By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Queens imam who admitted lying to FBI agents in the case of the aborted bombing plot of the New York City subway got a break: he won’t be heading off to prison. A Brooklyn federal judge gave Afghan-born Imam Ahmad Afzali time served, which was four days, the Associated Press…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A contract linguist with the FBI in Maryland who pleaded guilty in December to disclosing classified information to a blogger, has had his law license suspended in New York, according to the New York Law Journal. The Law Journal reported that the Appellate Division, 3rd Department declined to set aside the…
Press conference announcing site: (Left to right) FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Michael Harpster, Newark Division; ASAC Belle Chen, New York Division; ETS Chief Operating Officer Steve Childress; and ETS North Central Regional Managing Director Rick Battelle Photo Credit: Matthew Coleman, FBI By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Law enforcement continues to take advantage of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — James C. Trainor, Jr., an assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston office, is hopping over to the New York office to become the special agent in charge of the Intelligence Division. Trainor joined the FBI in 1996 and was first assigned to the Chicago office where…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the head of the New York FBI, the agency’s largest office, is under internal investigation in connection with an alleged affair he had with an underling in management, sources familiar with the situation told ticklethewire.com., which first reported the story. Demarest, who has headed the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the head of the New York FBI, the agency’s largest office, is under internal investigation in connection with an alleged affair he had with an underling in management, sources familiar with the situation told ticklethewire.com., which broke the story. Demarest, who has headed the New…
The Washington Post Editorial WASHINGTON — THE OBAMA administration did not consult with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on security matters before making the decision to prosecute Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a Manhattan courthouse. Instead, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. simply gave Mr. Bloomberg a courtesy call on the morning of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Steam is building to move the 9/11 terrorism trial from New York City to a military base. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was once for it, has declared it a bad and very expensive idea. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein concurs. And Politico reports that the Obama administration is considering a…
