By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In an unusual sign of bipartisanship, the top Democrats and Republicans of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence introduced legislation Thursday that would allow FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III to extend his 10-year term by two years. Top ranking senators said the bill would provide a…
By Aaron Mehta iwatch news Center for Public Integrity In a rare show of bipartisanship, both Congressional Democrats and Republicans have come out in support of President Barack Obama’s recent request to extend Robert Mueller’s decade-long tenure as FBI director. But for all his accomplishments, Mueller has failed at the same IT management task that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An FBI memo issued in December says investigators can interrogate domestic-terror suspects longer without giving them a Miranda warning, according to a Wall Street Journal report by Evan Perez. The FBI memo said the policy applies to “exceptional cases” where investigators “conclude that continued unwarned interrogation is necessary to…
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson/gov photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Justice may be blind, but politics is not — particularly when it comes to the appointment of a new U.S. Attorney in Dallas. The Dallas Morning News reports that the White House may not be any closer to appointing a new U.S. Attorney there…
