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FBI: Gangs Becoming More Dangerous, Prolific
By Steve Neavling ticklethwire.com Gangs are becoming more dangerous and prolific, according to the 2012 FBI gang report. There are more than 33,000 gangs across the country, with as many as 1.4 million members, the Business Insider reports. About half of violent crimes committed in the U.S. are gang-related, the report states. The FBI also…
Gary Douglas Perdue to Head Pittsburgh FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Gary Douglas Perdue has been tapped to head up the Pittsburgh office of the FBI. Perdue had last served as chief of the Counterproliferation Center in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate at FBI Headquarters. Perdue began his career with the FBI as a contract language specialist in 1985. He became…
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ATF Reinventing Itself After Reputation Damage
By Evan Perez Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives brings fewer than a hundred alcohol and tobacco cases a year. It now plays second fiddle to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on explosives. And its skill at catching firearms violators is in doubt after the flawed probe known…
Column: Ex-FBI Agent Says Law Enforcement Needs to Address Mental Illness
John Kerr, an FBI agent for nearly 22 years, investigated violent crime and counterterrorism. He retired from the bureau in Washington in December 2008. His column is in response to a ticklethewire.com column that commented on the mass shootings in this country and the need for law enforcement to look at mental illness as a…
Justice Department May Release “Legally Innocent” Prisoners
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Justice Department will no longer fight the release of prisoners who have been deemed “legally innocent,” the USA Today reports. The department’s move, announced Monday, follows a USA Today investigation that found more than 60 people were imprisoned even though an appeals court later determined they did not commit a federal…
Ex-FBI Cyber Security Expert Heads to Private Sector
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former top FBI cyber security expert is headed to the private sector to join Kroll Advisory Solutions as the new managing director, Virtual-Strategy Magazine reports. Timothy P. Ryan, former supervisory special agent and cyber investigations and security expert, will join a team of digital forensic specialists who to investigate cyber crime…
Column: 30 Years Later Retired FBI Agent Still Tries to Keep U of M Football Team on the Straight and Narrow
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com In 1982 legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler called the FBI office in Ann Arbor. Bo wanted the FBI to talk to his team primarily about the perils…