By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — It was a busy 24 hours for former federal agents providing their expertise on TV around the country. In Detroit, Andy Arena, former head of the Detroit FBI, took to the airwaves, as did former agent Ned Timmons, who runs a security firm. Former ATF official Michael Sullivan spoke…
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT — On Christmas day in 2009, Andrew Arena, head of the Detroit FBI, made a beeline to the airport to deal with a young Nigerian man — aka The Underwear Bomber — who tried to blow up an airliner. “He slipped up and gave us some stuff,” Arena…
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…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI duped the members of the Christian militia in Michigan into going to what they thought was a memorial service at a warehouse in Ann Arbor over the weekend, the head of the Detroit FBI told the Associated Press. Andy Arena, special agent in charge of the Detroit FBI, said…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Andrew Arena, the head of the Detroit FBI, said Tuesday that other mainstream militias have distanced themselves from the nine members of the Christian militia in the Midwest who were indicted for plotting to kill law enforcement members. “I honestly think they don’t believe the same things this group does,” Arena…
McNamara Building It’s too bad the new plans were scrapped. It would have been good for development in a city that is hurting. Plus, the FBI could use an upgrade on its aging offices. On the other hand, the existing building, the McNamara Building is centrally located downtown. Under these difficult times, the FBI in…
