Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and ATF are investigating what appears to be three attacks on Arkansas’ power grid over the past six weeks, THV 11 reports. “We believe that anyone that intentionally brings down power lines could potentially put themselves at risk and certainly the public at risk,” said FBI Supervisory Special Agent Kimberly…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has received more than 200 complaints from pro-drug advocates after agents raided Silk Road, an online marketplace for drugs, guns and other illicit goods, the Guardian reports. While attempting to access $80 million worth of Bitcoins accumulated by Silk Road founder, the FBI seized $3.2 million worth of Bitcoins that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The federal government’s Amber Alert website was restored Monday morning after people expressed outrage. The site, www.AmberAlert.gov, was temporarily taken offline because of the government shutdown. “The Amber Alert system was never interrupted, but to eliminate any confusion, the informational site maintained by the Justice Department has been restored,” Justice Department spokesman…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Think of the most dangerous states in the U.S. and you’re likely to name places like Michigan, New York, California and Texas. They have large cities with reputations for violence. But newly released FBI statistics show the most dangerous states are Tennessee, Nevada and Alaska, the USA Today reports. You are more…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department shut down its Amber Alert website (www.amberalert.gov) because of the government shutdown. Instead of featuring photos and other urgent information about missing children, the site tells visitors, “Due to the lapse in federal funding, this Office of Justice Programs (OJP) website is unavailable.” The site was set up to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI agent John Guandolo, a controversial figure who has been described in some circles as a nationally recognized expert on the Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamic Movement has authored a new book “Raising a Jihadi Generation.” Guandolo has been praised for his knowledge of the Islamic world. “Raising a Jihadi Generation needs…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When federal agents swarmed Silk Road founder Ross William Ulbricht at a public library in San Francisco, the arrest of the alleged kingpin did little to curtail others from selling and buying drugs on the Internet’s largely untraceable underground, the Baltimore Sun reports. Silk Road is not the only online drug marketplace….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A few days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Anas al Libi was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list. The reward – $25 million, the same amount offered for the capture of Osama bin Laden. On Saturday, authorities finally captured al Libi in Libya, accusing him of being one of the…
