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FBI Dir. Mueller Gets Briefed in Chicago on Terrorism Case Linked to Mumbai
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller III was in Chicago on Wednesday where he was briefed on a terror case involving the 2008 deadly attacks in Mumbai, the Chicago Tribune reported. Mueller reportedly was told details of the case involving David Coleman Headley, who is charged with plotting to attack a…
5 Bank Heists Later, Calif. FBI Still Hunting for the “Geezer Bandit”
“Geezer Bandit”/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Five bank robberies and 3 ½ months later, the FBI in San Diego is still hunting for an elusive, elderly mystery man in his 70s dubbed the “Geezer Bandit.” “It’s unusual for someone this age to be robbing banks,” Darrell Foxworth, an FBI spokesman in San Diego said…
Head of D.C. FBI Joseph Persichini Jr. Leaving Under Cloud Involving Test Scandal; 2 Other Top Officials Also Face Scrutiny
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Joseph Persichini Jr., the head of the Washington field office, is retiring this month under a cloud of allegations that he violated agency rules when taking an open book exam. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the Office of Professional Responsibility, which conducts ethics investigations, had recommended disciplinary action,…
FBI Appoints Ex-Director William Webster to Conduct Independent Review of Fort Hood Incident
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III has appointed former FBI director William Webster to conduct an independent review of the agency’s policies and actions prior to mass shootings at Fort Hood on Nov. 5. The FBI said in a press release Tuesday that a preliminary review had been completed…
FBI Probing Fatal Prison Stabbing in West Virginia
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI and prison officials are investigating a fatal stabbing of an inmate Sunday at the U.S. Penitentiary at Hazelton in West Virginia, the Associated Press reported. The facility has been on lockdown since the Sunday when Jimmy Lee Wilson, 26, was stabbed to death during an altercation, AP reported. He…
FBI Raids Chicago Bars; Probe Video Poker Machine Links to Mob
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Chef Overboard? The FBI Wants to Know
Coral Princess Ship By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has jumped into the probe into a missing Italian chef who disappeared aboard a cruise ship sailing from Aruba to Colombia. The Associated Press reported that chef Angelo Faliva was last seen Nov. 26 aboard the Princess Cruise’s Coral Princess. Authorities are looking into the possibility…
Daphne Hearn to Head FBI’s Intelligence Division in LA
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Daphne Hearn, special assistant to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, has been named special agent in charge of the bureau’s Intelligence Division in Los Angeles Hearn, a Kansas City, Mo. native, began her FBI career in 1991. She started out in Buffalo and got involved in an organized…