Douglas B. Wolfe was an FBI agent who also worked for Department of Defense and retired as Senior Special Agent, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture. He runs Fidelity Investigations & Consulting in Maryland and recently launched a blog WorldFamousPrivateEye’s Blog. By Douglas B. Wolfe It’s the week before the busiest holiday travel…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In wake of the video-gone-viral where a passenger warns airport security not to touch his “junk”, head of the Transportation Security Administration told a Senate committee Wednesday there would be no changes in the use of full-body scans and pat-downs for passengers, AOL News reports. John Pistole, formerly the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. moved Monday to clamp down on the vulnerable area of cargo shipments from abroad. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the banning of “high risk” cargo shipments and a ban on shipments from Yemen and Somalia. “Following the thwarted terrorist plot last week to conceal and ship…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration, which protects our airports, will be giving more employees secret clearances so they’ll have more access to intelligence, CNN reports. CNN reports that the number of employees with “secret” clearances will go to 10,000 or one sixth of the agency’s workforce. TSA Administrator John Pistole,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As expected, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III tapped Timothy P. Murphy to become the second in command at the FBI. “Tim has consistently shown exceptional leadership and met tough challenges head-on,” Mueller said in a statement issued Thursday. “I have every expectation that he will do the same…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After 26 years, John S. Pistole is no longer an FBI agent. Pistole , the number two person at the FBI, was sworn in Thursday as the head of the Transportation Security Administration after going through a relatively painless confirmation process. The previous two nominees for the job ran into trouble…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Timothy Murphy, the FBI’s number three person, will fill in for John Pistole, the number two person, and is a likely candidate to take over that spot permanently, sources familiar with the situation tell ticklethewire.com. Pistole will be leaving the FBI to head up the the Transportation Security Administration. The U.S….
