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Parole Denied for American Indian Activist Convicted in 1975 Killing of 2 FBI Agents
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It seemed like a no brainer for the U.S. Parole Commission. American Indian activist Leonard Peltier was convicted in the 1975 fatal shootings of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald A. Williams on the Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation. The agents were serving arrests warrants for robbery and assault. And after the…
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FBI Chief Intelligence Officer Don Van Duyn Retiring
Don Van Duyn By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Don Van Duyn, the FBI’s chief intelligence officer who regularly briefed FBI Director Robert Mueller III, is stepping down, the FBI confirmed Friday. Van Duyn, who was appointed to the post of Chief Intelligence Officer for the FBI’s Directorate of Intelligence in Sept. 2008, is retiring…
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FBI Dir. Robert Mueller Criticizes Release of Libyan Convicted in Lockerie Bombing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III responded to Scotland’s release on Thursday of the Libyan convicted in the Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am flight 103, saying he was “deeply disappointed” and figured the man had served less than 14 days in jail per victim. “We are deeply disappointed over…
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Fed Law Enforcement Launches Effort to Track Dangerous “Lone Wolf”
Sure, some fringe organizations scare the public and federal law enforcement. But it’s the lone wolves– those that go off on their own — that really scare the feds. Those people are too often invisible and fly under the radar. By Kevin Johnson USA TODAY Federal authorities have launched an effort to detect lone attackers…
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N.Y. Times Reporter Spends 2 Days With FBI Counterterrorism Squad
Since Sept. 11, 2001, the FBI’s number one focus has been terrorism. But the shift in resources has not come with sacrifice. It’s meant less time focusing on some white collar and violent crimes. And domestically, it means chasing a lot of false leads. By ERIC SCHMITT New York Times NORWALK, Calif. – The report…
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Head of Boston FBI Says Local Police Need to Upgrade Firearms in Case of Terrorist Attacks
The FBI in Boston has sounded a warning that makes sense. Let’s see if the police respond. By Jonathan Saltzman and Maria Cramer The Boston Globe BOSTON — Boston is making itself vulnerable to a terrorist attack like the rampage in Mumbai last year by not adequately arming its police with the semiautomatic assault rifles…
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Head of LA FBI Salvador Hernandez to Retire
Salvador Hernandez/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Salvador Hernandez, who has headed the FBI in Los Angeles since October 2007, is retiring, according to two people familiar with his situation. Hernandez, the assistant director in charge of the L.A. office, is expected to take a job in the private sector. He first joined…
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Blogger Questions the FBI’s Pitch to Promote its Computer Forensic Lab
Ulrich Boser By Ulrich Boser The Open Case WASHINGTON — I received an email earlier today from the FBI press office hailing their computer forensics labs. “A domestic terrorist. A kidnapper. A corrupt politician. An identity thief. These are just of a few of those brought to justice with the help of our Regional Computer…