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2 Men Charged With Plotting to Attack Military Processing Center in Seattle
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two men who converted to Islam were arrested Wednesday and charged with plotting to kill recruits and employees at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Seattle, the U.S. Attorney’s announced Thursday. Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, aka Joseph Anthony Davis, 33, of Seattle, and Walli Mujahidh, aka Frederick Domingue, Jr., 32, of Los…
ATF’s Acting Chief Ken Melson Strongly Resisting Stepping Down
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Replacing Ken Melson, acting head of ATF, could get a little messy. The Los Angeles Times reports that Melson is “strongly resisting pressure” to step down over the controversy surrounding ATF’s “Operation Fast and Furious”, a flawed program that encouraged gun dealers to sell to straw purchasers with the hopes of…
More Details Emerge in Mobster Whitey Bulger Arrest: Bulger Had Plenty Weapons and a “Very Substantial Amount of Cash”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More details began to emerge in the Wednesday night capture of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in Santa Monica, Calif., including the fact the apartment he was living in with his girlfriend had a variety of guns and a “very substantial amount of cash.” Richard DesLauriers, head of the Boston FBI,…
FBI Started Following Portland Bomb Suspect When He Was a Juvenile, Defense Says
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More details are emerging in the case involving a 19-year- youth who was caught up in an FBI sting which involved him plotting to detonate a bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony last year in Portland, Ore. The Oregonian newspaper reports that the defense team for suspect Mohamed Mohamud stated…
Arrest of Mobster “Whitey” Bulger Creates 2nd Opening on FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For the second time in the less than two months, the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List has another opening. In May, the U.S. gunned down Top Ten fugitive Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Then on Wednesday evening, after a 16-year search, FBI agents in Santa Monica, Calif., arrested Top Ten fugitive…
FBI Captures Boston Mobster “Whitey” Bulger in Los Angeles Area After 16-Year Hunt
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After a relentless search, the FBI in Los Angles on Wednesday evening captured fugitive Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in Santa Monica along with his girlfriend as a result of a tip from a public service announcement that began airing this week, law enforcement authorities said. The search that spanned the…
DEA Task Force Cop Admits Tipping Motorcyle Gang Member About FBI Wiretap
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — A DEA task force cop pleaded guilty Tuesday in Detroit federal court to leaking information about an FBI wiretap to the president of a local chapter of a motorcycle gang. Randall Hutchinson, a former Hamtramck, Mi., police officer, on the DEA task force, admitted leaking the info to the…
Ohio State Student Pleads Guilty to Sending Fake Bomb Threat to FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Note to Ohio State University student Jonathan Birkmeyer: Try just not showing up for the test next time. Or make up some crazy excuse. But don’t send the FBI a fake bomb threat. Birkmeyer pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to sending a fake bomb threat to FBI headquarters that resulted…