By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III on Tuesday night received the Tuss McLaughry Award from the American Football Coaches Association in Nashville. The award, established in 1964, is the organization’s highest honor and is presented to distinguished Americans in recognition of outstanding service to others. “Coaches are parental figures,” Mueller said…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is joining an investigation into an alleged terrorist threat in Nashville, News Channel 5 reports. Amal Abdullahi, 29, was arrested last week on allegations she made terrorist threats to coworkers at CEVA Logistics, saying she was prepared to be a martyr for Allah and that nonbelievers should die, News Channel…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales isn’t only going to be teaching law, he’s going to practicing it as well. The Wall Street Journal reports that Gonzales is going to join the Nashville law firm of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis to practice white collar defense and advise clients about government relations….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Nashville U.S. Attorney John Roberts, who served during the Clinton administration, died Sunday after a long illness, the Memphis Post reported. He was 74. After leaving his post, Roberts served as executive director of the Livingston-Overton County Chamber of Commerce. Previously, he served as a General Sessions Court judge. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal jury in Nashville on Thursday convicted an FBI agent on 15 counts of wire fraud and three counts of bankruptcy fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Agent Darin Lee McAllister, 44, of Brentwood, Tenn., who is married to a Christian gospel singer, was indicted in May on the multiple…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jerry E. Martin was confirmed as the U.S. Attorney of Nashville on Wednesday night, the website Main Justice reported. Martin will replace U.S. Attorney Ed Yarbrough, a Bush appointee, who announced that he has accepted a position with the law firm Walker Tipps and Malone in Nashville. Main Justice, which closely…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary on Thursday gave the nod to private attorney Jerry E. Martin for the U.S. Attorney post in Nashville, clearing the way for the full Senate to vote on the matter. Martin will replace U.S. Attorney Edward Yarbrough, who was appointed by President Bush in 2007. Active…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com During his colorful career with ATF, which spanned more than three decades, James Cavanaugh found himself in the thick of some of nation’s biggest cases: The D.C. sniper murders, the Unabomber, white supremacist Eric Rudolph, church burnings and the deadly shootout at the Branch Davidian in Waco, Tex. involving leader David…
