By SCOTT SHANE New York Times WASHINGTON — A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks concludes that “it is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture” and that the nation’s highest officials bore ultimate responsibility for it. The sweeping,…
By CNN Authorities including bomb experts searched an apartment in Revere, Massachusetts, and removed items, after two deadly bombs struck the Boston Marathon. But investigators remained mum about just how the search may be linked to the bombing investigation. A law enforcement official said the search was not a suggestion that police may have…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — It was a busy 24 hours for former federal agents providing their expertise on TV around the country. In Detroit, Andy Arena, former head of the Detroit FBI, took to the airwaves, as did former agent Ned Timmons, who runs a security firm. Former ATF official Michael Sullivan spoke…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is taking charge of the investigation into the Boston Marathon explosions that killed three people and injured 144, CNN reports. The FBI and other law enforcement are tracking down a person of interest, whose apartment in Revere, Massachusetts, was searched late Monday with consent, according to CNN. “This will be…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Retired basketball player Dennis Rodman said the FBI has approached him about his publicized trip to North Korea, the Miami New Times reports. “I have been contacted by the FBI and I met with them. They wanted to know what went on and who’s really in charge in North Korea,” Rodman boasted…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two men were arrested Monday on charges of conspiracy to kidnap, torture, rape and kill woman and children in an elaborate, twisted plot, the FBI announced. Charged were Richard Meltz, chief of police for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Bedford, Massachusetts Veteran Affairs Medical Center, and Robert Christopher Asch,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents Monday raided the family business of Jimmy Haslam, owner of the Cleveland Browns. the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.The raid shut down the headquarters of the business, Pilot Flying J, a chain of truck stops and convenience stories. “The FBI secured our headquarters today and informed us they are investigating Pilot…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has set up a hotline to field tips and collect visual images anyone might have captured Monday at the Boston Marathon. The number is 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), prompt #3. “No piece of information or detail is too small,” the FBI said in a press release.
