2013
FBI Catches Heat After Discovery That Bureau Was Warned About Boston Bombing Suspect
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI investigated one of the Boston bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, two years ago after Russia warned about his shift toward Islamic extremism, CNN reports. Now, some members of Congress are calling for an investigation to determine how Tsarnaev managed to convince the FBI that he wasn’t a threat, CNN wrote. The…
Luck Saves Lives of ATF Agent, Informants After Suspects’ Guns Discharge
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ATF agent and two informants are alive today because the guns of two drug-dealing suspects failed to discharge. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that Frederick “Freaky” Crayton, 23 (pictured to the right) and James “J. Blood” Jones, 21, tried to open fire on the agent and informants in a car…
Two Men Arrested in Alleged Plot to Blow Up Commuter Rail Between Toronto and U.S.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two men accused of plotting to blow up a major commuter rail between Toronto and the U.S. were arrested Monday, Newsday reports. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the attack involved al-Qaida “elements” in Iran but did not pose imminent danger, Newsday wrote. The FBI helped investigate. Police said the attack was…
FBI Top 10 Fugitive Eric Toth Captured in Nicaragua
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former D.C. elementary school teacher Eric Justin Toth, who was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, was captured in Nicaragua over the weekend, Allison Klein of the Washington Post reports. Toth, who replaced Osama bin Laden on the Top Ten list, was wanted on child pornography charges. He had been…
Israeli Law Enforcement Officials Met with ADL Days After Boston Bombing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It was interesting time for a senior delegation of Israel Police commanders to visit the Anti-Defamation headquarters in New York. The delegation, headed by Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino visited the headquarters on April 19, just days after the Boston Marathon bombing. The meeting had been planned already before the bombing. The…
Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Charged with Federal Crimes at Hospital Bed
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors charged Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at his hospital bed Monday, Reuters reports. The criminal complaint charges mean Tsarnaev won’t be treated as an enemy combatant. “We will prosecute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said. “Under U.S. law, United States citizens cannot…
Ana Montes Did Much Harm Spying for Cuba. Chances Are, You Haven’t Heard of Her
By Jim Popkin Washington Post Magazine WASHINGTON — Ana Montes has been locked up for a decade with some of the most frightening women in America. Once a highly decorated U.S. intelligence analyst with a two-bedroom co-op in Cleveland Park, Montes today lives in a two-bunk cell in the highest-security women’s prison in the nation….