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FBI Works Around Carnage to Investigate Nairobi Mall Attack
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI began the grueling process of investigating a bullet-riddled Nairobi mall where more than 60 people were killed by terrorists, the Associated Press reports. Agents were working along bodies crushed by rubble as they began fingerprint, DNA and ballistic analysis to determine the identities of the terrorists. The FBI believes Americans…
Here are 5 Fascinating Facts about the FBI
The History Channel listed 10 fascinating facts about the FBI. Here are five of them. 1. J. Edgar Hoover served 48 years as director of the FBI, spending 62% of his life at the helm. FBI directors are now restricted to 10-year terms. 2. The FBI went through a variety of names in the early…
FBI Reduces Time Spent on White Collar Crimes by 7%
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ever wonder why no one on Wall Street was charged in connection with the 2008 financial crisis? The FBI will have even less time investigating Wall Street after the bureau reduced the amount of time its agents spend on white-collar crime, the Los Angeles Times reports. The FBI has reduced its recommendation…
Eighth Case Dropped in ATFs Botched Gun-Buying Sting in Milwaukee
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF’s botched gun-buy sting in Milwaukee took another turn for the worse, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Karen Loebel said two more cases related to the sting need to be dismissed because the lead agent cannot be called as a witness. The case is the eighth…
Ex-FBI Bomb Expert Who Leaked Information Played Vital Role in Bureau
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Before he was charged with child pornography and leaking classified information, Donald Sachtleben was an important expert on bombs for the FBI, the Indianapolis Star reports. Sachtleben collected evidence after the attack on the Word Trade Center, 10 years before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He found bomb-making notes and other evidence in…
Public Corruption Expert Selected to Head FBI’s Connecticut Office
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Patricia Ferrick, who served as the FBI’s public corruption chief, was selected Monday to run the bureau’s Connecticut office, the Connecticut Post reports. Ferrick, who began her career with the New York Police Department, is now in charge of about 100 agents in three offices. Outgoing FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III…
FBI Turns Focus on Cyber Attacks in US
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is combating a surge in cyberattacks on corporate America, trying to stop a growing number of people from hacking websites and disturbing commerce, the Los Angeles Times reports. In just the past month, a group called the Syrian Electronic Army crippled the New York Times website for several hours. Hackers…
Ex-FBI Bomb Technician Pleads Guilty to Disclosing National Defense Info to Associated Press
By Sari Horwitz Washington Post WASHINGTON –– A former FBI bomb technician who later worked as a contractor for the Bureau has agreed to plead guilty to disclosing national defense information about a disrupted terrorist plot to the Associated Press, according to the Justice Department. Donald John Sachtleben, 55, of Carmel, Ind., who previously had…