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Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Blow Up Bomb at Airport
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Kansas man pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to detonate a card bomb at the Wichita airport. Terry Lee Loewen, 59, caught the attention of authorities on social media after he began expressing support for violent jihad. He pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass…
Octogenarian Mobster In Lufthansa Heist Case Is One Of A Kind
Jerry Capeci is considered an expert on the mob. He is the founder of the website, Gang Land News, a paid subscription site. This article was republished with permission. By Jerry Capeci Gang Land News Bonanno capo Vincent Asaro has a lot of firsts on his Mafia resume. The 80-year-old Queens man is a…
Star-Tribune: FBI’s Use of Small Planes for Surveillance Crosses Line
By Editorial Board Minneapolis Star-Tribune Last week, reports surfaced that the FBI had flown small single-engine planes over 30 cities across the U.S. The planes, outfitted with video and cellphone surveillance equipment, were registered to fictitious companies in order to shield the government’s role during this domestic surveillance operation. Cellphone surveillance equipment, commonly known as…
Bill Would Give FBI More Resources to Fight Online Harassment
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill that would give the FBI more resources to tackle cybercrime, especially online harassment, the Washington Post reports. The bill by Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., would give the FBI 10 new agents whose sole jobs would be tackling threats made online. They would…
Border Patrol Helicopter Comes Under Fire; FBI Investigates
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine who fired shots at a Border Patrol helicopter on Friday, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing near the Mexican border. The helicopter was carrying at least one Border Patrol agent during an operational mission along the Rio Grande near Laredo, Texas, when it…
Homeland Security Chairman: Espionage Motivates China to Hack U.S.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Evidence n0t only points to China as the culprit behind “the most significant breach in U.S. History,” but the hackers may have been sponsored by the Chinese government, The Hill reports. House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said all indications are that hackers were motivated espionage because of the target,…
FBI Agent Accused of Bankrolling Lavish Lifestyle with Seized Drug Money
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent is accused of bankrolling his lavish lifestyle with money seized from drug dealers. Scott M. Bowman, 44, has been charged with stealing more than $100,000 confiscated from suspected drug dealers, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Bowman is accused of spending…