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Big 3 in Law Enforcement Send Message to Police Chief Convention in Denver: “We’ve Got Your Back”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DENVER— The Big Three of Federal Law Enforcement — Attorney Gen. Eric Holder, FBI Dir. Robert Mueller III and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano– rolled into this western town and delivered speeches Monday morning to a roomful of receptive police chiefs who gave them standing ovations. There wasn’t anything particularly breathtaking or moving about…
Police Chiefs Convention Adopts Community Watch Program for Terrorism
It’s good to use people in the community to help look for suspicious activities. But this, as agencies like the FBI have learned in the Post 9/11 era, can create an endless stream of worthless tips. Too much encouragement may create endless busy work. FBI Director Robert Mueller III is scheduled to speak at the…
Terrorism Probes Test FBI-Muslim Relations
This endless tightrope act will continue so long as these types of investigations pop up. And so far there’s no sign of these probes vanishing any time soon. The FBI is going to have to work hard on it’s relations with the Muslim community, something it has tried to work on in the post-9/11 era,…
FBI Busts Man Who Secretly Filmed Nude Videos of ESPN Reporter Erin Andrews in Hotel
It’s these little things in life — like this — that make you lose just a little more faith in mankind. Defendant Michael David Barrett may have saw this as a game, but ESPN and the FBI didn’t. The FBI arrested him Friday at O’Hare Airport. Erin Andrews/ espn photo By CAROLINE KYUNGAE SMITH, DAVE…
Sean Joyce Named Assist. Dir. of FBI’s International Operations Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Sean Joyce, a Boston native, is the new assistant director of the FBI’s International Operations Division. He replaces Tom Fuentes, who retired. “The International Operations Division’s scope of responsibilities is greater than ever, given the importance that relationships with international law enforcement partners and other parts of the government…
FBI Seizes Well-Traveled Fake Andrew Wyeth Painting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If only this were our biggest crime problem in America. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the FBI seized “a well-traveled forgery of a 1939 Andrew Wyeth watercolor, the fourth such counterfeit painting to surface since the artist’s death in January.” Art fraud is a multi-billion dollar industry. The paper reported that…
Fed Judge Orders Govt. to Release Substantial Part of FBI Interview With Ex-V.P. Dick Cheney
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a ruling Thursday saying the government has to release a substantial portion of an FBI interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney tied to the probe into the leak identifying CIA operative Valerie Plame. Both the Bush and Obama administrations wanted to keep the 2004…