eric Holder has appointed nine new U.S. Attorneys to serve two-year terms on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys. The committee, created in 1973, will report to Holder through the deputy Attorney General. The panel speaks on behalf of the U.S. Attorneys and provides input…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A DEA internal memo has identified the names of three agents who were killed in Afghanistan Monday in a helicopter crash that also claimed the lives of seven U.S. Service members. The helicopter had just taken off from a drug raid and battle with the Taliban. But there was…
By Caitlin Osborne ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI announced Monday that it had rescued 52 children involved in underage prostitution over the past three days and arrested nearly 700 people including 60 pimps. Dubbed “Operation Cross Country IV”, the FBI said it teamed up with local and state police law enforcement and the National Center…
Michael Kortan (left) talking to ex-FBI Dir. Louis Freeh in 2008/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Agent Michael P. Kortan, the number two person in the FBI office of public affairs at headquarters, is replacing John Miller as the chief FBI press spokesman. Miller announced his resignation in August and recently left to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI is still not reviewing millions of electronic files and thousands of hours of wiretapped conversations collected in counterterrorism cases, and needs to hire more translators, according to a report by the Justice Department’s Inspector General released Monday. The report by Inspector General Glenn Fine, also noted that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Three DEA agents were among 10 Americans killed Monday in a helicopter crash in the western part of Afghanistan, authorities said. The Associated Press reported that the agents were in a a helicopter that went down after leaving a firefight. Seven U.S. service members were also killed. Additionally, 11…
In the Seinfeldian world, George Costanza complained of “worlds colliding” when his girlfriend started hanging out with Elaine. In N.Y., Richard Zabel, chief of the criminal division for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, has seen worlds collide with his father over a case tied to Bernie Madoff. It has created a sticky situation for his office….
