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![Richard McFeely to Head FBI Baltimore Division](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/mcfeely-richard-a-09-09.jpg)
Richard McFeely to Head FBI Baltimore Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Richard A. McFeely, who has a law degree and was the FBI’s deputy assistant director of the Finance Division, has been named special agent in charge of the bureau’s Baltimore Division. McFeely replaces Amy Jo Lyons, who was recently named assistant director of the Inspection Division at FBI headquarters….
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Did the Russian Mob Kill NY Cop Ralph Dols?
Was the Russian mob responsible for the 1997 murder of a cop in Brooklyn? Here’s a report by long-time mob reporter Jerry Capeci, which suggests that’s a good possibility. By Jerry Capeci Gang Land News Who killed Police Officer Ralph Dols? The feds say the 1997 murder in front of his Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn home…
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FBI And Other Agencies Battle Backlog of DNA Samples
It’s great that we have DNA samples to help convict criminals and free the wrongly accused. But it doesn’t help when the DNA samples go untested. By Emily Witt and Ben Protess ProPublica At least 350,000 DNA samples from murder and rape cases remain untested, according to the federal government’s best estimates. The story behind…
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FBI Sees al Qaeda Networks Popping Up in Places Like Yemen
The FBI and other agencies are learning that trying to remove al Qaeda in one or two countries won’t destroy the movement. It’s one thing to kill people, it’s another to kill a movement. By Kevin Johnson USA Today WASHINGTON — In the eight years since the 9/11 attacks, FBI Director Robert Mueller has spent…
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Could There Be an Upset in the Making for the New DEA Chief Position?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Could there be an upset in the making for the top post at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration? For weeks now, multiple sources have said the new administrator is likely to be John Pistole, deputy director of the FBI. But one source on Tuesday insisted that the acting administrator…
A Preview of the HBO Documentary on D.C.’s Marion Barry; the FBI Sting, His Ups and Downs
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