By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two Congressional members probing ATF’s controversial “Operation Fast and Furious” gun program have fired off letters to the heads of the FBI and DEA demanding from more than a dozen agents all communications relating to the case. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.) sent letters to FBI Director…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The ugly chapter in New Orleans history — the shootings at Danziger Bridge in 2005 — continued to play out in a federal court Monday, with an FBI agent testifying about why he doubted what police were saying. Two unarmed people were killed and four were injured in the Post-Katrina shooting….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com On Monday, it appeared to be raining new special agents in charge at the FBI. The agency announced the names of four new SACs: Christopher M. Piehota for the Buffalo Division; James L. Turgal for the Phoenix Division; Stephen L. Morris for the Houston Division and David A. Ford for the…
By Richard A. Serrano Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators probing the controversial “Fast and Furious” anti-gun-trafficking operation on the border with Mexico believe at least six Mexican drug cartel figures involved in gun smuggling also were paid FBI informants, officials said Saturday. The investigators have asked the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Seldom is anything in the political process simple in Washington. In fact, the New York Times reports that extending FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III’s 10-year term for two more years — considered a slam dunk — may not go as smoothly as had hoped. The New York Times reports that…
By The Los Angeles Times Editorial Page The Obama administration took a concrete step toward curbing the flow of semiautomatic weapons to Mexico last week when it adopted a new regulation mandating the reporting of multiple sales of long guns to federal authorities. Under the regulation, some 8,500 licensed gun shops in Arizona, California, New…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com When you go hunting for big game — particularly dangerous targets — you better be prepared. You also better be a good aim. Screw up and it can cost you — particularly if it’s a lion or a tiger or some other creature that can devour you. The U.S. Attorney’s Office…
