By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More than three decades ago, actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. graced America’s tv sets with his collective cool, his slick dark hair and finely tailored suits. In living rooms everywhere, he was known as the beloved fictional agent Insp. Louis Erskine on a show simply named “The FBI”. Dir. Mueller Honors Efrem…
This issue over FBI informants in mosques has created serious tension as of late between the FBI and the Islamic community in the U.S. This comes after great inroads have been made to improve relations in the Post-9/11 era. By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES — FBI Director Robert Mueller on Monday…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said Thursday that the agency is in “dire need of a Central Record Complex” to consolidate and digitize records “now dispersed among 265 FBI locations worldwide.” The central records complex, he said, “will enable us to efficiently locate and access all of our…
There is no question the stimulus package will be a haven for scammers. The package includes a weatherization program , which allows homes to become more energy efficient. That one will open the door for crooks involved in mortgage fraud. It won’t be pretty. By Thom Weidlich Bloomberg NEW YORK — FBI Director Robert Mueller…
The testimony only helps create more questions than answers to this controversial topic. By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday that bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States could pose a number of risks, even if they were kept in maximum-security prisons. Responding to FBI…
The Justice Department needs to continue allocating resources for terrorism. But it better beef up the fight against fraud, including mortgage fraud. That, simply put, has become financial terrorism and it’s helping bring down our economy, not to mention harming the American psyche. By DAVID JOHNSTON and NEIL A. LEWIS New York Times WASHINGTON –…
This latest development doesn’t bode well for the cooperation between the U.S. and the nation of Paskistan, which is central to the war on terrorism. By Josh Meyer Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — — U.S. efforts to identify and thwart the growing threat posed by Pakistani extremists who enjoy easy access to the United States…
During the J. Edgar Hoover days it would have been shocking to hear that the big guy was taking a little trip to Pakistan. But in this jet-setting era, and at a time the FBI has expanded its role around the world, it doesn’t seem that far fetched for a director to head off to…
