2011
Column: Could Hair Determine the Next FBI Director?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Could the new director of the FBI win out by a hair — or many hairs? I know this may sound silly, but I have a theory about hair and certain jobs. And I think this theory could be applicable to the hunt for a replacement for FBI Director…
FBI Agents Association Lauds Proposed Legislation to Use Wiretaps for Probes involving Government Fraud
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Agents Association President Konrad Motyka on Tuesday lauded proposed legislation that would allow investigators to use court-authorized wiretaps for fraud cases involving government programs like the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) introduced language last Friday in bill H.R. 1793, the Clean-Up Government Act of…
Sophisticated Drug Tunnel Found at Mexico-Az Border
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Drug tunnels continue to pop up along the U.S.-Mexican border. The latest: The Associated Press reports that authorities discovered in Nogales, Az., a fairly sophisticated 250-foot-long unfinished tunnel underneath the U.S.-Mexico border that had electricity, water pumps and ventilation. AP reported that Chief Border Patrol Agent Randy Hill says the tunnel…
Yankee Boss Steinbrenner Cooperated With FBI to Get a Presidential Pardon
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The sometimes cantankerous and bigger than life N.Y. Yankee owner George Steinbrenner cooperated with the FBI on national security cases and other matters in the 1970s and 1980s, which helped him land a pardon from President Reagan in 1989, the New York Times reported. His pardon was for a conviction for…
Fla. Man Pleads Guilty to Impersonating an FBI Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s never a good idea. Daniel F. Cleary, 48, of Weston, Fla. knows that now. Clearly pleaded guilty last Friday in federal court in Southern Florida to impersonating an FBI agent, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Authorities said it all began on Jan. 13 of this year when Broward Sheriff’s Office…
Washington Post Editorial Edorses 2 Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers — Ken Wainstein and James Comey– to be Next FBI Director
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Washington Post editorial on Tuesday praised FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and endorsed two people who have been mentioned as possible replacements when Mueller’s 10-year term expires in September. The Post said the White House should seriously consider as replacements former deputy Attorney General James B. Comey,…
Number 2 at Justice Dept. James Cole Remains in Limbo
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney Gen. James Cole never played in the National Football League — but he certainly knows what it’s like to be a football — a political one at that. David A. Fahrenthold of the Washington Post reports that the Republicans in the Senate on Monday voted to block…