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Former Top-Ranking Federal Prosecutor Leaves Job for Private Law Firm
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal prosecutor who once was the third highest-ranking official in the Justice Department’s fraud section is headed to the private sector. The New York Times reports that James Koukios is joining private law firm, Morrison & Forester. He was named a partner in the firm’s security litigation and white-collar criminal…
Al Jazeera: Border Patrol Agents Are Out of Control
By Mary Turck Al Jazeera On March 20, the Michigan Attorney General’s Public Integrity Unit charged two U.S. Border Patrol agents with theft and misconduct while on duty. The two agents allegedly stole from a home while executing an agency-authorized search warrant. The case exemplifies the type of unchecked abuse and corruption that has become…
House Committee Calls for Investigation of Secret Service Leak
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A House committee wants the Obama administration to investigate Secret Service employees who circulated personnel information that showed the panel’s chairman was denied a job as an agent, The Washington Post reports. The committee that oversees the Secret Service discovered last week that unflattering information about Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, was…
Three FBI Agents Injured After Suspect Shot at Drug Store in Georgia
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three FBI agents were injured after one of them shot a suspect at a CVS drug store in Forsyth, Ga. The agents are recovering from non-life-threatening injuries following the incident Saturday. Details are still murky, but the Forsyth News reports that the agents were part of a task force. At some…
FBI Agents Must Pass Fitness Test for First Time in 16 Years
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is requiring agents to pass a fitness test for the first time in 16 years. “The lives of your colleagues and those you protect may well depend upon your ability to run, fight and shoot, no matter what job you hold,” James B. Comey, the FBI director, said in…
Former Lead FBI Hostage Negotiator Joins George Washington University Task Force
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Chris Voss, a former lead hostage negotiator for the FBI, was named a senior fellow at the George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security. Voss will join the center’s Counterterrorism and Intelligence Task Force, according to PR Newswire. “I am honored to become a Senior Fellow with the CCHS…
Ex-Detroit Mob Boss Tony Zerilli, Who Triggered FBI Dig for Hoffa, Is Dead at 87
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — The former acting boss of the Detroit mob, Anthony (Tony Z) Zerilli, who triggered a massive FBI dig in northern Oakland County in 2013 in search of James R. Hoffa, died several days ago of natural causes in the Ft. Lauderdale area. He was 87. Scott Burnstein, a…