By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday delayed implementation of an ATF rule that would have required gun dealers on the Mexican border to report bulk sales of automatic weapons, the website Talking Points Memo reported. Reporter Ryan J. Reilly reported that the White House’s Office of Management and Budget was…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington last week tossed a lawsuit filed by DEA agent Lee Paige, who claimed the agency leaked an embarrassing video of him accidentally shooting himself with a Glock 40 while demonstrating gun safety to children in Orlando in 2004, the Associated Press reported. The video…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com At the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Fort Worth, Tex., assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Schattman was the go-to guy when people were stumped on complicated cases, when they needed some guidance, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “He was a master at coming up with a strategy to take down an organization…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A good old fashion “black book” prostitution scandal is brewing in U.S. District Court in downtown Detroit. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Blackwell has filed papers urging the court to deny a Florida defense attorney access to tens of thousands of customers’ names on a list of a Miami escort service that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard — who worked for Naval intelligence — is back in the news again. The Washington Post reports that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday sent a letter to President Obama asking for Pollard’s release. He was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Luis Armando Pena Soltren, a fugitive for 41 years, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in New York to 15 years in prison for his role in the Nov. 24, 1968, hijacking of a Puerto Rico-bound Pan American flight 281 to Havana from JFK Airport. After being on the run for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ohio native Stephen D. Anthony, a former special assistant to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Division. Anthony most recently was responsible for establishing an FBI-wide leadership development program, the FBI said. Anthony entered the FBI in February…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Thomas J. Browne, former head of the Little Rock FBI office, has been named assistant director of the agency’s Training Division. In his new assignment, Browne will be responsible for all FBI training programs, including the new agent and intelligence analyst training programs, and the National Academy, which trains…
