FBI Director Names 2 New Special Agents in Charge: Scott Bean and Roger Stanton

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director James B. Comey made two announcements Monday involving new assignments. Scott Bean has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Administrative Division of the Washington Field Office. He most recently served as section chief for the Technical Surveillance Section of the Operational Technology Division at FBI headquarters….

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Wisconsin’s DOJ Delayed Child Pornography Investigations for Months, Records Show

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Wisconsin Department of Justice delayed investigations of child pornography tips for months, the Post Crescent reports. Criticism of the DOJ’s Internet child pornography unit mounted in March, when Milwaukee Special Agent-in-Charge Willie Brantley was fired and Special Agent Anna King resigned. It was discovered that nearly four dozen cases languished…

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Seattle’s New FBI Chief Described ‘Momentum’ In 13-Year-old Murder of Prosecutor

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The new head of the Seattle FBI office is wiping off the dust of a 13-year-old investigation into the fatal shooting of a Seattle federal prosecutor after expressing “momentum” in the case, the Seattle Times reports. “It’s an ongoing, active investigation,” Special Agent in Charge Frank Montoya Jr. said during a wide-ranging…

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Jackson FBI’s First Black Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen Plans Retirement Just Short of Office’s 50th Anniversary

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Daniel McMullen, the first black special agent in charge of Jackson’s FBI office, has announced his retirement. “As a person with an interest in history itself and the history of the civil rights movement and an understanding of where Mississippi was in the history of civil rights, I find it very interesting…

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