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Column: Does Race Matter in Jury Selection? Yes, Yes, Yes!
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– Does race matter when it comes to jury selection? Yes, yes, yes. I can say so, at least from my first-hand experience as a juror. But before I go there, let me explain why I bring this up. Last week, during jury selection in the…
Breaking News: Retired FBI Agent in Indiana Charged in Child Porn Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A retired FBI agent has been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis announced Monday. Ex-agent Donald J. Sachtleben, 54, of Carmel, Ind., was charged in a criminal complaint, authorities said. He retired in 2008. “The mission of our Project Safe Childhood initiative is…
Number of Officers Slain in 2011 is Up, FBI Says
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There 72 law enforcement officers slain nationwide in 2011, up from 56 in 2010, according to the FBI preliminary stats released Monday. Of the total, 19 officers were killed during ambushes (14 during unprovoked attacks and five due to entrapment/premeditation situations); five were slain while investigating suspicious persons or circumstances; 11…
Secret Service Director Sullivan to Testify in Senate Hearing on Prostitution Scandal
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Senator Joe Lieberman announced a Senate inquiry into the recent Secret Service prostitution scandal on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, reports the Washington Post. Nine Secret Service employees have been fired for misconduct during an April mission in Columbia, raising questions and triggering new rules regarding culture and conduct within the…
Search Continues for Missing Calif. FBI Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Authorities have described him as suicidal and possibly armed with a handgun. That’s how they described missing FBI agent Stephen Ivens, 35, from Burbank, Calif. Authorities continued the search Monday. “There is no evidence of foul play right now, but that is why we still have a robust effort to locate…
Kidnapped Girls Saw Fugitive Adam Mayes’ Suicide
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Details continue to roll in about the kidnapping-murder-suicide of Adam Mayes, who had just been placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List. Mayes in April had abducted a mother and her three daughters. The mother, Jo Ann Bain and the eldest daughter were found dead. The FBI says that the two…
Column: The FBI’s Struggle to Transform Into an Intelligence Agency
Henry Crumpton served as U.S. coordinator for counterterrorism from 2005 to 2007. By AMB. HENRY A. CRUMPTON Politico Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the FBI, the world’s leading law enforcement agency, has labored to transform itself into an intelligence organization — while preserving its policing pre-eminence. This challenge has proved difficult. There are major…
Attorney General Eric Holder Honors 362 Fallen Peace Officers at Annual Candlelight Vigil
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com While most of us were celebrating Mother’s Day on Sunday, Attorney General Eric Holder commemorated the service of fallen peace officers in an annual candlelight vigil, as part of National Police Week, reports the Justice Dept and PR Newswire. Each May 13, fallen officers’ newly engraved names are formally dedicated and read…