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Alex J. Turner named Assistant Director of FBI’s Security Division
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Alex J. Turner was named assistant director of the FBI’s Security Division, which is responsible for ensuring a safe work environment for employees, the bureau announced Monday. Turner began his career as a special agent with the FBI’s Atlanta Division in 1985, investigating drug and property crime. In 1988, Turner moved to…
Is Hoover Building too Ugly to be Saved?
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the FBI looks to vacate the J. Edgar Hoover building for a new Washington headquarters, you won’t find preservationists and neighbors putting up a fight to save what was dubbed the ugliest building on Earth this year, the Washington Post reports. The fortress-like, concrete building, which is nearly 40 years old…
FBI Weighs Whether to Pursue Federal Hate Crime Charges Against White Men Who Killed White Man
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The case of a white man who apparently was killed for hanging out with black friends in October has raised questions about whether a hate crime was committed. In a report about the case, the Southern Poverty Law Center asks whether a hate crime was committed when three white men fatally stabbed…
Column: Suburban Detroit’s Phantom Shooter Triggers Memories of My Days in D.C. and the Beltway Snipers
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– A week ago, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard in suburban Detroit spoke about some crazed person who’s been going around shooting at cars. What struck a chord with me in particular is what he said about D.C. : “We don’t want anything to develop that certainly developed…
Ex-FBI Agent Convicted of Vehicular Manslaughter and Drunken Driving
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A suburban D.C. jury on Thursday found a former FBI agent guilty of driving drunk and plowing into the side of another car, which killed a teenager and seriously injured another in Prince George’s County, Md., the Washington Post reports. Adrian Johnson, who was off duty at the time of the crash,…
ACLU Sues U.S. Customs and Border Protection Over Ban on Photographing Border Crossings
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ACLU filed suit against the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency over a policy prohibiting the use of cameras and video recorders near U.S. crossing points, the ACLU announced on its site Thursday. The ACLU said the policy violates the constitutional rights of citizens to take pictures. The suit alleges the…
NYC Police Officer Charged in Detailed Rape, Cannibalism Plot
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The plot was as disturbing as it was precise. The FBI said they discovered detailed records of at least 100 women’s height, weight, dates of birth and bra sizes at the home of a New York police officer. Turns out, the list was part of a gruesome plot to kidnap, rape, cook…
FBI Probes Letters Designed to Scare Florida Voters from the Voting Polls
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating potential voter intimidation after official-looking letters questioning people’s eligibility to vote began turning up in mailboxes in at least 28 Florida counties, NBC News reports. “We’re taking it as a serious situation,” David Couvertier, a spokesman for the FBI in Tampa, told NBC News on Wednesday. “We’re looking…