Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new policy to require federal agents to electronically record statements while suspects are in custody is intended to protect both suspects and law enforcement, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a video posted by the Justice Department Thursday. “Federal agents and prosecutors throughout the nation are firmly committed to due process…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Embattled U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, who is under federal indictment, retained his alter ego – Mikey Suits – from when he was working undercover for the FBI. While prosecutors were seeking a court order to track the Staten Island Republican’s cell phone, they discovered that Grimm kept a cell phone registered to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What seemed like a leisurely stroll outside of the secured confines of the White House for President Obama was anything but leisurely for the Secret Service who is responsible for protecting the president. The Washington Post reports that Obama surprised many by leaving his usual bubble to greet people on the streets…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart has come under fire recently for being out of sync with the Obama administration over drug policies and sentencing requirements. Now Rep. Frank Wolf, a Virginia Republican, is coming to Leonhart’s defense, saying the Obama administration should butt out following news that Attorney General Eric Holder spoke with…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI agent who fatally shot a friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects in his Florida apartment is the subject of an investigation over a $52,000 pension that he’s receiving as a retired police officer from Oakland, California. The Boston Globe reports that Aaron McFarlane has been receiving the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A DEA agent shot a suspect in Cleveland just hours after a police officer opened fire on an unrelated suspect Wednesday, Cleveland.com reports. The agent shot a suspect at East 112th St. and Avon Avenue on the city’s east side Wednesday afternoon. The agent wasn’t injured, and the suspect was conscious, Cleveland.com…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Overturning an FBI policy that is as old as the bureau, the Justice Department is now requiring the FBI in most cases to make audio or video recordings while interrogating suspects in custody, the Arizona Republic reports. Since the FBI’s creation in 1908, agents have been barred from making audio recordings of…
By Larry Wack Retired FBI agent The role of FBI special agent, Charles B. Winstead in the shooting and killing of John Dillinger is widely known today. The 1934 incident outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago catapulted Director J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau to the front pages during the “war on crime” and brought…
