Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director Louis Freeh urged graduating students Saturday to give back to their community during a commencement speech at St. Anselm College, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports. “We should all strive to help create a more perfect union,” said Freeh, who was selected because of his commitment to law enforcement,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI Agents Association, which represents more than 12,000 active duty and retired Agents, is urging President Obama to pick Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers to replace FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III. Rogers, a Republican, is a former FBI agent, who heads the House Intelligence Committee. In a press release issued…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The search for a new FBI director is heating up. Looking to replace Robert Mueller, whose term has expired, the White House has begun vetting candidates and may be down to a short list of potential successors, NPR reports. NPR reported that the Obama administration approached Judge Merrick Garland, a federal appeals…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Among President Obama’s top choices for replacing FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III is a woman, Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post reports. Citing current and former administration officials, the Post wrote that Lisa Monaco, a former senior Justice Department official who became Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, is among the top contenders….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director Louis Freeh, who last year led an investigation into the sexual abuse of Penn State University’s assistant football coach will take over the law firm Pepper Hamilton L.L.P. later this month, the Philadelphia Enquirer reports. Freeh, who is replacing Nina Gussak, merged his Wilmington-based law firm with Pepper…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama will soon decide on a successor for Robert Mueller, the longest-serving FBI director since J. Edgar Hoover, the USA Today reports. Replacing Mueller, who is set to leave in 2013 after Congress extended his 10-year term at Obama’s request, won’t be easy for an agency that investigates crime globally, federal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Once in a while a U.S. Attorney comes along and makes a mark not only locally but nationally. U.S. Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago was one of those guys. Fitzgerald resigned and left office last Friday, leaving behind a legacy that included prosecuting the ever-chatty ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Dick Cheney’s right…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Lockerbie plane bombing is a mystery that won’t go away. SkyNews/News Score reports that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and Scotland’s top prosecutor visited Libya in Tripoli to “pave the way for further investigations into the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing.” The meeting took place April 25, but was kept…
