By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com While telling Congress of the FBI’s efforts to battle the Mexican drug cartels, FBI director Robert S. Mueller III rattled off some pretty grim statistics. Appearing Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, Mueller said: Between $18 billion and $39 billion flows annually from the United States across the Southwest border to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Filming has started for the highly controversial J. Edgar Hoover film being directed by Clint Eastwood, On Location Vacations reports. The website reports that some filming has taken place in Los Angeles. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the legendary FBI director and Armie Hammer as Clyde Tolson, his sidekick at…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI Agents Association has endorsed ex-FBI agent Mike Mason to replace the soon-to-retire FBI Director Robert Mueller III. The association, which represents more than 12,000 active duty and retired agents, said Tuesday that it had submitted the recommendation to the Obama Administration. “While the FBIAA is not limiting itself to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com You can’t expect everyone to love ya when you snitch for the FBI on your mobster dad and then write a book about it. The Chicago Tribune reports that Borders books in the Chicago area canceled two book signings slated for this week for ex-Chicago mobster Frank Calabrese Jr., who helped…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Despite what Sen. Charles Schumer says, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants his police commissioner Ray Kelly to stay put, according to the Huffington Post. Schumer the other day told the New York Daily News that he’s going to push for Kelly to succeed FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, who…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As the September retirement date for FBI director Robert S. Mueller III approaches, speculation on his successor continues to make news. New York’s top cop, Ray Kelly, whose name has surfaced in the past, got a little boost from New York’s Sen. Charles Schumer, who said he believes Kelly…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds have indicted 13 Somalis and one Yemeni pirate in Norfolk, Va., in the tragic hijacking of a 54-foot yacht off the Somali coast that resulted in the death of four U.S. citizens last month following a five-day standoff with American authorities, the FBI said. “This is a horrific crime,…
