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FBI Announces New Assignments for 4 Officials
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI, which has come under increased attack following the release of the Inspector General’s report, continues to make changes in management. Changes include: Robert Allan Jones has been named special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh Field Office. Jones most recently served as the assistant director for the Weapons of…
Retired FBI Official Kevin Kendrick: Hearing The Voices of Detained Immigrant Children Was ‘Absolutely Bone-Chilling’
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 Children matter. That’s something most of us can agree on. It doesn’t matter where the child is from or gender or religion. Children…
Interim Head of DEA Is Stepping Down, Citing Increasing Challenges
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Having interim heads of major federal law enforcement agencies for too long often sends a message that the agency isn’t as important as some other agencies like the FBI. Now comes Robert W. Patterson, acting head of the DEA, who told staff Monday in an email that he is retiring in…
Former Senate Staffer Charged With Lying to FBI Wants Trump To Shut Up About His Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com James Wolfe, former security director for the Senate Intelligence Committee charged with lying to FBI agents, wants President Donald Trump to shut up. His lawyer filed a motion on Tuesday to prevent anyone involved with his case — up to and including President Donald Trump — from speaking publicly about the…
Fed Judge in South Carolina Blasts FBI in Dylann Roof Gun Purchase
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. District Judge Richard M. Gergel of South Carolina blasted the FBI in a court order filed Monday for a parade of errors and a series of “abysmally poor policy choices” that allowed Dylann S. Roof to unlawfully buy the gun that he used to kill nine African-American people in a Charleston…
Ex-Secret Service Agent Answers Question: Is Barack Obama A Nice Guy?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com While working a detail, Secret Service agents act professionally. But internally, they have opinions of the people they protect. Jason Wells, a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, knows a thing or two about the Obamas. He is a former U.S. Secret Service agent who worked a detail protecting the Obama…
Ex-ATF Agent Jay Dobyns Talks About the Dangers of Biker Gangs
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Retired ATF Agent Jay Dobyns spoke about his days as an agent, infiltrating the Hells Angels and the personal challenges of undercover work at a police seminar in El Paso this week, the El Paso Times reports. “They’re very dangerous men who live a very dangerous lifestyle that’s built on violence. Below is…
Salon: What’s Buried in IG Report, How Rogue FBI Agents Helped Undermine Clinton Campaign
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A piece in Salon Magazine, an online publication, is titled: “Here’s what’s buried beneath that FBI report: How rogue agents sabotaged the Clinton campaign.” The piece suggests that FBI agents in the New York office helped Rudy Giuliani, who was campaigning for Donald Trump in 2016, by leaking information. Heather Digby…