By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Brian D. Lamkin, assistant director of the FBI Training Division in Quantico, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Atlanta office. Lamkin entered the FBI in February 1987 and was first assigned to the Norfolk Division. Three years later, he headed south to the Dallas Division,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday nominated U.S. Attorneys for Idaho and Maine, the website Main Justice reported. The nominees include Main Superior Court Justice Thomas Edward Delahanty for Maine and assistant U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson for Idaho. The website, which closely tracks U.S. Attorney appointments, says President Obama has…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com William J. Drum, a highly regarded “take-no-prisoners” Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives agent in Philadelphia for 20 years, died last week at age 85, the Philadelphia Daily News reported. Drum started with ATF in 1960 and retired in 1980, the paper reported. He also worked as an investigator in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Obama on Wednesday nominated Willie R. Stafford, a background investigator for the Greensboro, N.C. police epartment, for the U.S. Marshal spot for the Middle District of North Carolina. His bio is a follows, according to a White House press release: Willie R. Stafford currently serves as a background investigator for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The slow, laborious process of filling the U.S. Attorney posts around the country continued on Wednesday when President Obama nominated attorneys to fill the spots in New Mexico and the Eastern District of Washington state. The nominees include assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales for the New Mexico post and private…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Obama on Wednesday nominated U.S. Marshals for the northern and southern districts of West Virginia and in North Dakota. The nominees, according to the White House, include: John Foster for the Southern District of West Virginia; Paul Ward for North Dakota and Gary M. Gaskins for the Nothern District of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Obama on Wednesday continued to nominate U.S. Attorneys, this time for California, Texas, Guam and Florida. The nominees included Laura E. Duffy for the Southern District of California; Wifredo A. Ferrer for the Southern District of Florida; Alicia Limtiaco for Guam and John B. Stevens, Jr. for the Eastern District…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire Elizabeth A. Fries, special assistant to the associate deputy director at FBI headquarters, is taking over the agency’s Louisville division as special agent in charge. Fries joined the FBI in 1991 and was first assigned to the Indianapolis Division where she worked a variety of cases including public corruption and bank…
