Don Van Duyn By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Don Van Duyn, the FBI’s chief intelligence officer who regularly briefed FBI Director Robert Mueller III, is stepping down, the FBI confirmed Friday. Van Duyn, who was appointed to the post of Chief Intelligence Officer for the FBI’s Directorate of Intelligence in Sept. 2008, is retiring…
Don Gambatesa, who retired from the U.S. Secret Service, was a special agent in charge of the agency’s training facility, James J. Rowley Training Center in Laurel, Md. He wrote this letter to the editor of Newsmax.com, the online publication that printed a story critical of the agency. The artcile was written by Ronald Kessler,…
No question, with the stakes so high, the money so plentiful, the Mexican drug trade isn’t going away any time soon. The U.S. announcement on Thursday of a major indictment including major cartel figures is good, but it certainly does NOT mark the end, or anything close to it. By Anthony L. Kimery HS TODAY…
It’s good to be vigilante as a defense attorney and protect your client. Then there’s attorneys like Robert Simels who are downright criminal about it. Simply disgraceful. Simels didn’t walk free despite being represented by one of New York’s top lawyers Gerald Shargel. By Patricia Hurtado Bloomberg Robert Simels, a New York criminal defense lawyer,…
Just as we suspected. There was something fishy about the code orange alerts. Sure it’s hard to believe politics could play into this all in a town like Washington where we know everything is above board and transparent. By DEB RIECHMANN and EILEEN SULLIVAN WASHINGTON — Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge claims in a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III responded to Scotland’s release on Thursday of the Libyan convicted in the Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am flight 103, saying he was “deeply disappointed” and figured the man had served less than 14 days in jail per victim. “We are deeply disappointed over…
As violence spins out of control in Mexico and across the U.S. border, these type of indictments are good. But there’s so many other folks out there willing to take over the lucrative drug trade. In other words: Both countries have to keep plugging away. By James Vicini and Jeremy Pelofsky Reuters WASHINGTON – Ten…
It’s nearly impossible to have a spotless record when you have so many federal prosecutors around the country. Still, it’s no excuse and instances like this certainly don’t help promote public faith in the system. By Mike Scarcella The BLT: The Blog of LegalTimes A former federal prosecutor in Washington was dishonest, interfered with the…
