Bush Holdover U.S. Atty. Mary Beth Buchanan By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Pittsburgh U.S. Attorney Mary Pat Buchanan, who bumped up against her share of controversy during her eight-year reign, and gained notoriety for prosecuting comedian Tommy Chong’s drug paraphernalia shop, is stepping down Nov. 16, the Associated Press reported. The news agency said…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ex-FBI Director Louis J. Freeh is getting his name out in the public lately. Last week, he made news when he received an Italian citizenship during a ceremony at the Italian embassy in Washington. On Wednesday, the Business Wire announced that the ex-Gman has been elected to the board…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Atty. General Eric Holder has appointed nine new U.S. Attorneys to serve two-year terms on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys. The committee, created in 1973, will report to Holder through the deputy Attorney General. The panel speaks on behalf of the U.S. Attorneys and provides input…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A DEA internal memo has identified the names of three agents who were killed in Afghanistan Monday in a helicopter crash that also claimed the lives of seven U.S. Service members. The helicopter had just taken off from a drug raid and battle with the Taliban. But there was…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ex-FBI Director Louis J. Freeh, the tough American G-Man , is going Italian — all the way. In a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Washington, Freeh was given Italian citizenship, according to the embassy website. Freeh, who headed the FBI for eight years, “acquired his Italian citizenship in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Maurice G. “Marty” Martineau, a U.S. Secret Service agent from 1941 to 1972, who coordinated security at the 1968 Democratic Convention and testified before Congress on the Kennedy Assassination, has died at age 95, the Chicago Tribune reported on Sunday. During his 31-year career, Martineau protected every president from Franklin D….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — David Schwendiman, a war crimes prosecutor in Bosnia, is expected to get the nomination from President Obama for the U.S. Attorney post in Utah, the Salt Lake Tribune is reporting. Citing political and legal insiders, the paper said Schwendiman will likely replace his former boss U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman…
Stu McArthur By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Stu McArthur, an Inspector in the FBI Inspection Division at headquarters, is leaving the mothership to head up the Springfield, Ill. office as special agent in charge. He replaces Karen Spangenberg, who was recently named deputy assistant director of the Criminal Investigative Division. McArthur started his FBI…
