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FBI’s Keith Slotter to Retire as Head of San Diego Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Keith Slotter, who has headed the FBI’s San Diego office since 2007, and who once headed the Sacramento office, is retiring at the end of March to join the private sector. Slotter, who was an accountant before joining the FBI, has been with the bureau for the past 25 years. He…
FBI Dir. Robert Mueller Continues to Bang the Drum About the Dangers of Terrorists and the Cyber World
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There’s was nothing particularly shocking — or for that matter new — in FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III’s speech Thursday, but it was another reminder of the havoc and mischief we can expect via cyber attacks against business and government in the future. Terrorism remains the FBI’s top priority,” Mueller…
FBI’s John Perren Named AD for Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Perren, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Division at headquarters, is moving up. He’s been named to the post, Assistant Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate. Perren, a former D.C. cop who joined the FBI in 1987, will replace Dr. Vahid Majidi, who plans to retire in May….
A Tale of Union Racketeering or How I Learned to Love the Hobbs Act
By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com Richard Debs was President of the United Auto Workers union local 1776. (No relation to Eugene V. Debs, the union organizer and socialist from the early 20th Century.) Debs had been the President of the local for 15 years in 1988. 1776 was the local representing the workers at the General…
Column: A Tale of Union Racketeering or How I Learned to Love the Hobbs Act
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com Richard Debs was President of the United Auto Workers union local 1776. (No relation to Eugene V. Debs, the union organizer and socialist from the early 20th Century.)…
FBI Agent Says Businesses Aren’t Taking Hackers Seriously Enough
By Tom Espiner ZDNet Daily Newsletters Businesses are not taking Anonymous and hacktivism seriously enough, according to an FBI special agent. The youth of alleged Anonymous hackers, who are often teenagers or in their early twenties, has lead a number of businesses to dismiss the hacking group without taking into account the ramifications of a…
Operation Smoke Screen Nets Over 100 Charges
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com More than 100 people were busted for a host of gun, drug and burglary charges in an operation run by ATF and local Macon, Ga. authorities known as “Operation Smoke Screen”, reports reports WJBF. The federal indictments charged 24 individuals with firearms offenses and another 85 defendants with with burglary, theft,…
Rules on Terror Suspects Change for FBI
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com New rules have been outlined by the Obama administration regarding when the FBI, as opposed to the military, can retain custody of al-Qaida terrorism suspects who are not U.S. citizens but are arrested by federal law enforcement agents, reports the Associated Press. The new rules from the White House came about…