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FBI’s John Perren Named AD for Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Perren, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Division at headquarters, is moving up. He’s been named to the post, Assistant Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate. Perren, a former D.C. cop who joined the FBI in 1987, will replace Dr. Vahid Majidi, who plans to retire in May….
Column: A Tale of Union Racketeering or How I Learned to Love the Hobbs Act
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 Richard Debs was President of the United Auto Workers union local 1776. (No relation to Eugene V. Debs, the union organizer and socialist from the early 20th Century.)…
FBI Agent Says Businesses Aren’t Taking Hackers Seriously Enough
By Tom Espiner ZDNet Daily Newsletters Businesses are not taking Anonymous and hacktivism seriously enough, according to an FBI special agent. The youth of alleged Anonymous hackers, who are often teenagers or in their early twenties, has lead a number of businesses to dismiss the hacking group without taking into account the ramifications of a…
Australian Man Indicted on Charges of Exporting Military Related Equipment to Iran
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com At a time when Iran is not a very popular nation around the world, the feds have indicted an Australian man and his company on charges of conspiring to export sensitive military technology from the U.S. to Iran. Fed authorities in D.C. on Wednesday indicted David Levick, 50, an Australian national,…
Operation Smoke Screen Nets Over 100 Charges
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com More than 100 people were busted for a host of gun, drug and burglary charges in an operation run by ATF and local Macon, Ga. authorities known as “Operation Smoke Screen”, reports reports WJBF. The federal indictments charged 24 individuals with firearms offenses and another 85 defendants with with burglary, theft,…
Rules on Terror Suspects Change for FBI
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com New rules have been outlined by the Obama administration regarding when the FBI, as opposed to the military, can retain custody of al-Qaida terrorism suspects who are not U.S. citizens but are arrested by federal law enforcement agents, reports the Associated Press. The new rules from the White House came about…
FBI Continues Insider Trading Investigations Using Stable of Informants
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com There’s apparently no shortage of snitches on Wall Street. The FBI said Monday that it plans to continue investigating alleged insider trading using its current “stable of informants” for the next five years, reports ValueWalk.com. The FBI has been running “Perfect Hedge” since 2009, an operation that has resulted in charges…