By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– I have mixed feelings about the White House proposal to have FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III stay two years more beyond his 10-year term, which expires in September. The opinions of newspaper editorial boards around the country reflect my ambivalence. All recognize the need for continuity in such…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There are lies. And then there are big fat lies that can land you behind bars. Daniel Gerald Peterson, 26, told one of those big fat lies, and on Monday he pleaded guilty in Minneapolis federal court to providing the FBI with false information about a bomb threat he made up,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An ex-ATF agent in Tulsa, Ok., has been charged with drug trafficking and has been implicated in a fabricated drug buy in 2007 that sent a father and daughter to federal prison, the Tulsa Daily World reported. The paper reported ex-ATF agent Brandon J. McFadden, 33, who left the agency last year, has…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Tulsa U.S. Attorney David E. O’Meilia is stepping down June 28, adding to the growing number of Bush-appointed U.S. Attorneys who have resigned in recent months, the Associated Press reported. The 57-year-old first served as acting U.S. Attorney in October 2001 and was confirmed in January 2002. He will return to…
In a sign of stepping up enforcement of illegal workers, ICE is opening this new office. By OMER GILLHAM Tulsa World Staff Writer TULSA — Immigration officials are opening a new office in Tulsa to investigate human trafficking, drug smuggling and the employment of illegal workers at potential terrorist targets such as oil refineries and…
