By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey has gotten some push back from skeptics about this theory that the recent intense focus on police brutality has made some police officers less aggressive about doing their job, which has resulted in a spike in crime. Well, the retired Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey met privately with Connecticut police chiefs Tuesday and encouraged them to become a part of the dialogue about policing and race, the Associated Press reports. Comey described the discussion as productive but declined to discuss specifics. “As you would expect in the Nutmeg State, it was a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director Louis Freeh was within 60 seconds of dying after severing an artery in his leg in a car crash in Vermont eight months ago, USA Today reports. The extent of Freeh’s injuries was previously unknown by the public. FBI Director James Comey and Sen. Patrick Leahy spoke of…
By Katie Pavlich The Hill The much-anticipated White House summit on combating generic extremism is over, and outside of a handful of feel-good statements and speeches, little was accomplished. A number of activists from various organizations were present for discussion, but one person was noticeably absent from the summit: FBI Director James Comey. The FBI…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey addressed the shooting of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson during a visit to the bureau’s Salt Lake City office Tuesday, saying agents are on the ground looking for answers, the Associated Press reports. “We have flooded the area,” Comey said. The director declined to divulge specifics of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey deals with a lot of bad people – terrorists, mobsters, rapists, murderers. To stay centered, Comey told a group of new recruits recently that he and his wife are emergency foster parents, NPR reports. “You’re gonna get to see a lot of bad things in this work, a lot…
Editorial By Herald Review James Comey became FBI director last year, at a time when Osama bin Laden was dead, terrorism at home was on the decline and the United States was shrinking its inflammatory presence in the Muslim world. So naturally, he says the danger is way worse than you think.Referring to al-Qaida groups…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When James B. Comey became the FBI’s new director last year, many observers believed he’d usher in a new era at the bureau by shifting some of the focus away from terrorism. But the New York Times reports that Comey, a former Justice Department prosecutor who focused on gun cases, appears to…
