January 13, 2012
Imam Gets Life in Plot to Blow Up JFK Airport
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Kareem Ibrahim, an Imam, will have to communicate to the person up above, behind bars, for the rest of his life. Brooklyn U.S. District Judge Dora L. Irizarry on Friday sentenced Ibrahim to life in prison for conspiring to commit a terrorist attack at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens…
John Edwards’ Serious Heart Condition Delays Criminal Trial
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-presidential hopeful John Edwards has found a way to delay his pending federal trial on alleged campaign violations. The Associated Press reports that a North Carolina fed judge on Friday delayed his January trial date until at least March 26 after his cardiologist sent two letters to the judge citing Edward’s…
White NYPD Officer to Plead Guilty in Case Involving False Arrest of a Black Man
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A New York cop plans on pleading guilty to charges relating to allegations that he falsely arrested an innocent black man and later made racist remarks about the incident, reports the New York Post. Michael Daragjati was arrested by the FBI this fall on civil rights violations. He has been in…
FBI Agent Deleted Terror Investigation Emails
Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com An FBI agent testified in federal court Thursday in New York that she deleted several months of potentially sensitive emails during a terror investigation, the Associated Press reported. Defense attorneys want to examine the emails to see if agents skirted rules while interrogating Eritrean terror suspect Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, reports the Associated…
Fast and Furious Redux?
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It appears that members of Congress have found a new ATF operation to scrutinize. But unlike Fast and Furious, the operation–code-named White Gun–has been defended by the agency as a “well-managed investigation” which resulted in the arrest and conviction of three individuals, reports LA Times. Still, critics are skeptical. “Apparently guns got…
FBI Exec. Asst. Dir. Warns of Dangers Online
Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Shawn Henry, executive assistant director of the FBI, had some dire warnings for attendants of the International Conference on Cyber Security, in New York, the Huffington Post reported on Thursday. Criminal hackers pose risk that are “existential, meaning it could eliminate whole companies,” he said. Hackers tampering with things such as the power…
Judge Whacks Ala. Bank Robbers With Tough Sentences
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A couple of Alabama bank robbers got hit with some pretty stiff sentences, the FBI said Wednesday. Antoine Jamar Harper was sentenced to 39 years and 3 months, and Aaron Thomas was sentenced to 72 years and 7 months in prison for their roles in a violent strong of robberies near…