By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Many decades later, the FBI still won’t let go of the dozens of unsolved racially motivated Civil Rights Era murders. On Wednesday, at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., the FBI’s Civil Unit Chief Cynthia Deitle announced that the agency was looking for help locating next of kin in…
Many dream of having an aspect of their life made into a movie. FBI agent Bob Herndon can stop dreaming and down some popcorn as he sees one of his cases go Hollywood. By ROBERT W. BUTLER Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY –– There’s reality. And there’s Hollywood reality. The difference was only too clear…
Any time something tragic like this happens, it’s a public relations nightmare. By The Associated Press Authorities charged an FBI agent with negligent homicide on Friday in the alleged “friendly fire” shooting death of a Puerto Rican policeman during a gun battle with kidnappers last year. Justice Secretary Antonio Sagardia told reporters that special agent…
This isn’t good for the FBI image. Some expect an agent might have to shoot a deranged serial killer or terrorist, but a Chihuahua named Sassy? Not good. From Waco, Texas, here’s the sad story of Sassy. FBI Agent Shot A Chihuahua Just Like This One/istock photo By Wendy Gragg Waco Tribune-Herald WACO, Tex. Disappointed…
A bullet is a bullet, friendly fire or not. It’s one of law enforcement’s biggest nightmares: shooting one of their own. By Dan Herbeck, Lou Michel and Gene Warner News Staff Reporters BUFFALO — An FBI agent was shot early this morning, apparently by another agent, while executing an arrest warrant during a roundup of…
The government now says it misspoke when it told the judge on Wednesday that an FBI agent in the Stevens case had been denied whistleblower status. The misstep on Wednesday set off the judge who ordered Atty. Gen. Michael Mukasey to sign a declaration of oath on the matter. Now the prosecution says it was…
