By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com No FBI director has spoken publicly and at length about the issue of race. Until today. FBI Director James B. Comey plans to discuss the strained relationship between police officers and African Americans at a speech at Georgetown University, the New York Times reports. Comey is expected to discuss how well-intended…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Richard Frankel, who began his FBI career as a special agent in the New York Field Office in 1995, is the new agent in charge of the bureau’s Newark Division, MyCentralJersey.com reports. Comey named Frankel to the position after serving in several different positions in New York. He fought organized crime…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The New York Times’ decision to quote an anonymous source from a terrorist group about the bloody attacks last week in France was in poor taste and provided a platform for violent extremists, FBI Director James Comey said in a sharply worded letter to the Times, the newspaper reports. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director James B. Comey made two announcements Monday involving new assignments. Scott Bean has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Administrative Division of the Washington Field Office. He most recently served as section chief for the Technical Surveillance Section of the Operational Technology Division at FBI headquarters….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James B. Comey said on Wednesday that he has no doubt that North Korea was behind the devastating cyber-attacks on Sony Pictures, the New York Times reports. Comey said the hackers were easily trackable because they made a critical error by failing to conceal their location, sending messages and attacks…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said he’s unwilling to pledge an end to agents posing as reporters, but emphasized that such a tactic should be rare and “done carefully with significant supervision, if it’s going to be done,” the Seattle Times reports. The comments at a round-table discussion with reporters came after…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com During a visit to the FBI’s Jacksonville field office, Director James Comey delivered a warning about social media. “You have a feeling you’re safe and alone in your kitchen, when you’re actually out wandering all over the world,” Comey said about the availability of personal information on social media, First Coast…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the FBI steps up its crackdown on cyberattacks, the FBI is changing how it assigns agents to handle the crimes. The Hill reports that the bureau will stop assigning agents to cyber crimes based on the location of the victim. Instead, the most talented FBI divisions will handle the most…
