Update: 29-Year Old Dies in Va. While Taking Physical Test to Become FBI Agent; Colleagues are Devastated

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…

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Inspector Gen. Report Says FBI Still Slow to Update Terror Watch List

The FBI issued a statement Wednesday saying it has implemented measures to address all 16 recommendations by the Inspector General “which are all now resolved” and it remains “committed to improving our watchlist policy and practices”. The Inspector General Report saw it differently by concluding: “Nevertheless, the FBI’s own review and our work in this…

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Justice Dept. Probing Interim Philly U.S. Atty. Laurie Magid For Fundraiser

U.S. Atty. Laurie Magid It’s never good, even if just for perception sake, when the Justice Department is investigating a U.S. Attorney. The question here is whether interim U.S. Atty. Laurie Magid went beyond the boundaries of a federal employee. By Emilie Lounsberry and George Anastasia Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — A $250-a-person fund-raiser held at…

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