A former head of both the FBI and CIA is raising concerns about President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to lead key intelligence agencies, questioning whether they have the qualifications for such critical roles.
William Webster, the former director of the FBI and CIA, is selling his 1947 home in Washington D.C. for $2.8 million.
William H. Webster, who served as both FBI and CIA director under President Reagan, was among a group of 20 former Republican officials who endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
More than 70 former Republican national security officials, including ex-FBI directors and former members of President Trump’s administration, plan to vote for Joe Biden.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director William Webster criticized Rep. Michele Bachmann’s claim that an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may be tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, saying it distracts from the war on terror, Newsmax reports. The claim, which Webster called “morally wrong,” came from Bachmann and four other Republican House members…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Despite strong evidence that U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan wanted to kill civilians and supported suicide bombings before he killed 13 people in the 2009 attack on Fort Hood, Texas, the FBI never launched an investigation because of concerns over political correctness, The Associated Press reports, citing a lawmakers briefed on a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Next to the big guy, J. Edgar Hoover, Robert S. Mueller III is the longest serving FBI director. And with Thursday’s announcement of a proposed two-year extension — which seems all but certain Congress will OK — he’ll add to the record. His 10-year term is set to expire…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and former director William Webster were among several hundred law enforcement folks who gathered in North Miami Beach Monday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of one of the most horrific events in the agency’s history that ended with two agents dead and another five wounded,…
