By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – A 29-year-old special agent with the D.C. Inspector General’s Office collapsed and died Wednesday in suburban Virginia while taking a FBI physical stress test to become an agent, according to sources familiar with the incident. Lloyd Hodge, who had been an investigator with the D.C. Inspector General’s Office for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – A man in his 20s who worked for the D.C. Inspector General’s Office collapsed and died Wednesday in suburban Virginia while taking a FBI physical stress test to become an agent, according to sources familiar with the incident. Lloyd Hodge, a special agent with the D.C. Inspector General’s Office,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Brian Truchon, chief of the Operational Support Section in the Criminal investigative Division at FBI headquarters, has been named the special agent in charge of the agency’s Kansas City Division. Truchon, a native of Illinois, replaces Monte C. Strait, who is retiring. Truchon entered the FBI academy in 1987 and was…
By Rachel Leven ticklethewire.com Mark Rossini, the ex- FBI agent who was busted for illegally leaking FBI documents to his lover, actress Linda Fiorentino, is working to rebuild his life in the civilian world, according to federal court documents. The 47-year-old native New Yorker, who now lives in New Orleans, is building a corporate risk…
This issue over FBI informants in mosques has created serious tension as of late between the FBI and the Islamic community in the U.S. This comes after great inroads have been made to improve relations in the Post-9/11 era. By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES — FBI Director Robert Mueller on Monday…
First off, the mandatory retirement age of 57 for agencies like the FBI is silly. A 57 year old today is surely capable of carrying on duties and contributing to an agency. Joe Davidson of the Washington Post reports that the Senate may vote on legislation that would allow agencies to rehire retirees without having…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said Thursday that the agency is in “dire need of a Central Record Complex” to consolidate and digitize records “now dispersed among 265 FBI locations worldwide.” The central records complex, he said, “will enable us to efficiently locate and access all of our…
Using informants can create complications. Craig Monteilh has become one of those complications the FBI would rather do without. It will be interesting to see how this gets resolved. By Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif — An Orange County man who says he spied on mosques for the FBI has filed a claim alleging the…
