By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Philly FBI busted five men of Lebanese origin in an international sting in which one man allegedly wanted to buy 100 Stinger missiles designed to shoot down aircraft, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The paper reported that the central figure in the sting, which was run by the FBI Joint Terrorism…
The FBI has continually sited concerns over the past several months about the recruitment of Somali men in America who have gone overseas to fight with the terrorist group Al-Shabaab. The probe has also caused serious tension between the FBI and the Somali-American community. By JAMES WALSH, RICHARD MERYHEW and ALLIE SHAH Minneapolis Star Tribune…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Hate apparently never goes out of style. Hate crimes against blacks and religious groups increased in 2008 over the previous year, and hate crimes overall rose by 2 percent to 7,783 incidents, according to hate crime statistics released by the FBI on Monday. The number of victims totalled 9,691….
Gecko/new zealand govt photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Talk about odd traveling companions. U.S. Customs agents busted Michael Plank of Lomita, Calif., at the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday with 15 live Australian lizards strapped to his chest, the Associated Press reported. Plank, who was returning from Australia, violated the law by failing to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Imprisoned ex-Klansman Edgar Ray Killen supposedly bragged that authorities never searched his property, which may contain evidence including a gun that could implicate others in the 1964 KKK slayings of three civil rights workers, the Jackson Clarion Ledger reported. The paper reported that ex-inmate Larry Ellis, who shared a cell next…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III may not be getting the warm and fuzzy treatment from Turkey. The BBC reports that a Turkish newspaper website, Radikal, said Turkey had rejected Mueller’s request that the nation share biometric data on everyone who uses its ports and airports. The website said…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — James von Brunn, the man charged with fatally shooting the Holocaust Museum guard in Washington in June will remain in a North Carolina prison until early January so the facility can complete psychiatric tests. The warden at the Federal Medical Center at Butner, N.C. asked for more time because…
