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Patrick James Maley to Head FBI’s Birmingham Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI has named Patrick James Maley, a chief inspector at headquarters, as the new special agent in charge of the Birmingham, Ala., division. He replaces Carmen Adams. Maley started his career in 1982 in the white collar squad in Charlotte. The following year he went to Portland where…
Senate Confirms Justice Dept. Nominees Lanny Breuer, Tony West & Christine Varney
As expected, the Senate gave the nod to the latest Justice Department appointees. By Mary Jacoby Main Justice WASHINGTON — After minimal debate, the Senate this evening quickly confirmed Lanny Breuer as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division; Tony West as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, and Christine Varney as Assistant Attorney…
Congrats to the 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners, Particularly Schaefer and Elrick at the Detroit Free Press
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It goes without saying, the media and law enforcement don’t always see eye to eye. But there are certainly plenty times when the media, like law enforcement, works for the good of the public, unearthing injustice, exposing criminal wrongdoing. The Pulitizer Prizes are one way of acknowledging some of the…
FBI Snags Extortionist Using Trojan Software
The FBI managed to implant software on the computer of an individual threatening to extort money from several major communications companies, leading them straight to his doorstep. While the exact capabilities of the CIPAV (Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier) software are unknown, it’s encouraging to see the FBI using technology in innovative ways to…
Tension Between FBI and American-Islamic Community Grows
Tension between the FBI and the American-Islamic community continues to grow, damaging inroads that have been made since Sept. 11, 2001. Both sides need to do something to turn it around. Paloma Esquivel Los Angeles Times As they sipped tea and nibbled on dates, more than 100 men and women listened to a litany of…
Rep. Jane Harman Caught on Wiretap Saying She’ll Lobby Justice Dept. To Reduce Israeli Related Espionage Charges
Conversations like this, once made public, never seem very flattering. What’s the fallout from all this? Who knows. By Jeff Stein CQ SpyTalk Columnist WASHINGTON — Rep. Jane Harman , the California Democrat with a longtime involvement in intelligence issues, was overheard on an NSA wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby…
Commentary: 14 Years After the Oklahoma Bombing, We Must Not Forget the Potential of Homegrown Terrorism
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — One Friday, two days after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, I was sitting at my desk at the Detroit News in downtown Detroit when I got a tip that the FBI was raiding a farmhouse in Michigan, and it had something to do with the bombing of the…
Oklahomans Commemorate 14th Anniversary of Bombing that Killed 8 Federal Agents and 160 Others
It’s been 14 years since eight federal agents and 160 other people were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing that shook the security of this nation. The landscape of terrorism has changed since then, but people in Oklahoma will never forget that day. By JAMES S. TYREE Tulsa World OKLAHOMA CITY – Susan Walton suffered…