The flaws in the security will only become more embarrassing as days pass. Stories like this could rock the foundation of airport security around the world. Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports that the suspect had far more explosive than the “shoe bomber” and could have blown a hole in the plane. By Paul Egan The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s never pretty when fed prosecutors go after a federal agent. But that’s what will happen Jan. 6 in Cleveland when trial is slated to begin for Drug Enforcement Administration agent Lee Lucas, a 19 year veteran, on charges he lied on the witness stand, made false statements in official reports,…
istock illustration By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutions hit a record high in fiscal 2009, thanks to a sharp uptick in immigration cases, the New York Times reported. The paper reported that there were 169,612 federal prosecution filings up almost 9 percent from the previous year. The data was attributed to data analyzed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Eight years after the infamous 9/11 attacks, we still see glaring flaws in our airport security. Why? Why? Why??? Why was Nigerian National Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to bomb the Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas day, not given a good second looking over before he…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Amid all the gloomy and scary news about the Mexican drug cartel violence, comes a little good news. USA Today reports that beefed up law enforcement patrols along the U.S. Mexican border may be helping prevent some of the Mexican drug cartel violence from spilling over to the U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in Michigan is facing charges of receiving child pornography over the Internet, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Eric Higgins, 31, who is stationed at the Blue Water Bridge at the U.S.-Canada border in Port Huron, Mi., was indicted by a federal grand…
Washington Post Editorial Page WASHINGTON — MELQUISEDET Angulo Cordova, a member of Mexico’s naval special forces, had been laid to rest for only a few hours when hit men burst into his family’s home Tuesday and slaughtered his mother, brother, sister and aunt. This was not a random act of violence. It appears to have…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The father of a Nigerian man charged Saturday with attempting to blow up a Northwest plane bound from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day told the State Department he was concerned about his son’s radical beliefs and connections, prompting authorities to put his name in a U.S. terrorism data…
