Frank Montoya Jr. Becomes Next Special Agent in Charge of FBI’s Seattle Division

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Frank Montoya Jr., who acted as head of national counterintelligence for the U.S. government, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Seattle Division, the Seattle Times reports. Montoya most recently served as the national counterintelligence executive in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Montoya replaces Laura M….

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Secret Service Agents to Return to Columbia After Agency Rocked by Prostitution Scandal in 2012

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service agents are expected to be on their best behavior this time. Two years after the infamous prostitution scandal rocked the Secret Service, agents are returning to Columbia where Vice President Biden is expected to travel during the week of June 16, the Daily Caller reports. “In Colombia, the Vice President…

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House Votes To Stop DEA from Targeting Medical Marijuana Operations in States

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA’s crackdown on state-licensed medical marijuana operations may finally come to an end under a measure passed late Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives, Huffington Post reports. The bipartisan amendment, approved 219-189, would prevent the DEA from using federal funds to go after medical cannabis in states where it is legal….

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Court Overturns Murder Conviction of Former FBI Agent John Connolly Jr. Linked to Mobster Whitey Bulger

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida state court panel on Wednesday ruled that former FBI Agent John J. Connolly Jr. was wrongfully convicted of participating in a plot to kill a Florida businessman in 1982 at the urging of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. The Los Angeles Times reports that the three-judge appellate panel tossed out…

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