Weekends Series on Crime History: Oklahoma Bomber Tim McVeigh
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. continues to bark back at critics who want all foreign terrorism suspects to be prosecuted in military courts. In a speech Thursday in Washington he said proposed legislation in the Senate to require such a policy would “seriously harm our national security”, the Washington…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — Steven J. Hatfill, the scientist wrongfully accused of being the anthrax killer, has broken his silence in interviews with NBC’s “Today” show and The Atlantic magazine. “I learned a couple things,” Hatfill told “Today” host Matt Lauer this morning. “The government can do to you whatever they…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– Is the Tea Party and other anti-government movements mirroring the sentiments of the nation before the Oklahoma bombing 15 years ago? USA Today reports that some see parallels. “It feels a lot like the run-up to Oklahoma City,” Mark Potok, Intelligence Project director at the Southern Poverty Law Center,…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Queens imam who admitted lying to FBI agents in the case of the aborted bombing plot of the New York City subway got a break: he won’t be heading off to prison. A Brooklyn federal judge gave Afghan-born Imam Ahmad Afzali time served, which was four days, the Associated Press…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An ex-high ranking National Security Agency official has been charged with allegedly leaking classified information to a national newspaper in 2006 and 2007, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Authorities indicted Thomas A. Drake, 52, who headed an office in the NSA’s signals intelligence and engineering directorates at Fort Meade…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Steven Hatfill, the scientist wrongfully accused of being the anthrax killer, is apparently working to repair his damaged image and has decided to break his silence. The Atlantic magazine has put a teaser on its website indicating that it plans to publish a story on Friday in which Hatfill,…