2011
President Obama Signs Law to Extend FBI’s Mueller 2 More Years; One More Step to Go
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Inch by inch, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III is moving closer to staying on the job for two more years. President Obama on Tuesday, in the midst of all the craziness about raising the debt ceiling, signed legislation that enables Mueller to extend his 10-year term two more years. His…
Congressman Connolly Says Congress Undermining ATF
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.) — in the midst of a committee hearing Tuesday in which Congressional members bashed ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious — took time to criticize Congress itself for failing to support ATF. “I guess I have a slightly different take on this subject,” said Connolly, a member of…
Blago Won’t Vanish Quietly; Wants a 3rd Trial
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No suprise: Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich won’t ride off into the sunset — or head to prison — quitely. The Chicago Tribune reported that Blagojevich, who was convicted last month of 17 of 20 public corruption charges in his retrial, filed a motion Monday for a retrial, alleging judicial bias and…
Former ATF Official in Mexico Apologizes to Mexico for Fast and Furious
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Darren Gil, the former attache for ATF in Mexico City, apologized Tuesday to his Mexican counterparts for Operation Fast and Furious, the ATF program that encouraged gun dealers to sell to straw purchasers, with the hopes of tracing the guns to Mexican cartels. ATF lost track of many of the guns,…
Agents Lost Track of More than 1,000 Guns in Fast and Furious; ATF Agents in Mexico Were Furious About Operation
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The latest report on ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious shows that ATF officials in Mexico City were becoming increasingly alarmed and incensed when learning of the number of guns linked to the operation that were being found at violent crime scenes in Mexico. The report, released by Rep. Darrell Issa(R-Calif.) and…
House Approves Bill That Paves the Way for FBI Director Mueller to Extend Term 2 Years
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The inevitable is becoming inevitably closer. The U.S. House, as expected, voted by voice Thursday night to approve legislation that would allow FBI Director Robert Mueller III to extend his 10-year-term by two years, the Associated Press reported. The Senate approved the bill last week. The bill will now go to…
Ex-FBI Agent Says Forget About Clemens and Bonds; Get The Big Fish in the Steroid Mess
Greg Stejskal was an FBI agent for nearly 32 years before retiring in 2006. He was the Senior Resident Agent of the Ann Arbor FBI office and spearheaded Operation Equine with former FBI agent Bill Randall — an operation that focused on steroids. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com It’s generally accepted doctrine, at least when I…