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FBI Director Christopher Wray Named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2024
Wray was the perfect tonic for the bureau – low key and steady.
FBI Quietly Disbands Organized Crime Squad as Mafia Fades Away in Boston
The FBI’s storied fight against the Mafia in Boston has come to a quiet conclusion.
Fears of Retaliation Loom Over Trump’s FBI Director Pick
Hours after President-elect Donald Trump announced his choice for FBI director, alarm spread through the ranks of current and former government officials.
Stejskal: Santa’s Helper, a Giant Elf, a Cuban Inmate Uprising and the Salvation Army
The writer, a ticklethewire.com columnist, was an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office in 2006. He has a degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law and is author of the book, “FBI Case Files Michigan: Tales of a G-Man.” By Greg Stejskal This is a…
Virginia College Student Charged in Alleged Plot Against Israeli Consulate
Federal prosecutors have charged a Virginia college freshman with a weapon-of-mass-destruction offense, alleging he plotted a violent attack on Israel’s general consulate in New York City using a bomb, assault rifle, or suicide vest.
Trailblazing FBI Agent Joanne Pierce Misko Dies at 83
Trailblazing former FBI agent Joanne Pierce Misko, who was among the first two women sworn in as special agents in 1972, died Friday in Wheatfield, N.Y., near Niagara Falls.
Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Running Covert Chinese Police Outpost in Manhattan
A man admitted in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday to secretly working on behalf of the Chinese government to operate an illicit police outpost in Lower Manhattan as part of Beijing’s efforts to suppress dissent and stifle criticism abroad.