FBI
Justice Wants to Withhold Info in Muslim Calif. Lawsuit
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department feels it has good reason to hide info in a Southern California lawsuit filed by Muslims who claim the FBI monitored them because of their religion. The Associated Press reports that Attorney General Eric Holder, in a court filing on Monday, invoked state secrets rules to try and…
Column: Cutting Pension No Way to Reward FBI Agents for Their Dedication and Service
Konrad Motyka is president of the FBI Agents Association By Konrad Motyka Huffington Post As the debate over how to cut federal spending rages in Washington, one idea that will no doubt be raised again as Congress looks for further cuts is a change to the formula by which federal employees contribute to their defined…
FBI Assigns New SACs for Utah and Portland
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has named two new special agents in charge: David J. Johnson for Utah and Gregory A. Fowler for Portland, Ore. Since 2009, Johnson, who has a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh, has been the chief of the Violent Crimes Section in the Criminal Investigative Division at headquarters….
Newly Released FBI Documents Show More Threats to Ted Kennedy; One Allegedly Came From Al Capone’s Son
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Just released FBI records show the bureau investigated more threats against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy than previously revealed, including one involving the son of the late mobster Al Capone and a plot by Cuban communists, the Boston Globe reported. The paper reported that none of the half-dozen or so newly revealed…
Column: The Feds Leak Investigation: Probe or Payback?
By Len Levitt NYPD Confidential The Justice Department’s bullseye on the FBI and NYPD via a grand jury probe into leaks in terrorism cases appears to have been prompted a year ago by a news story about an Al Qaeda mastermind, sources said. The story was an Associated Press exclusive from Washington about the impending…
Authorities to Add Ted Bundy’s DNA to FBI Database
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Florida authorities are working to add serial killer Ted Bundy’s DNA profile to the FBI’s national database by mid-August, a move that could help detectives in Tacoma, Wash., determine if Bundy was responsible for the abduction of 8-year-old girl Ann Marie Burr in 1961, The News Tribune reported The paper reported…
Ohio Man Who Pointed Gun at FBI Agent Gets 21 Years
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Among the dumb things to do in life, pointing a gun at an FBI agent is up there. Ask Demond R. Johnigan, 19, of Dayton, Ohio. Johnigan was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Ohio to 21 years in prison for, among other things, pointing a gun at an FBI…