Ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson became a private investigator. He also had another life — a consultant for the C.I.A. In 2007, Levinson, then 59, disappeared on Kish Island, in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran. He has been missing ever since. Barry Meier, a veteran New York Times reporter, has written a compelling book…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com This past Wednesday marked the ninth anniversary of the disappearance of ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished after going to Iran. In hopes of keeping the issue at the forefront, the White House, State Department, FBI and family issued statements this week. “Bob’s wife, children, and grandchildren have waited nine long…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John “Jack” Riley, the DEA’s acting deputy administrator, has been named ticklethewire.com’s Fed of the Year for 2015. Riley, a native of Chicago with more than 25 years of drug law enforcement experience, was appointed the acting second-in-command of the DEA in April as the top administrator, Michele Leonhart, was stepping…
This Michigan Department of Corrections record shows his earliest and latest release dates as never at the bottom right. . . Vince Wade is a former investigative reporter for WXYZ and Fox 2. He now lives in California and runs Informant America, described as ” a blog about the shadowy world of law enforcement informants with particular…
Jerry Capeci is considered a mob expert. He’s the founder and editor of the paid subscription website Gang Land News. This article was republished with permission. By Jerry Capeci Anthony Zoccolillo’s role as a co-star of the short-lived Mama’s Boys of the Bronx reality TV show was pretty much a flop. But there was applause…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Loretta E. Lynch, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, has been named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2014. Lynch, who was appointed to the post by President Obama in 2010, is known as a solid leader with strong management skills. She has shown a…
By Jeffrey Anderson For ticklethewire.com An indictment in U.S. District Court in Manhattan of a major international drug trafficking enterprise in the Middle East and Africa is shining a light on law enforcement operations and the diplomatic challenges the United States faces in such foreign cases. The complications of investigating international conspiracies and dealing with…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Paul M. Abbate arrived in Detroit last fall to take over the local FBI office, days after Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick got a hefty 28-year prison sentence. Kilpatrick was whisked away in handcuffs. But the scent of corruption lingered, and Abbate suddenly found himself heading up an FBI office, where public corruption investigations continue to…
