Eric Velez-Villar Named Assistant Director of Office of Private Sector at FBI Headquarters
Retired Special Agent Eric Velez-Villar has been named assistant director of the Office of Private Sector at FBI headquarters.
Retired Special Agent Eric Velez-Villar has been named assistant director of the Office of Private Sector at FBI headquarters.
Former Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf is starting a new consulting firm with three other former senior officials.
Alejandro Mayorkas is stepping down as deputy secretary of Homeland Security after accepting a job in the private sector.
Office plans to retire in late August following 20 years with the bureau.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is losing some agents with experience in investigating Internet crimes. Matthew Goldstein of the New York Times reports that in the last three months, at least a half-dozen FBI agents on the online security squad of the New York office have quit to take more lucrative jobs in the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Wall Street won’t be sad to see Tony West go. The highest-ranking prosecutor who gained more than $30 billion in settlements from Wall Street banks plans to leave the public sector, the New York Times reports. West, who is the No. 3 Justice Department officials, plans to leave Sept. 15. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III is joining the private sector. The New York Times reports that Mueller, who served as director for 12 years before stepping down in September, is becoming a partner of the law firm WilmerHale. “Bob brings to the firm his broad range of experience as a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Sandweg, a former defense attorney who became the acting head of ICE in August despite scant law enforcement experience, plans to resign Friday, Fox News reports. Sandweg notified agency employees in a letter that he’s joining the private sector. He offered no explanation for his departure. “Over the past several months…