Jeffrey B. Veltri Named Head of FBI’s Miami Office
He joined the FBI in 2002 and worked health care fraud in the San Diego Field Office.
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FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate Named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2022
By Allan Lengel The FBI is facing extremely challenging times, undertaking highly-sensitive investigations while dealing with intense and sometimes very harsh criticism from outside and within. We can think of no better No. 2 person than Paul Abbate to try to help steady the ship. Unflappable and low key, Abbate, with more than 26 years…
James Davis, Ex-FBI Agent Who Helped Process Saddam Hussein After His Capture, Died Unexpectedly
James Davis, the former FBI agent who led the team that processed Saddam Hussein after his capture in Iraq and later led the Denver Field Office, has died.
Wife of Slain Journalist Sues FBI for Confidential Records about His Murder
The wife of a journalist who was beaten and shot dead in Iraq in 2015 won’t rest until she gets justice.
FBI’s George Piro, Chief Interrogator of Saddam Hussein, Named AD of International Operations
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com George Piro, the Beirut-born Assyrian-American FBI agent who was the team leaders and lead interrogator of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, has been named assistant director of the International Operations Division at FBI headquarters. His most recent assignment was head of the Miami field office. Piro joined the FBI in 1999, and was first…
ICE Recently Arrested Nearly 200 Iraqi Immigrants Who Face Grave Dangers Returning Home
ICE arrested 114 Iraqi immigrants with criminal records in metro Detroit over the weekend, stoking concerns that the detainees will face hostility and even death by returning to their former country.
ICE Detains Dozens of Chaldeans in Metro Detroit, Leading to Standoff with Protesters
ICE agents arrested dozens of Chaldeans in metro Detroit on Sunday, leading to a standoff with protesters.
FBI Arrests Iraqi Refugees Who Failed to Disclose Brother’s Involvement in Kidnapping of American
Two Iraqi refugees living in Northern Virginia were arrested by the FBI after failing to disclose their brother’s involvement in a 2004 kidnapping of an American contractor in Iraq.