By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The late Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina was a broadcast executive before becoming a senator and “offered the facilities of his station to assist the FBI at any time,” according to a 1971 FBI memo, the Raleigh News Observer reported. “He is a great admirer of the Director [J. Edgar…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Warren Bamford, a well-respected figure in the FBI who heads the Boston office, will retire next month after 24 years with the agency to take a job with a private utility, the Boston Globe reported. Gail Marcinkiewicz, a spokeswoman for the Boston FBI, told the Globe Bamford’s last day will be…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Retired FBI agent Cornelius “Neil” Sullivan, who was the section chief of the intelligence division and was credited with fostering improved relations with the CIA, died earlier this month in Silver Spring, Md. at age 84, the Washington Post reported. Sullivan joined the FBI in 1951 and served in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Murders, robberies and rapes were down in the U.S. in 2009, according to the FBI’s Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report released Monday. The report said violent crimes were down 5.5 percent over last year and property crimes dropped 4.9 percent. More specifically, robberies dropped 8.1 percent; murder, 7.2 percent;…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire. A Wisconsin state narcotics agent, who fled in his car when confronted by FBI agents last March, is expected to plead guilty to stealing $1,100 in an FBI sting, according to the Associated Press. Johnny Santiago, a special agent with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, is expected to plead guilty in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Legendary syndicated newspaper column Robert Novak, who was nicknamed “The Prince of Darkness”, was on the FBI’s radar way before he stepped into a controversy in 2003 by publishing the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame. The Washington Post’s Joe Stephens reports that just obtained FBI records show the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Nashville FBI agent, who is married to a Christian gospel singer, has been indicted on host of fraud charges, including allegations he defrauded the SunTrust Mortgage Company to buy $1.25 million in rental properties in 2006, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville announced. Additionally, the 19-count indictment issued Wednesday charged…
