By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A historic link to the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover and JFK and Robert Kennedy is gone. Courtney A. Evans, 95, a high ranking FBI official who was a liaison between Hoover and the Kennedy’s, died last month of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Naples, Fla., the Washington Post reported….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Weysan Dun, who has headed the FBI’s Newark office, is leaving the east coast for the Midwest where he’ll take charge of the Omaha Division, the FBI announced Monday. Dun started out with the FBI in 1982 and worked in the San Francisco, Omaha, and Chicago Divisions, where he…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Warren T. Bamford, special agent in charge of the Boston FBI, has been named ticklethewire.com’s Fed Of The Year for 2009. The award to Bamford comes as a result of the high marks he earned from colleagues around the country, who say he’s a stand-up person and a first-rate…
D.C. nominee Ronald Machen By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The burden of filling U.S. Attorney posts around the country just got a little lighter. The White House announced Thursday that President Obama had nominated seven U.S. Attorneys including Ron Machen for D.C. and Sally Quillian Yates for the Northern District of Georgia. And the…
Parker Protected Pres. Ford/pres. library photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — James L. “Lee” Parker, a 34-year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service, who worked on presidential details including ones where attempts were made on President Ford’s life, died last month in Virginia at age 70, the Washington Post reported. The paper reported that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John G. Perren, special agent in charge of counter-terrorism at the FBI’s Washington field office, has been named the interim head of the office, authorities said Wednesday. Perren will replace Joseph Persichini Jr, the assistant director in charge of the office, who officially retires on Christmas day. Perren’s appointment…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.como The labor intensive effort to fill all the U.S. Attorney spots around the country continued Tuesday with President Barack Obama nominating defense lawyer William Nettles for U.S. Attorney in South Carolina, Main Justice news website reported. Main Justice reported that Nettles of the law firm Sanders & Nettles in Columbia, S.C.,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Retired DEA supervisor John Cipriano, who investigated organized crime, has died at age 66, the New York Daily News reported. The cause of death was attributed to complications following a kidney transplant. The Daily News reported that Cipriano retired in 1998 and joined the New York Civilian Complaint Review Board, where…
