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Ex-U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White Confirmed as Head of SEC
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With little fanfare, the Senate on Monday confirmed former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White as head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. CNN Money reported that White, 65, was confirmed without a roll call vote. She is currently head of litigation at the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton in…
Some Think Jana Monroe Should Be in the Mix for FBI Director
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There have been plenty names bandied about to replace FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III later this year including Lisa Monaco, a career federal prosecutor, ex-U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and Jim Comey, the former U.S. attorney in Manhattan But one name some think should be in the mix is Jana Monroe,…
Director Appoints Agents to Head Offices in Charlotte, Newark and Phoenix
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has announced the appointment of agents to head offices in Charlotte, Newark and Phoenix. John A. Strong, who was deputy assistant director in the Criminal Justice Information Services Division in Clarksburg, W. Va., will head up the Charlotte office. Douglas G. Price, who most recently served as chief…
“Wearing a Wire” a Term of the Past in the Digital Era?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The times have changed. Wendy Ruderman of New York Times reports that the digital age has made the phrase “wearing a wire” something of the past. “In the old days, they would say, ‘Let me pat you down for a wire’ and boom, everybody would just open their shirt and say,…
A Twist in ATF Task Force Shooting May Make ‘Friendly Fire’ Issue More Complicated
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Investigators are trying to determine if one of two wounded Detroit cops on an ATF task force was injured as a result of friendly fire in a shootout with a murder suspect last week on the city’s west side. That may not be easy. Law enforcement sources familiar…
Part 2: What We Can Do to Confront the Threat of New Designer Drugs from China
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. This is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part, click here. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Part one of this report discussed the…
FBI Probes Release of Video Showing Rutgers Coach Shoving, Kicking Players
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine whether a former Rutgers basketball employee tried to extort the university by threatening to release damaging videos showing ex-coach Mike Rice shoving players and calling them gay slurs, the Associated Press reports. The former employee, Eric Murdock, quit his job last year at the basketball program’s…
Family Urges FBI to Handle Fatal Shootings of Prosecutors in Texas
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Family members grieving the murder of a Texas prosecutor and his wife want the FBI to take over the investigation, KMOV 4 St. Louis reports. Family of Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia were fatally shot in their home March 31, two months after a prosecutor from the same office was shot…