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Special Agent in Charge of Milwaukee FBI Assigned to Building Division in D.C.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Head of the FBI’s Milwaukee office, Teresa Carlson, is temporarily working at the Facilities and Logistics Services Division at headquarters in Washington D.C. while authorities investigate claims that she pressured a subordinate to commit perjury, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Still, Carlson remains the special agent in charge of the Milwaukee office,…
Congressman to FBI: ‘Why Won’t You Come in And Talk to Us’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. William Keating touched on a new FBI directive is urging the bureau to share information with local police about terrorist threats, the Boston Herald reports. He wants to talk to the FBI. “That’s news to me,” Keating, a Homeland Security Committee member, said. “If there’s something through these directives and…
Reporter in Washington D.C. Learns FBI Was Monitoring His Calls to Disgraced D.C. Councilman
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A tenacious reporter who covers urban affairs and the D.C. Council received a troubling email from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: His voice was picked up after agents tapped the cell phones of now-disgraced Councilman Michael Brown, WUSA9 reports. “I’m not going to be surprised if I call someone at some point in…
Writer William Vollmann Says FBI Suspected Him of Being Unabomber, Terrorist
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Few authors write with as much insight into violence and war as William Vollmann. The winner of a National Book Award, Vollmann revealed in a Harper’s essay, “Life as a Terrorist,” that he was suspected of being a terrorist and even the Unabomber because of the content of his fiction, the Washington…
FBI, NSA Monitored Emails, Texts in Salt Lake City Area During Winter Olympics in 2002
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and NSA monitored all emails and text messages in the Salt Lake City area in 2002 when the city was hosting the Winter Olympics, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Unnamed officials said the two agencies worked with Qwest Communications to intercept communications for nearly six months. Former Sen. Bob Bennett,…
Fourth Man Admits Involvement in Slaying of Border Patrol Agent Over Night-Vision Goggles
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican national admitted Wednesday that he and two other gunman were involved in the 2009 murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in southern California, CNN reports. Marcos Rodriguez-Perez pleaded guilty to conspiracy, robbery and firearm charges, saying he and two others detained Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas Jr. at gunpoint….
Parents Awarded $3M in Wrongful Death Suit in Son’s Death at Hands of DEA
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The parents of an 18-year-old honor student who was shot and killed by plainclothes DEA agents in a state of confusion in southern California were awarded $3 million in a wrongful death lawsuit, the Los Angeles Times reports. U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald ruled that the DEA agents were not negligent in…
Veteran Special Agent in FBI to Head N.C. Department of Public Safety
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Frank Perry, who served 22 years as a special agent for the FBI, was named as secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Triangle Business Journal writes. Gov. Pat McCrory made the appointment after Perry began serving as the department’s interim secretary earlier this month. “Frank Perry has dedicated his…