Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James W. McJunkin, the head of the FBI’s Washington field office, announced his retirement Thursday after just two years on the job. Authorities said the retirement is a blow to counterterrorism efforts because McJunkin had a plethora of experience in foiling and investigating terrorist plots, the Washington Post reports. McJunkin is a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Gary Douglas Perdue has been tapped to head up the Pittsburgh office of the FBI. Perdue had last served as chief of the Counterproliferation Center in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate at FBI Headquarters. Perdue began his career with the FBI as a contract language specialist in 1985. He became…
John Kerr, an FBI agent for nearly 22 years, investigated violent crime and counterterrorism. He retired from the bureau in Washington in December 2008. His column is in response to a ticklethewire.com column that commented on the mass shootings in this country and the need for law enforcement to look at mental illness as a…
Henry Crumpton served as U.S. coordinator for counterterrorism from 2005 to 2007. By AMB. HENRY A. CRUMPTON Politico Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the FBI, the world’s leading law enforcement agency, has labored to transform itself into an intelligence organization — while preserving its policing pre-eminence. This challenge has proved difficult. There are major…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mi. — A Detroit FBI official on Tuesday expressed concern as to how Hezbollah, which enjoys support in the Arab community in the Detroit area, might react if Israel or anyone else goes to battle with Iran. “If Israel or anyone else chooses to act against Iran, what exactly…
By Amanda Palleschi Government Executive The FBI needs to develop a long-term strategy for filling counterterrorism division vacancies, a government watchdog found. Although the FBI has made some progress addressing a 40 percent vacancy rate — first reported in 2005 — in certain parts of its counterterrorism division, the bureau has yet to establish sufficient…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Anti-terrorism training materials used by the FBI could be changing. The Religion News Service reports that the FBI said it is willing to consider a proposal from a coalition of Muslim and interfaith groups to create a committee to review materials. The FBI recently removed some materials from training after they…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI has turned to the Army for help with its counterterrorism training. After a troubled past with their understanding and interactions with Islam, reports Wired Magazine’s The Danger Room blog, the Bureau will begin working with the Army’s Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point. The center at West Point…
