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FBI Director Mueller Rejects Suggestions Poor Coordination Between NYPD and FBI Damaged Terror Probe
Robert Mueller III/fbi photo You would never expect the FBI’s Robert Mueller to go before Congress and point fingers at the missteps of another law enforcement agency, that is unless things really really went wrong. In this case, some things may have gone wrong, but not wrong enough to air things in public. By EILEEN…
Watchdog Group Criticizes ATF For Not Doing Enough to Crack Down on Tobacco Sales Fraud
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) lacks coordination and is not doing nearly enough to crack down on the fraud involved in the distribution and sales of tobacco that amounts to more $5 billion in lost U.S. taxes a year and is sometimes linked to terrorism…
Sole Practitioner in Big Terrorism Case Seeks College Intern For Help
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Arthur Folsom, the Denver sole practitioner representing terrorist suspect Najibullah Zazi, is turning to the college set for help, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog reports. Folsom, who has been criticized by some for being in over his head on this case, has placed an ad with the University…
Critics Complain that Boeing’s Virtual Mexican-U.S. Border Fence is Full of Holes
The highly sophisticated detector equipment along the border isn’t all that sophisticated, just expensive. The Boeing Co. is getting another chance to make it right. But how much more will that cost? By Oscar Avila Chicago Tribune Along the boundary between Arizona and Mexico recently, Border Patrol agent Michael Scioli weaved his SUV through unforgiving…
Ex-FBI Agent Edwin Foltz Who Headed Up Campbell Soup Dies at Age 93
Edwin Foltz took an interesting career path, serving as an FBI agent during World War II before he eventually headed up Campbell Soup. By Sally A. Downey Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — Edwin J. Foltz, 93, a former FBI agent who became president of Campbell Soup International, died of pneumonia Thursday at Waverly Heights, a retirement…
Roland Corvington Returns For Second Tour as Head of FBI St. Louis Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Roland J. Corvington, who headed up the St. Louis FBI office from 2005 to 2007, is returning to take charge of that office once again, the FBI annnounced Tuesday. Corvington, assistant director of the FBI’s Security Division at headquarters,replaces John Gillies, who was recently named special agent in charge…
Column: Ex-ICE Agent Worried About Mexican Drug Cartels Getting to U.S. Law Enforcement
By Marty Ficke Security DeBrief The arrest of Richard Cramer earlier this month is very disturbing news for many reasons. Personally disturbing to me, not only because I am a former ICE Special Agent and Supervisor, but also because of the damage incidents like this have on inter-agency cooperation, and in this case, international cooperation….
Secret Service Investigating Obama Assassination Poll on Facebook
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Facebook may be the home of some pretty trivial and silly chatter, but not all that surfaces on the social network is seen as a joking matter. The Secret Service said Sunday that it was probing an online survey on Facebook that asked whether President Obama should be assassinated,…