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Report: FBI Is Too Slow When Placing Suspects on Federal Terrorism Watch List
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI takes 44 days on average to place suspects on the federal terrorism watch list when they are referred by another agency, The Washington Times reports. It takes even longer – 78 days – to remove cleared suspects from the list, according to an audit of the bureau. The audit also found that…
Here We Go Again: Washington Post Reports that 3 U.S. Secret Service Agents Sent Home From Amsterdam For Drinking
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Well, this won’t help the U.S. Secret Service if it’s trying to shake it rep as a party-and-get-crazy agency. Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura of the Washington Post report that three Secret Service agents on the presidential detail this week in Amsterdam were sent home and put on administrative leave…
Update: Judge Finds FBI Agent in Idaho Who Killed Herself Lied Under Oath About Texting on the Stand
By John Sowell Idaho Statesman FBI agent Rebekah Morse appears to have lied under oath when she told Chief District Judge B. Lynn Winmill last week that she turned off her phone and wasn’t texting while on the witness stand, the judge concluded Tuesday. But the texts had nothing to do with the case…
FBI Agent Kills Herself After Being Confronted in Court About Texting on Witness Stand
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who had testified in a criminal fraud trial in federal court in Idaho killed herself after testifying on March 19, the Idaho Statesmen reports. FBI agent Rebekah Morse killed herself. The paper reported that she may have lied under oath when she told Chief U.S. District Judge B….
FBI Describes Eureka Moment While Watching Videos of Boston Marathon Bombing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents watched the video “hundreds and hundreds” times. For those investigating the Boston Marathon bombing, the video was a eureka moment, the Boston Globe reports, citing a “60 Minutes” video. Stephanie Douglas, executive assistant director of the FBI’s national security branch, said the video, which has not been released, shows a…
Ex-FBI Director Mueller III Joins Law Firm as Partner After Many Years of Public Service
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III is joining the private sector. The New York Times reports that Mueller, who served as director for 12 years before stepping down in September, is becoming a partner of the law firm WilmerHale. “Bob brings to the firm his broad range of experience as a…
FBI Agent, Who Spent Most of Career Keeping Tabs on Ku Klux Klansman, Dies at 92
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Dargan Frierson, whose career with the FBI included keeping tabs on the Ku Klux Klan, died Saturday. He was 92, the News & Record reports. His son recalls his father working a “tough assignment.” “I remember him getting calls in the middle of the night, having to drive down to the Eastern…
From FBI to Fiction: Retired Agent Publishes Book About Operating a Polygraph
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com No one knows about lie detector tests quite like William J. Warner. A confession specialist for the FBI during his 22-year career, Warner published a fictionalized account of his work as a polygraph operator, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The 58-year-old’s book, “Going Knee to Knee,” describes the art of getting a good…