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Retired FBI Official Kevin Kendrick: ‘House Republicans Are An Absolute Joke’
The writer was as assistant special FBI agent in charge of the Detroit field office from 1999-2002 and retired in 2006 as head of the Charlotte Division in North Carolina. By Kevin Kendrick House Republicans are an absolute joke. Jim Jordan is especially an utter embarrassment to the country. If I lived in his district…
Ex-Chief Counsel for ICE Sentenced to 4 Years For Identity Theft Scheme
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Chief Counsel Raphael A. Sanchez of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) was sentenced this week to four years in prison for an identity theft scheme involving the identities of numerous aliens, the Justice Department said. Sanchez, 44, of Seattle, pleaded guilty on Feb….
FBI Removes Fugitive, Who Would Be 81, From Top Ten List
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Saying it no longer believed publicity would aid in his capture, the FBI this week removed long-sought fugitive William Bradford Bishop Jr. from its Ten Most Wanted List, Del Quentin Wilber of the Wall Street Journal reports. Bishop is only the 10th person removed from the list since since 1950 without…
Retired FBI Agent Brian Crews Dies; Linked to Exposure to World Trade Center
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Retired FBI agent Brian L. Crews died earlier this month as a result of his work in response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Crews served in the FBI for 27 years and began as a file clerk. In 1994, he became a special…
Still a Dearth of Women Agents in FBI, DEA, ATF, Marshals Service
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There are still too few female agents among the ranks in the FBI, DEA and ATF and Marshals Service, according to a new audit that also found women are rarely promoted to key jobs at the nation’s premier law enforcement agencies, Devlin Barrett of the Washington Post reports. Justice Department Inspector…
Gangster Desciples Gang Member Makes FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Antwan Tamon Mims, a convicted felon and known member of the Gangster Disciples gang in Michigan, has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list. Mims is charged with murdering two men in front of dozens of witnesses at a house party on March 25 in Benton…
Trump Says FBI Agent Peter Strzok Gets ‘Poor Marks’ For Testimony on The Hill
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Tweeter-in-chief Donald Trump took a shot at FBI agent Peter Strzok, who testified before the joint House Oversight and Judiciary committees Wednesday in a closed-door session. Lover FBI Agent Peter Strzok was given poor marks on yesterday’s closed door testimony and, according to most reports, refused to answer many questions. There…
Two of Law Enforcement’s Big Dogs Will Testify Thursday on the Hill
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Who knew C-Span could be so interesting? Two big names in federal law enforcement, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray, both Trump appointees, are scheduled to testify Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee about a recent Justice Department inspector general report that White House allies claim proves bias among…