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Column: Az Sheriff’s Politicization of Shootings a Sad Day for Politics, Law Enforcement and Justice
By Chris Battle Security DeBrief WASHINGTON — As a former reporter and, later, as a spokesperson for federal law agencies, I grew used to responses from criminal investigators anytime a reporter asked about who the culprit might be or what kind of motive the suspected culprit might have. The universal answer was: “We cannot comment…
Rep. Mike Rogers — Ex-FBI Agent — Criticizes Dir. Robert Mueller For Going to Az
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mi.), a former FBI agent, criticized the decision by President Obama to dispatch FBI director Robert S. Mueller to Arizona after the mass shooting on Saturday, according to the radio station WHMI in Livingston County, Mi., outside Detroit. “He didn’t need to be in Arizona to…
Frank Montoya Jr. to Head FBI Honolulu Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Frank Montoya, Jr., the section chief for the Counterintelligence Division at FBI headquarters, who worked on the Oklahoma bombing and Robert Hanssen spy case, has been named head of the bureau’s Honolulu Division. Montoya joined the FBI in 1991 and was first stationed in the San Antonio Field Office,…
NY Cop Who Cracked Copycat Zodiac Killer Case Assigned to Homeland Security Committe in Washington
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Star New York cop Joseph Herbert, who cracked the Zodiac copycat killer case in 1996, has been assigned to work as an expert on the Homeland Security Committee, the New York Daily News reported. The Daily News reported that Herbert becomes the first New York cop to be assigned to a…
Mi. Undercover FBI Agent Used Bogus Name on Militia Leader’s Marriage Certificate
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An interesting thing happened on the way to the alter: An undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the Hutaree militia in Michigan ended up signing the marriage certificate for the group’s leader using a bogus name, the website AnnArbor.com reported. The site reported, citing an FBI 302 report, that the undercover agent…
Die-Hard New Yorker George Venizelos Running Philly FBI
By John Shiffman Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Several weeks after 9/11, the senior FBI agent in Harrisburg, George Venizelos, received an alarming tip: A terrorist planned to ride an Amtrak train from Philadelphia to the state capital, carrying an atomic bomb. In response, Amtrak closed the rail line and began searching. Venizelos soon received another…
Movie Depicting J. Edgar Hoover As Being Gay Rankles Some in FBI
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — The bulldog-like mug of J. Edgar Hoover has long been synonymous with the FBI, a world-renowned law enforcement agency forever hyper-sensitive about its public image. Still, Hoover’s legend has taken its lumps over the years. Now comes the latest: an upcoming movie directed by Clint Eastwood and…
Column: FBI Dir. Mueller’s Presence in Arizona Sends a Strong Message
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s a good thing that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III hopped a plane to Arizona to deal with the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed a federal judge and seriously wounded a member of Congress. Sure, Mueller could have stayed back in Washington and gotten briefed regularly…