By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — There’s been a lot of screaming and finger pointing lately here in Washington about charging the underwear bomber and the 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian court rather than a military one. The complaints go something like this: We’re being too soft on terrorism. We’re giving up…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Los Angeles has opened a new office in Imperial, Calif., to focus on Project Gunrunner, which targets illegal trafficking of arms to Mexico. The ATF said the office, located in the Southern California desert, will include special agents, industry operations investigators and…
Hayden was the CIA Director from 2006 to 2009. By Michael V. Hayden Washington Post Op-Ed Page In the war on terrorism, this country faces an enemy whose theory of warfare ends the hard-won distinction in modern thought between combatant and noncombatant. In doing that for which we have created government — ensuring life, liberty…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal agents shot a Muslim imam 21 times and then handcuffed him during an October FBI raid in Dearborn, a Detroit suburb, a yet to be released autopsy report concluded, according to the Detroit Free Press. Free Press reporter Ben Schmitt, who attributed the information to a “person familiar with the…
By Allan Lengel For Aol News Six bank robberies and five months later, the FBI in San Diego is still hunting for a mystery man in his 60s or 70s who’s been famously dubbed the “Geezer Bandit.” His latest stickup came on Wednesday at the San Diego National Bank around 5:50 p.m. According to the…
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Ralph Lochridge is director of communications for D.A.R.E America (Drug Abuse Resistance Education). President Obama has nominated Michele Leonhart for administrator of DEA, the top post. She is currently the acting administrator. The Senate must still confirm her. Ralph Lochridge By Ralph Lochridge Retired DEA Agent As a retired DEA agent and having had Michele…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ronnie “Skinny Suge” Thomas, a Maryland gang leader who produced and starred in the infamous “Stop Snitching” videos was convicted Thursday in Baltimore federal court of being part of an organization that was involved in drug trafficking, conspiracy to commit murder and robbery. Authorities alleged that Thomas and another…
