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FBI releases photos of suspects wanted in Boston Marathon explosions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI released photos today of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, urging the public to help track down the men. Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston office, said one of the suspects appeared to drop a black backpack near twin explosions that killed three and injured…
FBI Bashes Media for Inaccurate Reporting on Boston Marathon Explosions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI excoriated members of the media after false reports began circulating that an arrest was made in the Boston Marathon bombings, the New York Times reports. Agents said the city faulty reporting could lead to “unintended consequences” for the massive investigation. Several news organizations, including the Associated Press, Fox News, CNN…
Retired Counterintelligence Expert for FBI Dies After Battle with Cancer
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joseph P. McMahon, who joined the FBI in 1967 and worked his way up as a section chief specializing in foreign counterintelligence, died at his Alexandria home earlier this month. The Washington Post reports that McMahon died after a battle with cancer. He was 72. McMahon started a supervisor of the political…
Homeland Security Warned About Potential for Pressure Cooker Attacks
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security in 2010 warned about terrorists using pressure cookers in bombings in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, Fast Company reports. Surgeons who worked on the victims found large pellets, small BBs and headless nails that were stuffed in six-liter pressure cookers. The department sent letters to law enforcement…
FBI Arrests Mississippi Man For Allegedly Mailing Ricin Letters
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI announced Wednesday that it arrested a man in connection with the mailing of three letters suspected of containing ricin. The letters were sent to a U.S. senator, the White House and a Mississippi justice official. Agent around 5:15 p.m. arrested Paul Kevin Curtis at his home in Corinth, Miss….
Letter to President Obama Tests Positive for Ricin
Aaron C. Davis and Sari Horwitz Washington Post WASHINGTON — A letter addressed to President Obama containing a substance that initially tested positive for the toxin ricin was intercepted Tuesday by authorities at a remote White House mail screening facility, according to the FBI. The letter follows the discovery Tuesday of a ricin-laced letter…
Man Recently Released After Serving 25 Years in Prison Strikes Another Bank, Is Arrested
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Edward Stevens, a prolific bank robber who once was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, had just finished up a 25-year-prison sentence when police said he struck an Oakland bank and fled with a bag of cash in a stolen car, NJ.com reports. Police said Stevens, 59, wasn’t out of prison…
FBI Investigates Whether Letter to Mississippi Senator Contained Ricin
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker after it initially tested positive for ricin, a toxic and potentially deadly substance, Fox News reports. The letter never made it to the Mississippi Republican because it was intercepted at an off-site mail screening facility. The letter will be further tested…