Russian National Charged with Acting as Intelligence Agent in U.S.
With international tensions mounting with the Ukraine-Russia war, charges like these seem to take on greater meaning.
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Head of D.C. ATF Field Office Talks About Fighting Spike in Homicides in The City
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF Special Agent in Charge Ashan M. Benedict started his career dealing with street violence in D.C. He eventually rose through the ranks and headed up the New York field office in 2016. But with the spike in homicides in the District, he’s back to head up the D.C. Field Office…
D.C. U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips Named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2016
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com D.C. U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips has been named ticklethewire.com’s Fed of the Year for 2016. Phillips, who began working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. in 1994, was nominated by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Attorney post in Washington in October 2015. From 2011 to 2015, he served…
Michael Gavin to Head Up FBI’s Memphis Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Michael Gavin, who recently served as section chief of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division’s National Covert Operations Section, has been named special agent in charge of the Memphis Division, the FBI announced Tuesday. He will assume the new post in mid-August. Gavin began his FBI career in 1995 and was first…
Secret Service Agent’s Gun, Badge Stolen, Radio From His Car
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s certainly not the first time a federal agent in Washington has had a gun stolen from a car. Still, at this juncture, certainly the Secret Service would prefer to avoid any bad publicity. Unfortunately, this sort of thing happens. CNN reports that a Secret Service agent’s gun, badge, radio, handcuffs and…
FBI HQ is Crumbling: Why is It So Hard to Build a New One
By Jonathan O’Connell Washington Post WASHINGTON — Beneath the headquarters of America’s premier crime-fighting organization, one of the parking ramps has been condemned because corroded pieces of the ceiling were falling on cars. Netting hangs on the Ninth Street facade to prevent broken concrete from hitting passersby 160 feet down on the sidewalk below. During a…
What Took D.C. So Long to Respond to the Problem of Synthetic Drugs?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Washington, like a lot of other major cities, has had to deal with the plague of synthetic drugs for years. But the city has been slow to respond, writes Jeffrey Anderson in the D.C. City Paper. Anderson writes about authorities charging Nebiyu Jamal Fanta, who worked at the Benning Market & Dollar Plus…
We May Never Feel As Safe As We Did on Sept. 10, 2001
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Thirteen years ago today, I was walking down Connecticut Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., on my way to work, about to get on the subway, when I ran into a friend who asked if I had heard about a plane crashing into the World Trade Center. I hadn’t. By the time…