“Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena’s vicious kidnapping, torture, and murder 25 years ago remains a burning reminder of the dangers and high stakes involved in drug law enforcement” Michele Leonhart, Acting Administrator for the DEA By Jerry Seper Washington Times WASHINGTON –– Twenty-five years ago today, the brutally beaten body of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After insisting a federal court in New York was the place to be, the Obama administration appears to be inching toward a reversal of all that. The Washington Post reports that the presidents advisers “are nearing a recommendation that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge in Phoenix sharply criticized the FBI tactics Thursday as he sentenced an Arizona man to 18 months in prison for lying to agents investigating the Muslim charity the Holy Land Foundation, which raised money for the Palestinian group Hamas, which the U.S. has labeled a terrorist group, the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A remorseful New York imam, as expected, pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to FBI agents in the subway bombing plot. The Associated Press reported that a tearful Ahmad Afzali told the judge that he wanted to help authorities but lied under grilling by the FBI. He had tipped off al Qaeda…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert Mueller warned Thursday that cyber terrorism threats are an ever growing problem “that could have the same impact as well-placed bombs.” “In the past 10 years, al Qaeda’s online presence has become as potent as its physical presence,” Mueller said during a speech at the RSA Cyber Security…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mexico on Wednesday extradited drug kingpin Oscar Arriola to Colorado to face drug charges, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced on Thursday. He will appear in court in Colorado Thursday. Authorities said he was flown on a DEA plane from Mexico to El Paso, Tex, to Denver. Arriola had been custody in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Michigan attorney John Stephen Shelly found a way to supplement his income from his law practice. The 49-year-old ran part of a gambling ring out of his law offices in suburban Detroit in St. Clair Shores as well as bars in Detroit and Dearborn, authorities said. Earlier this week,…
