By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A special agent for the FBI has been fired and is under investigation for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars while working on a drug task force in Riverside, Calif., ABC7 reports. Scott Bowman, who joined the bureau in 2005, was escorted out of FBI headquarters in early February and fired. He…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Alleged misconduct by an FBI agent has forced authorities to release at least a dozen convicts from prison, the Washington Post reports. Others awaiting trial on drug charges also have been freed as investigators examine the agent’s role in the case. It’s not yet clear what the agent is suspected of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department outlined new changes that will make it easier for agents and employees of the FBI to blow the whistle on misconduct within the bureau, the Wall Street Journal reports. The idea is to ensure complaints are handled swiftly and fairly. President Obama directed the rule change in 2012…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service’s first female director was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss the misbehavior of her male subordinates. CNN reports that Secret Service Director Julia Pierson brushed off allegations of widespread problems among employees, saying recent highly publicized allegations were unusual. “These are isolated incidents of misconduct and we’re working…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new report shows that Justice Department lawyers committed hundreds of ethics infractions ranging from recklessness to misconduct. Now a bipartisan group of senators is supporting a bill that would empower the inspector general to conduct an investigation, NPR reports. The senators want to bypass the traditional route – using the Office of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is refusing to identify hundreds of federal prosecutors who are accused of committing serious misconduct over the past decade, the Washington Times reports. Most of the actions were described as “reckless” or “intentional misconduct,” according to a scathing report released Thursday. “The lack of transparency insulates the Justice Department…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It started with a bullet inside a woman’s hotel room. Ignacio Zamora Jr., a senior supervisor who oversees a dozen agents in the president’s detail, tried to force his way into the hotel room and retrieve the bullet, the Washington Post reports. After launching that investigation, authorities also discovered that Zamora…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A splash of trouble is bubbling over at ICE. The Center for Investigative Reporting reports in the Washington Post that several several agents at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including the ex-head of its intelligence office, have been the target of an internal investigation into personal misconduct. The journalistic investigative…
