Posts Tagged ‘Agent’

Chris Brown’s Agent Suggests Suicide Could Be Great Career Move

LOS ANGELES—Citing the positive impact it would likely have on the R&B star’s image, SavMedia publicist Erica Sandoval reportedly suggested to Chris Brown today that taking his own life could be a “really smart move” at this po… Tweet This Post

FBI agent says Oregon bomb suspect discussed martyrdom in emails

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Testimony in the trial of a Somali-born man charged with trying to bomb a Christmas tree event in Oregon opened on Monday with an FBI agent saying the accused first aroused concerns by discussing martyrdom in email exchanges with Islamist militants. Miltiadis Trousas, supervisor for the FBI sting operation that led [...]

US sees Iran behind hostage photos of ex-FBI agent

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after a hostage video and photographs of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson raised the possibility that the missing American was being held by terrorists, U.S. officials now see the government of Iran behind the images, intelligence officials told The Associated Press. Tweet This Post

Family of slain border agent sues federal officials

PHOENIX (Reuters) – The parents of a slain U.S. Border Patrol agent have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in connection with the botched “Fast and Furious” federal sting operation that saw guns purchased in the United States slip to suspected criminals in Mexico. The lawsuit, which names federal officials and a federal prosecutor as defendants, [...]

Russian lawmakers introduce law on “foreign agent” media

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian lawmakers introduced a bill to the state Duma, or lower house of parliament, on Friday which would force foreign-funded media to register as ‘foreign agents’, adding to a raft of bills that critics say is aimed at cracking down on dissent. The law would complement another piece of legislation that forces [...]

Shirtless photo a “joke,” says FBI agent who began Petraeus inquiry

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The FBI agent who began the investigation that led David Petraeus to resign as CIA director said that a shirtless photo he sent to a woman at the center of the probe was a “joke” sent to many friends, and was not meant to be sexual. Frederick Humphries told the Seattle [...]

Shirtless photo of FBI agent silly not scandalous

A newspaper report describes a photograph of a shirtless FBI agent in the case that forced CIA Director David Petraeus to resign abruptly as silly but not scandalous. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

FBI Agent Sent Shirtless Photos of Himself

The FBI agent who launched the investigation that ultimately led to the resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus “was barred from taking part in the case over the summer due to superiors’ concerns that he had become personally involved in the case,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Tweet This Post

Secret Service agent found dead, apparent suicide: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Secret Service agent assigned to President Barack Obama’s protective detail was found dead on Saturday in an apparent suicide, a law enforcement source said on Thursday. Special agent Rafael Prieto was under investigation for having an unreported romantic relationship with a foreign national, the source said. The agent’s death is being [...]

In closing, Obama says Romney not agent of change

President Barack Obama is closing the final days of the presidential campaign by declaring that rival Mitt Romney is not the agent of change he portrays himself to be. Instead, Obama is asking for four more years to complete changes he's been trying to usher in since his election four years ago. Tweet This Post