FBI Gets New Special Agent in Charge of Counterintelligence and Cyber...
By Steve Neavling Eric J. Reese has been tapped to serve as the special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence and Cyber Division at the FBI’s New York Field Office. Eric Reese At the time of the...
View ArticleBonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of FBI’s Boston Field Office, to Retire
FBI Special Agent Joseph Bonavolonta (FBI Photo) By Steve Neavling Joseph R. Bonavolonta, who has served as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Office since January 2019, plans to...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz to Retire After 32-Year Career
Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz. By Steve Neavling U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz plans to retire at the end of June, less than two years after he took the helm. Ortiz, who became chief in August...
View ArticleFBI Special Agents in Charge Appointed to 2 Divisions at Los Angeles Field...
Los Angeles Field Office, via FBI. By Steve Neavling FBI Director Christopher Wray appointed special agents in charge of two important divisions at the Los Angeles Field Office. Krysti E. Hawkins...
View ArticleActing ICE Director Tae Johnson Stepping Down
Acting ICE Director Tae Johnson By Steve Neavling Acting ICE Director Tae Johnson is retiring after 30 years with the agency, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced in a statement...
View ArticleJason Owens Tapped to Lead Border Patrol During Challenging Time
Jason Owens was tapped to lead the U.S. Border Patrol. Photo: CBP By Steve Neavling The Biden administration selected Jason Owens, a 27-year veteran of the Border Patrol, to serve as the agency’s next...
View ArticleHigh-Ranking DEA Official to Take Helm at Kansas Highway Patrol
DEA official Erik Smith By Steve Neavling Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has tapped a high-ranking DEA official to lead the state’s highway patrol. Erik Smith, chief of the DEA’s Inspection Division since...
View ArticleHomeland Security Deputy Secretary Is Stepping Down
Homeland Security Deputy Secretary John Tien By Steve Neavling Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security John Tien announced Tuesday that he’s retiring on July 20 after two years in the position. Tien, a...
View ArticleHead of FBI’s Detroit Field Office Retires After 24-Year Career with Bureau
James Tarasca, special agent in charge of FBI’s Detroit Field Office By Steve Neavling James A. Tarasca, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Detroit Field Office, is retiring, ending a 24-year...
View ArticleCBP Taps First Woman to Lead Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector
Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel By Steve Neavling The Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector has a new leader. CBP tapped Patricia McGurk-Daniel to serve as chief patrol agent of the sector....
View ArticleFBI Has New Leader of Salt Lake City Field Office
Special Agent in Charge Shohini Sinha By Steve Neavling Shohini Sinha has been tapped to serve as the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Salt Lake City Field Office. At the time of the appointment,...
View ArticleFormer FBI Agent Named President of Los Angeles Police Commission
By Allan Lengel With questions revived over use of deadly force in the department, the Los Angeles Police Commission has named former FBI agent Erroll Southers as its president, the Los Angeles Times...
View ArticleFBI Appoints First Woman to Lead Boston Field Office
FBI Special Agent in Charge Jodi Cohen By Steve Neavling Jodi Cohen, who most recently was head of the FBI’s Louisville Field Office, has been named the first woman to lead the bureau’s Boston Field...
View ArticleATF’s Houston Field Division Leader Retires After 7 Years at the Helm
ATF Special Agent in Charge Fred Milanowski By Steve Neavling Fred Milanowski, the special agent in charge of the ATF’s Houston Field Division for the past seven years, is retiring at the age of 56,...
View ArticleFBI Names New Special Agents in Charge of Detroit, Louisville Field Offices
Special Agent in Charge Michael Stansbury By Steve Neavling The FBI field offices in Detroit and Louisville have new leaders. Cheyvoryea Gibson has been named special agent in charge of the Detroit...
View ArticleVanita Gupta, DOJ’s No. 3 Official, Steps Down
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta By Steve Neavling Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta is stepping down as the Justice Department’s third-ranking official early next year, the DOJ announced...
View ArticleJermicha Fomby, Head of FBI’s Jackson Field Office, Is Retiring
FBI Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby By Steve Neavling Jermicha Fomby, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Jackson Field Office, is retiring after 20 years with the bureau. Fomby was named...
View Article‘Nazi Hunter’ Eli Rosenbaum Is Retiring from DOJ
“Nazi hunter” Eli Rosenbaum. Photo: DOJ By Steve Neavling Eli Rosenbaum, who spent decades hunting Nazis in the U.S. for the Justice Department, plans to retire at the end of the year. One of the...
View ArticleHead of FBI’s Oregon Field Office Headed to Job at FBI Headquarters
Kieran Ramsey, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oregon. By Steve Neavling Kieran L. Ramsey, who has served as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Oregon Field Office since January 2021, will...
View ArticleJack Smith and Eli Rosenbaum Named ticklethewire.com Feds of the Year for 2023
By Allan Lengel It was Martin Luther King Jr. who said “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” So it’s with gratitude each year that we pick our ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for...
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