Wray Taps New General Counsel of FBI
Bradley Brooker has been named the FBI’s general counsel and head of the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) at the bureau’s headquarters.
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Wray Taps Former Law Partner to Serve as Top FBI Attorney
FBI Director Christopher Wray has named a former law partner to serve as the bureau’s next general counsel.
Ex-FBI Attorney James Baker Joins Twitter As New Deputy General Counsel
James Baker, the former top attorney for the FBI, has joined Twitter as the social media company’s new deputy general counsel.
Top Homeland Security Lawyer Fired in Latest Shake-Up
Shake-ups continue at the Department of Homeland Security with Tuesday’s departure of John Mitnick, the agency’s general counsel.
Special Counsel Probe Reaches Trump’s Inner Circle with AG Sessions Interview
The special counsel investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia has officially penetrated the president’s inner circle.
Opinion: Nobody’s Home at Homeland Security
Michael McCaul The Wall Street Journal President Obama recently announced the long-overdue nomination of Jeh Johnson, the former general counsel of the Defense Department, as the fourth secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. If confirmed, Mr. Johnson will immediately face a major obstacle: Over 40% of the department’s senior leadership positions are either vacant…
Supreme Court Ruling Prompts FBI to Turn Off About 3,000 GPS Devices
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s fair to surmise that the FBI has a surplus of GPS devices that are just going to be sitting around. The Wall Street Journal reports that FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann said at a conference Friday that a Supreme Court ruling requiring a court order before placing a GPS on…
Andrew Weissmann Named FBI’s General Counsel
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Andrew Weissmann, a private lawyer who once served as the former director of the federal government’s Enron task force, and who also previously served as FBI Director Robert S. Mueller’s special counsel, will become the FBI’s new general counsel, according to the Am Law Daily reported. The publication reports that Weissman…