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![Matthew R. Alcoke Named Special Agent in Charge of Counterterrorism Division of Washington Field Office](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Counterterrorism-FBI.gif)
Matthew R. Alcoke Named Special Agent in Charge of Counterterrorism Division of Washington Field Office
Matthew R. Alcoke has been named as the special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division of the Washington Field Office.
![James A. Dawson Named Special Agent in Charge of Criminal And Cyber Division of Washington Field Office](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Washington-Field-Office-via-FBI.jpg)
James A. Dawson Named Special Agent in Charge of Criminal And Cyber Division of Washington Field Office
James A. Dawson has been named special agent in charge of the Criminal and Cyber Division of the Washington D.C. Field Office.
![William S. Sessions, FBI Director from 1987-1993, Died At Age of 90](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/William_S._Sessions.jpg)
William S. Sessions, FBI Director from 1987-1993, Died At Age of 90
William S. Sessions, who served as the director of the FBI under three presidents, died Friday in San Antonio.
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First-Year Border Patrol Agent Found Dead While on Patrol in New Mexico
A rookie Border Patrol agent was found dead while patrolling a remote desert in southwestern New Mexico.
![Ex-U.S. Attorney Roscoe Howard Jr.: ‘This Is Not the Day or Time to Be Quiet’ After the Death of George Floyd](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/13238912_2008450719380764_4113698837892588825_n.jpg)
Ex-U.S. Attorney Roscoe Howard Jr.: ‘This Is Not the Day or Time to Be Quiet’ After the Death of George Floyd
The author was U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C. from 2001 to 2004. He is currently a partner at the firm, Barnes & Thornburg LLP. By Roscoe C. Howard Jr. When I was growing up in ‘50’s and early 60’s, I visited my Mother’s home town in the Northern Neck of Virginia, and sat around while…
![Appeals Court to Consider DOJ’s Order to Dismiss Criminal Case Against Michael Flynn](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/michael-t-flynn.jpg)
Appeals Court to Consider DOJ’s Order to Dismiss Criminal Case Against Michael Flynn
A federal appeals court in Washington D.C. will consider the Justice Department’s order to dismiss the criminal case against Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser.
![Ex-DEA Spokesman Pleads Guilty to Posing As CIA Operative in Elaborate $4 Million Fraud Scheme](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-14-at-10.14.17-PM.png)
Ex-DEA Spokesman Pleads Guilty to Posing As CIA Operative in Elaborate $4 Million Fraud Scheme
A former DEA spokesman is facing up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to posing as an undercover CIA operative to defraud government contractors out of more than $4 million.
![White Supremacist, Racist Groups Pose Greatest Threat of Protest-Related Violence, Intelligence Briefing Warns](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/hate-photo-of-hand.jpg)
White Supremacist, Racist Groups Pose Greatest Threat of Protest-Related Violence, Intelligence Briefing Warns
White supremacists and other domestic racist groups pose the largest threat of protest-related violence, a new federal intelligence bulletins warns.