By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director James B. Comey named William F. Sweeney, Jr. as special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division of the New York Field Office and Adam S. Lee as head of the FBI’s Richmond, Va., Division. Sweeney most recently served as the special assistant to the FBI’s deputy director at…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For decades, FBI agents and other law enforcement in New York who were illegally parked faced little to no consequences. But now the New York Times reports that the city’s police department is beginning to tow hundreds of cars belonging to agencies such as the FBI. In 2013, the city towed 1,855…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An anti-mafia raid is targeting more than 40 people in the U.S. and Europe, CNN reports. The operation, “New Bridge,” led to the arrests of 17 people in Italy and seven in New York. They are accused of international drug-trafficking and organized crime. The operation was coordinated by the Italian national anti-mafia…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Etan Patz, whose 1979 disappearance shocked New Yorkers, was declared dead in 2001, and the 6-year-old’s confessed killer was charged. But the New York Daily News reports that the FBI asked an American living in Europe if he was Patz. “Obviously, I was surprised,” the man, who asked not to be identified,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com What’s Ex-NY Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik up to since he was released from federal prison after serving about three years? For one, he’s back to running the Kerik Group, that provides security and countterrorism services internationally. He’s also pushing for prison reform. Kerik emailed a press release Sunday stating that he’s pushing…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A police chief is accused of retaliating against his temporary replacement for snitching on him to the FBI, CBS New York reports. FBI agents arrested Port Chester, N.Y. Police Chief Joseph Krzeminski on Monday, saying he physically threatened and retaliated against the department’s acting chief, John Telesca. Last week Krzeminski is accused of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An anti-Muslim group is suing King County for refusing to let it post controversial FBI advertisements on Metro buses, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The anti-terrorism ads previously ran until the FBI pulled them following complaints that the image, which depicts mostly non-white, Muslim terrorism suspects, perpetuated a negative stereotype of Muslims. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Queens man said the FBI put him on the no-fly list in retaliation for not acting as an informant, the New York Daily News reports. Muhammad Tanvir is accusing FBI agents of barring him from air travel because he refused to act as an informant to get intelligence on Muslim neighbors….
