I joined the Detroit FBI surveillance squad in 1977. Two years later, on June 11, 1979 , we witnessed an event- its historical significance and ramifications would not be clear until many years later. But before I get to that, a little history. In the early 1970s, the FBI’s Detroit Field Office established the FBI’s…
By Ross Parker Are we the most violent, the most criminal country on the globe? As someone who was a career federal prosecutor and reveres the criminal justice system, the question seems almost insulting. Do we not have one of the most finely nuanced systems when it comes to protecting human rights while protecting the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The speculation has begun as to who will get the top spot in the New York FBI office vacated by Joseph Demarest, who was officially named assistant director of the International Operations Division at headquarters in Washington on Wednesday. Some names that have surfaced so far include Andrew Arena, head of…
Attorney General Holder’s approval rating dropped about as quickly as the Dow Jones did last Thursday when he told Congress in March of this year that he predicted that “we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden.” Perhaps recognizing that his inartful comment only served to confuse his supporters and…
Listen my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy Five…. Longfellow’s poem forever immortalized Paul Revere’s ride. What the poem does not say is that Revere’s mission that night was to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British soldiers were coming to…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com In October, 2008 this column pointed out the growing link between international narcotics traffickers and terrorists, especially in Afghanistan. This was not news to federal law enforcement. Still, few politicians or members of the public were aware of this relationship. Support for a well financed and coordinated international enforcement strategy, despite…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The economy may still suck, but more thieves are not turning to banks for financial relief, according to the FBI. The FBI bank robbery stats released Monday showed that the number of bank robberies, larcenies, burglaries and extortions dropped by a little over 11 percent in 2009 from 6,065…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the head of the New York FBI, the agency’s largest office, is under internal investigation in connection with an alleged affair he had with an underling in management, sources familiar with the situation told ticklethewire.com., which broke the story. Demarest, who has headed the New…
