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Head of FBI’s Boston Office to Retire And Join Private Sector After 2 Years at Helm
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The head of the FBI in Boston is retiring after 26 years of service with the agency. Vincent B. Lisi, who was appointed to run the Boston field office two years ago, plans to join the private sector as a director of security, his spokeswoman told the Boston Globe. “Vince has…
DOJ Report: FBI Struggles to Hire Enough Cyber Security Experts Because of Low Pay
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has struggled to hire enough computer scientists to crackdown on cyber security threats because of low pay, according to a Justice Department report. Reuters reports that the FBI has hired just 52 of 134 computer scientists authorized under the Justice Department’s Next Generation Cyber Initiative that began in 2012….
FBI Director James Comey Announces 3 Key Leadership Appointments
FBI Director James B. Comey has made three key leadership appointments, including a new special agent in charge of the FBI Baltimore Division.
San Diego Union-Tribune: Advocates of Marijuana Legalization Miss Mark
A recent example of the logical abandon of today’s backers of legal marijuana is the plan to defund the Drug Enforcement Administration’s program to eradicate illegal marijuana (DEA/CESP), an $18 million program that eliminates millions of plants a year and arrests thousands of criminals, many of whom were brought here to labor for Mexican drug cartels controlling the marijuana black market.
DEA Gets New Leader of Philadelphia Field Division; Pledges Fight Against Heroin
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 23-year veteran of the DEA has been named as the next head of the Philadelphia Field Division. Philly.com reports that Gary Tuggle will oversee the city and five regional officers in Pennsylvania and Delaware, replacing Don Dongilli, who retired last year. Tuggle’s career began as a Baltimore City police officer…
Sister of Kidnapping, Murder Suspect Files Claim Against FBI for Killing Brother
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The sister of a man killed in the Idaho wilderness after authorities said he abducted a 16-year-old girl and killer her relatives is suing the FBI for $20 million, saying her brother never got a fair trial, the Associated Press reports. The attorney of Lori DiMaggio Robinson filed a claim with…
Jimmy Hoffa: On the 40th Anniversary of His Disappearance, the Case Goes Unsolved
Jimmy Hoffa By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — I remember back in 1983 interviewing Jimmy P. Hoffa about his father’s disappearance and asking if it bothered him that comedians like Johnny Carson used his father as a punch line in jokes. Eight years had passed since his disappearance, but time didn’t seem to soften the…