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James Yacone, head of Denver FBI, Leaving to Head Up Elite Bureau Unit in Virginia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After nearly two years as special agent in charge of the Denver FBI office, James F. Yacone is on his way out to head up an elite FBI unit called Critical Incident Response Group in Virginia, the Denver Post reports. James F. Yacone plans to exit March 15, and he’ll replace Robert…
Former U.S. Attorney: FBI ‘Stonewalled’ Him over ‘Whitey’ Bulger Case in 1990s
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When then-U.S. Attorney Wayne A. Budd was investigating mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, he said the FBI “stonewalled” him in the 1990s when he asked whether Bulger was an informant, MassLive.com reports. The assertion came during a confirmation hearing for Attorney Robert Ullmann, who is seeking appointment on a seat on the…
Nearly Three Dozen Proposals Come in for New FBI Headquarters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI’s search for a new headquarters has drawn nearly three dozen offers from private and local groups, the Baltimore Sun reports. The FBI wants to abandon its 38-year-old headquarters because it has outgrown the crumbling building and wants to find a new one that can accommodate 2.1 million square feet of offices…
CPB Issues Furlough Notices to Employees to Offset Cuts from the Sequester
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com CPB employees will be furloughed for up to 14 days each because of the spending cuts known as the sequester, the Washington Post reports. Employees will be issued official notices beginning Thursday, the Post wrote. Union leaders of warned a serious impact. “The smuggling organizations are keenly aware of what our…
Indictments Flow in FBI Probe of Prison “Culture” of Covering Up Inmate Beatings
By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — The correctional staffers met at a McDonald’s restaurant to get their stories straight. Having already lied to investigators probing the brutal March 2008 beatings of inmate Kenneth Davis at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, saying they knew nothing about the incident, they needed to make sure…
Google: FBI Is Spying on Internet Users with So-Called National Security Letters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has been demanding that Google divulge account information of up to thousands of its users to authorities without warrants, Wired.com reports. Google revealed it has received numerous National Security Letters from the FBI since 2009. Those letters, which the FBI has abused in the past, are written demands to compel…
Congressman Urges FBI to Investigate Death of Openly Gay Mayoral Candidate in Mississippi
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mississippi congressman is urging the FBI to join an investigation into the slaying of an openly gay mayoral candidate, the Associated Press reports. Marco McMillian, 34, was running for mayor in Clarksdale when someone dragged him of out a car and beat him to death, the AP wrote. The 22-year-old suspect…
FBI Investigates After Pilot Spots Drone Near JFK
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a mysterious drone spotted Monday by a commercial pilot near the John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot “saw a small, unmanned or remote-controlled aircraft while on final approach to Runway 31 Right at John F. Kennedy International…