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New FBI Agents, Analysts Required to Visit MLK Monument in Washington
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com All new FBI agents and analysts must visit the monument for the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., new FBI Director James Comey said Monday, Reuters reports. The idea, he said, is to remind people of the African American struggles for equality. For similar reasons, new agents and analysts also…
Obama Sings James Comey’s Praises During Welcoming Ceremony for New FBI Director
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama officially welcomed James Comey to his new post as FBI director during a ceremony Monday at the J. Edgar Hoover Building. The president applauded what he called Comey’s judgment and commitment, according to a White House blog. “Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity: That’s your motto,” the President told the men and women…
Audit: FBI Makes Big Strides in Handling Confidential Informants
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is doing a better job handling confidential informants after a scathing report in 2006 criticized the agency’s dealings with sources, McLatchy reports. Since the initial report, “the FBI has made substantial changes in its management of confidential human sources.” Concerns were first raised in 2006 when it was discovered that…
FBI Director Comey Warns of Hundreds of Furloughs if Sequestration Continues
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey warned that he may have to furlough 600 employees if Congress doesn’t restore the bureau’s budget, the Houston Press reports. Comey also said he’d be forced to cut 3,500 jobs. The result could be disastrous, he said, because the bureau will have a more difficult time handling investigations….
FBI, CIA Could Have Prevented Assassination of JFK Had They Heeded Warnings
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and CIA missed opportunities to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by not taking seriously enough threats from Lee Harvey Oswald, according to Philip Shenon’s new book, “A Cruel and Shocking Act,” reports the Orland Sentinel. Days before the assassination, the president’s administration found a threatening note addressed…
President Obama’s Pick For Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Faces Tough Questions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com To say Alejandro Mayorkas is on the hot seat may be an understatement. President Obama’s pick for deputy secretary of Homeland Security is already under an FBI investigation for allegedly exerting influence to help a political insider with a visa application, the Washington Times reports. According to the Times, he’s also made…
Homeland Security Agent Among Those Recovering After Shootout with Suspect
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Homeland Security agent is recovering after he and five local law enforcement officials were wounded during a shootout Friday in suburban Sacramento, the Associated Press reports. The agent was hospitalized in serious condition this weekend after he was shot in the leg. Four of the officers were wounded by shrapnel and…
FBI Probes Claims That Baltimore Police Falsify Reports to Build Cases
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating claims that a plainclothes unit of the Baltimore Police Department falsified reports to help their cases, the Baltimore Sun reports. The complaints come from Kendall Richburg, who served on the Violent Crimes Impact Section and was charged with federal drug and gun offenses. The Sun reported that Richburg…