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First Hispanic to Run FBI’s Largest Field Office Keeps Low Profile
Before Diego Rodriguez became the first Hispanic person to run the FBI’s largest field office, he turned down an offer in the late 1980s to join the bureau.
Newly Released FBI Files Show ex-Sen. George McGovern Was Pursued for Years
In April 1975, Sen. George McGovern wanted to know whether the FBI had collected any information on him in case he ended up on the presidential ticket.
Former NSA Director Speaks Out Against FBI Head’s Call for More Surveillance Powers
FBI Director James Comey has been lobbying hard for legislation that would require technology companies to create a back door to access encrypted communications by terrorists.
Dog the Bounty Hunter Says Escaped ‘El Chapo’ Is Likely ‘Out of My League’
Dog the Bounty Hunter is not known to back down, but this is one case he says he can’t handle.
Report Says Americans, Not Mexicans, Arrested Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A controversial report has surfaced in wake of the July 11 prison escape of drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. The website, Intercept reports that Presco, an investigative Mexican magazine, is saying that initial reports about the February 2014 arrest of Guzmanin weren’t true. The media reported back then that the…
FBI Losing Cyber Crime Agents to Lucrative Jobs in Private Sector
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is losing some agents with experience in investigating Internet crimes. Matthew Goldstein of the New York Times reports that in the last three months, at least a half-dozen FBI agents on the online security squad of the New York office have quit to take more lucrative jobs in the…
China Aggressively Stealing Corporate Secrets, FBI Says
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com China is on the loose. The Daily Beast writes that American companies are getting their secrets stolen like never before, according to the FBI, and China is to blame for almost all of it. The website reports that the FBI reports a surge in cases of economic espionage in the past year….