By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday nominated four U.S. Attorneys including Nicholas Klinefeldt, whose father is in prison. Klinefeldt, the U.S. Attorney nominee for the Southern District of Iowa, has a father serving a 10-year sentence for a methamphetamine conviction. The story of his possible nomination and his father’s problems were…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Las Vegas U.S. Attorney Gregory Brower announced Tuesday that he’ll resign on Oct. 10. “It has been a privilege to serve my fellow Nevadans as U.S. Attorney over the last two years,” he said in a prepared statement. “I am extremely proud of our accomplishment sin support of the mission of…
Many dream of having an aspect of their life made into a movie. FBI agent Bob Herndon can stop dreaming and down some popcorn as he sees one of his cases go Hollywood. By ROBERT W. BUTLER Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY –– There’s reality. And there’s Hollywood reality. The difference was only too clear…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Daniel McMullen, FBI special agent in charge of criminal matters in Los Angeles, has been named the top agent for the Jackson, Miss., division. He replaces Frederick T. Brink, who retired. McMullen began his career in 1991 and was first assigned to the Shreveport, La. office. In 1995, he…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Four U.S. Attorney nominees moved one giant step closer Thursday to final confirmation by the Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted the nominees out of committee by a voice vote. The U.S. Attorney nominees included: Peter F. Neronha of Rhode Island; Daniel G. Bogden of Nevada, who had been…
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….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com West Virginia U.S. Attorney Sharon Potter is stepping down after three years on the job, following many other Bush-appointed U.S. Attorneys who have quit in this transitional year, the Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register reports. “When the opportunity to serve arose in 2006, I was honored to take on that role and hope…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John V. Gillies, who headed the FBI’s St. Louis office, has been named special agent in charge of the Miami division, the FBI announced Friday. He replaces Jonathan I. Solomon, who retired. Gillies, a Chicago native, started his FBI career in 1983 as a financial analyst. Two years later,…
