Feds Indict “Jihad Jane” For Recruiting Terrorists on the Internet
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March 9, 2010
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Ex-Bush Officials Say It’s a Mistake to Limit Terrorism Cases to Military Trials
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Bush officials are stepping up to say that it’s not a good idea to limit terrorism trials to just military tribunals — something some Republicans are pushing for. The New York Times reports that ex-Bush officials feel limiting the trials to military tribunals would weaken the government’s hand. “This rush to…
Calif. Man Charged With Taking Exams for Foreign Students From Such Nations as Saudia Arabia and Kuwait
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An Orange County, Calif. man has been charged with running a massive visa fraud scheme that involved taking exams for students from counties like Saudia Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Kuwait, Turkey and Qatar so they could maintain their lawful immigration status, authorities said Monday. Eamon Daniel Higgins, 46, of Laguna…
Column: Justice Dept. Should Be More Transparent About Its Lawyers Who Represented al Qaeda Suspects
By Marc A. Thiessen Washington Post Op-Ed Would most Americans want to know if the Justice Department had hired mob lawyers and then put them in charge of mob cases? Of course. They would rightly want their elected representatives to find out who these lawyers were and what roles they were playing at Justice. Yet…
White House Tries Again to Get Someone to Head TSA
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After the first nominee went down in flames, President Obama is once again trying to fill the top spot at the Transportation Security Administration, which watches over our airports. The White House on Tuesday nominated Robert A. Harding, saying he has spent more than 35 years working in the intelligence community….
Daughter of Missing Retired FBI Agent Robert Levinson Pleads for Help in Open Letter
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The engaged daughter of an ex-FBI agent who vanished in 2007 while visiting an island off Iran, issued an open letter to the U.S. and Iran pleading for help. “As you know, my father, Robert “Bob” Levinson, has been missing in Iran since March 9th, 2007, when he disappeared from Kish…