By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Senate Judiciary Committee continues to chip away at confirming U.S. Attorneys around the country. On Thursday, the commmittee gave the nod to Stephen Wiggington for the Southern District of Illinois and Edward L. Stanton III for the Western District of Tennessee. To date, the panel has approved 59 U.S. Attorney…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Janice Fedarcyk, one of the names that had been circulating as a prospect to head the New York FBI, has been named to that post. She is the first female to head that office. Fedarcyk currently heads up the Philadelphia FBI. Agent Richard Kolko, a spokesman for the N.Y. office, confirmed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Warren T. Bamford, head of the Boston FBI, officially retired Friday after heading up the office since 2007. Assistant special agent in charge James C. Burrell has been named the acting special agent in charge. Under Bamford’s reign, the office produced a number of high-profile cases including one that involved a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Cory B. Nelson, chief of the FBI’s Terrorist Financing Operations Section, has been tapped to head up the agency’s San Antonio Division. Nelson joined the FBI in July 1991 and was first assigned to the New York Division’s applicant squad. He later went on the organized crime squad, where…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday nominated assistant U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill for U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Florida and six people for U.S. Marshal posts around the country. The Marshal nominations, according to a White House press release include: Mark Lloyd Ericks for the Western District of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John W. Douglas, an assistant U.S. attorney general who led the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division from 1963 to 1966, died Wednesday in the nation’s capital from complications from a stroke, the Washington Post reported. He was 88. The paper reported that Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy designated him in…
By Glynnesha Taylor ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Valerie Parlave, who most recently served as acting special agent in charge of the FBI’s Washington field office’s Criminal Division, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Little Rock Division, the agency announced Thursday. Parlave joined the FBI in 1991 and was first assigned to the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Amy S. Hess is leaving FBI headquarters to take the post as special agent in charge of the Memphis office, the FBI announced Wednesday. Hess most recently served as section chief in the International Operations Division. She joined the FBI in 1991 and was first assigned to the Kansas…
