Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Automatic spending cuts last year resulted in the elimination of more than 2,000 FBI jobs and a freeze on training for new agents. Now the FBI is ready to hire and restart training, the Washington Post reports. FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that he’s authorized the opening of 700 positions throughout…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Comey was on a mission in 2004. A deputy attorney general at the time, Comey rushed to the bedside of then-Attorney General John Ashcroft to notify him that the White House was trying to reauthorize a warrantless eavesdropping program, the Buffalo News reports. Comey, who is now the director of the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James B. Comey is expressing increased concerns about Americans being radicalized in the Middle East and North Africa and returning to the U.S. to carry out attacks, the Tribune Washington Bureau reports. The agency is stepping up efforts to identify radicalized Americans who who travel overseas. “We are focused on…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said the agency’s priorities this year are combating terrorism and dealing with deep budget cuts, ABC 33/40 reports. “One of the first challenges I’ve faced as FBI director was the impact of budget sequestration on the bureau,” Comey said during a visit to Birmingham. Budget cuts have…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s investigation of the IRS’ extra scrutiny of the Tea Party likely won’t lead to charges, Reuters reports. Investigators said there was no evidence of bias in the pursuit of the conservative groups to justify charges. President Obama’s administration has come under attack for give disproportionate attention to political enemies. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey can think of a few adjectives to describe NSA leaker Edward Snowden, but “whistleblower” and “hero” are not among them. NPR reports that Comey can’t understand why Snowden would be held up as a hero when all three branches of the U.S. government have approved surveillance of phone…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Dozens of FBI agents and other experts will travel to Russia to help protect the Winter Olympics from any terrorist attacks, the Wall Street Journal reports. FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that about two dozen FBI personnel will be in Moscow, while about a dozen others will be in Sochi, where…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of former FBI agent Robert Levinson wants to meet with the new agency’s new director following recent reports that he was working for the CIA when he vanished, CNN reports. FBI Director James Comey was supposed to meet with the family before the recent revelations but has delayed his…
