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From FBI to Fiction: Retired Agent Publishes Book About Operating a Polygraph

allan11 years ago41 mins

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com No one knows about lie detector tests quite like William J. Warner. A confession specialist for the FBI during his 22-year career, Warner published a fictionalized account of his work as a polygraph operator, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The 58-year-old’s book, “Going Knee to Knee,” describes the art of getting a good…

The FBI’s Man on the Pirate Beat– Kevin Coughlin

allan14 years ago12 years ago02 mins

By Joseph Goldstein New York Times In the F.B.I.’s expansive offices in Lower Manhattan, a black-and-white banner on Special Agent Kevin P. Coughlin’s desk stands out amid the rows of cubicles. It is a Jolly Roger, skull above crossed swords, the pirate’s calling card. Related Mr. Coughlin, 35, belongs to a squad whose caseload includes…