Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Robert Foley III, a 16-year FBI veteran with a background of cracking down on corruption, will take charge of the agency’s Detroit Division to replace Andrew Arena, who retired in May, the FBI announced. Foley was named special agent in charge of an office that has been busy investigating public corruption cases,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I don’t often like to deal too much in conjecture, rumor or speculation, but in this case I will. First off, the rumor circulating in Washington is that the Inspector General’s report on ATF’s failed Operation Fast and Furious will likely come out in August. Who will get whacked? Well, first…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rafael J. Garcia, Jr., who served as director of the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) in Quantico, Va., has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Intelligence Division in Los Angeles. Garcia joined the FBI in 1995 as a special agent in Phoenix where he investigated drug, organized…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has withdrawn some agents from Phoenix just as local police prepare to enforce Arizona’s new immigration law, The Associated Press reports. The federal agents were responsible for identifying and deporting illegal immigrants. To round up immigrants in other states, ICE began reassigning members of the Phoenix…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Feds are investigating the discovery of at least three flashlight bombs — flashlights designed to explode — found recently in the Phoenix area, CBS news reports ATF officials are puzzled by the flashlight bombs that have injured five people recently. Unclear who is behind the small bombs, local police are erecting 22…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Phoenix FBI has a new home. A 210,202-square-foot building on N. Seventh Street officially opened Wednesday, the Phoenix Business Journal reported. It was built by Ryan Cos., a Minneapolis-based company. The paper reported that the building consolidates four previous Phoenix FBI locations. “With more than double the previous space, the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Tuesday in Arizona was a big one for the DEA’s Phoenix Field Office, where authorities seized 44 firearms, 650 pounds of marijuana and a $7.8 million in cash in a 15-month sting dubbed “Operation Crank Call.” The trafficking network is believed to be related to the infamous Sinaloa Cartel of Mexico….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With acting ATF Director B. Todd Jones in place, and the new fiscal year beginning, rumors are swirling about that ATF is soon expected to make a lot of changes in top management, which will result in a serious round of musical chairs. One rumor circulating within ATF is that Thomas…
