By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John Perren, special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Branch at the FBI Washington Field Office, is returning to headquarters to become Deputy Assistant Director of the Criminal Division. Perren’s areas of responsibility will include violent crime, drugs, organized crime and the Southwest Border Initiative. Perren, an FBI agent…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Joseph Evans, regional director for the DEA’s North and Central Americas Region in Mexico City, has been named ticklethewire.com’s Fed Of The Year for 2010. Faced with one of the more daunting tasks in the DEA — battling the violent Mexican Drug Cartels — Evans is credited with developing key partnerships…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Four ATF agents who shot and killed a member of the Outlaws motorcycle gang last summer during a gun fight in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, won’t be charged criminally, the the Maine Attorney General has ruled. In a report issued Tuesday, the Attorney General’s Office concluded the killing of gang member…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The much anticipated “biopic” movie on J. Edgar Hoover, which is being directed by Clint Eastwood, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Hoover, has snagged world class actress Judi Dench, the website Obsessed With Film reports. The film is expected to stir controversy over the legend of the late J. Edgar Hoover….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mississippi FBI agent Hal Neilson is back on the job, gun, badge and all, just days before he’s set to retire, according to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Neilson’s attorney said he was resinstated on Monday, weeks after he was acquitted on two counts centering around allegations that he lied about…
