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New Head of FBI’s Connecticut Office Pledges to Make Public Corruption Top Priority
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Patricia M. Ferrick, the new head of the FBI in Connecticut, said Wednesday that a top priority is cracking down on public corruption, the Associated Press reports. “You have to look for corruption to find it,” Ferrick said Wednesday during an interview in her office with The Associated Press. “It doesn’t walk…
Head of FBI’s Miami Office Gets Promoted to Counter-Terrorism Post in Washington
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Michael B. Steinbach, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Miami office, is returning to Washington to take a top job fighting counter-terrorism, the Florida Sun Sentinel reports. The 47-year-old will be promoted to deputy assistant director in the counter-terrorism division, where he had previously worked. Steinbach, whose departure date has…
Justice Department to Dramatically Expand Rules Aimed at Profiling by Federal Agents
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a move to address decades of concerns about the protection of civil rights, the Justice Department plans to expand its definition of racial profiling to alleviate discrimination by religion, nationality, gender and sexual orientation, the New York Times reports. Although the Bush administration banned racial profiling in 2003, it provided exclusions…
Budget Cuts Dramatically Reduce Spending on Homeland Security Headquarters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new Homeland Security headquarters in Washington will be much smaller than initially conceived because of budget cuts approved by the House on Wednesday, the Washington Post reports. Instead of having $354 million for the HQ, the agency will have about $155 million. The Republican-Controlled House Appropriations Committee described the bill as…
Was California Man Retaliated Against for Shooting Cell Phone Video of Border Patrol Agent?
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A California man says he was arrested in retaliation for shooting cell phone video of a Border Patrol agent appearing to use excessive force while trying to arrest an undocumented worker, ABC 10 News reports. “I think this is a classic example of what we call excessive use of force in its…
Ex-Fed Prosecutor James Baker Named General Counsel for FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com James A. Baker, a former federal prosecutor, has been named the general counsel for the FBI. Baker, a University of Michigan Law School graduate, clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Bernard A. Friedman in Detroit before joining the Department of Justice with the Criminal Division through the Attorney General’s Honors Program…
David T. Resch Heads Up FBI’s Little Rock Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com David T. Resch, who most recently served as chief of the Tactical Operations Section in the FBI’s Operational Technology Division in Quantico, Va., has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Little Rock, Ark. office. Resch became an agent in 1996, and was first assigned to the Houston Division,…
Obama’s Nominee for Civil Rights Post in Justice Department Faces Heated Criticism from Foes
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s nominee for head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has drawn strong criticism from opponents of the appointment of Debo Adegbile, Fox News reports. They’ve described the former NAACP lawyer as “radical,” “dangerous” and “outside the mainstream.” Now he’s being criticized for playing a role in overturning the death…