By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The FBI said Tuesday night that it had not ruled out the possibility that three people with ties to the U.S. consulate were murdered Saturday in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez as a result of a mistake in identity. But special agent Andrea Simmons, an FBI spokeswoman…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder made a little prediction during his testimony on Capitol Hill Tuesday: We don’t have to bother preparing for a trial for Osama bin Laden; he’ll never be captured alive, according to the Associated Press. In what the AP described as “testy exchanges with House Republicans”…
Chris Battle, a former Congressional aide, also worked as Director of Public Affairs for the Department of Homeland Secuirty, chief of staff for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Director of Congressional and Public Affairs for the DEA. He is currently vice president of the Adfero Group. By Chris Battle Security DeBrief WASHINGTON —…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Brazilian housekeeper who was an illegal immigrant, and wore a wire, is expected to testify in a federal trial against her former boss, an ex-top official in Boston for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Boston Globe reported. Lorraine Henderson, who has been suspended without pay from her job…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Sometimes law enforcement wishes not everyone got along. USA Today reports that rival prison gangs like the Aryan Brotherhood and the Mexican Mafia “are brokering unusual criminal alliances outside prison to assist Mexican drug cartel operations in the U.S. and Mexico.” Inside the prisons, the paper reported, the groups…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Well, social networking isn’t just for socializing anymore. An internal Justice Department document obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows federal agents are going undercover on such social networks as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter to investigate cases, according to the Associated Press. The AP reports that agents…
