This probably won’t be enough to block his confirmation, but it certainly doesn’t help. By Ed O’Keefe The Washington Post WASHINGTON — President Obama’s nominee to lead the nation’s airport security officers received a censure from the FBI in 1988 after asking a San Diego police officer to run a background check on his ex-wife’s…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI’s Baltimore field office will be named after agent Sam Hicks, who was killed last Nov. 19 in a shooting in the Pittsburgh area while serving an arrest warrant in a drug case, the Associated Press reported. The AP reported that Hicks’ wife Brooke and their son Noah…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The FBI issued a statement Monday on the Fort Hood, Tex., shooting, saying that “at this point there is no information to indicate Major Malik Nidal Hasan had any co-conspirators or was part of a broader terrorist plot.” “ The investigation to date has not identified a motive, and a…
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Ulrich Boser, editor of the website The Open Case, could be in for some interesting reading if the FBI doesn’t redact too much. By Ulrich Boser The Open Case What does the FBI have on Ted Kennedy? A lot, apparently. I filed a FOIA to get any documents related to the lion of the Senate…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A potential scandal may be brewing over at the FBI’s Washington field office, one of the largest and most prominent FBI field offices in the nation. An internal investigation has been launched into allegations that some high ranking agents worked on an online test together instead of individually, an apparent violation…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Under the category of “Bad Career Moves” comes New Jersey FBI agent Jeff B. Shim, who pleaded guilty Tuesday in Washington to filing more than $41,000 in fraudulent expenses while he was temporarily posted at FBI headquarters, the AP reported. According to a criminal information filed last month, Shim claimed to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A man wanted on a warrant for aggravated assault, was shot and wounded Sunday in a Kansas City, Ks., suburb after exchanging gunfire with an FBI Violent Crime Safe Streets Task Force, the Kansas City Star reported. The paper reported that task force members confronted the man about 7:15 p.m. outside…
