Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com FBI Special Agent Harold Haberfeld is being honored for his service, nearly 70 years after his plane crashed in a WWII mission in northern Africa, reports Fox News. The FBI Buffalo office dedicated its main conference room to Haberfeld in an outdoor ceremony Thursday. However Haberfeld’s ill-fated mission was so top-secret that his home…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In case you hadn’t notice, NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is no shrinking violet. So one day after FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified before Congress that he hadn’t bothered to call Kelly about the latest al Qaeda/ underwear bomber plot, Kelly spoke up. FBI agents waited a week to…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Authorities are investigating leaks about a thwarted al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S.-bound plane, reports the New York Times. FBI Director Robert Mueller told a Congressional Committee Wednesday that the the leaks are compromising national security efforts and would be pursued accordingly. White House efforts to prosecute individuals who leak security…
By The New York Daily News Editorial Page The pettiness was appalling as FBI Director Robert Mueller explained why the feds had left Police Commissioner Ray Kelly out of the loop on the underwear bomb plot. “As I told Ray, he’s always welcome to call,” Mueller said. Question, Mr. G-man: Must Kelly say, “Pretty please,”…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The FBI is starting a preliminary investigation into JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion- that’s “billion” with a “B”- trading loss, reports the New York Times. The losses loomed large at Tuesday’s annual shareholder meeting in Tampa. The FBI inquiry comes right on the tail of another one from the Securities and Exchange Commission….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There 72 law enforcement officers slain nationwide in 2011, up from 56 in 2010, according to the FBI preliminary stats released Monday. Of the total, 19 officers were killed during ambushes (14 during unprovoked attacks and five due to entrapment/premeditation situations); five were slain while investigating suspicious persons or circumstances; 11…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Authorities have described him as suicidal and possibly armed with a handgun. That’s how they described missing FBI agent Stephen Ivens, 35, from Burbank, Calif. Authorities continued the search Monday. “There is no evidence of foul play right now, but that is why we still have a robust effort to locate…
