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FBI Arrests 3 Brooklyn Men Accused of Planning to Join ISIS
The FBI on Wednesday arrested three Brooklyn men accused of planning to join ISIS and commit acts of terrorism, the bureau announced Wednesday. If their plans with ISIS didn’t work out, two of them intended to launch terror attacks in New York, the federal government alleged in a complaint unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn….
FBI Offers $3M Reward for Information on Most Wanted Cyber Criminal
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is offering some serious cash for information leading to the arrest of the bureau’s most wanted cyber criminal. Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, 31, is accused of hacking 1 million computers in the U.S. and internationally. Newsweek reports that the FBI is offering $3 million for information on capturing Bogachev, who…
‘Jihadi John’ Identified As London Resident with Computer Programming Degree
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com His face covered in a black balaclava, “Jihadi John” is the menacing figure seen in Islamic State videos beheading several foreign hostages. The New York Times reports this morning that the man has been identified as British resident Mohammed Emwazi, a graduate of the University of Westminster with a degree in…
Parker: UK Study Shows High Potency Pot Users Have Triple the Rate of Psychosis
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com A British study found recently that the risk of first time psychosis among users of high THC cannabis was three times greater than…
Secret Service to Conduct Exercises with Drones in Washington D.C. Area
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service is planning to hold drone exercises in the Washington D.C. area over the next few weeks, Bloomberg reports. The agency said in a statement Tuesday that it plans “a series of exercises involving unmanned aircraft systems” in the restricted airspace of Washington. Secret Service declined further comment. The meeting…
Justice Department Closes Trayvon Martin Shooting Case without Civil Rights Charges
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The federal investigation into the shooting death three years ago of Trayvon Martin has ended without hate-crime charges against the gunman, George Zimmerman, The New York Times reports. The Justice Department closed the civil rights investigation. The family is devastated, said Benjamin L. Crump, the lawyer for Martin’s family. “This…
Justice Department Threatens to Prosecute Supporters of ISIS on Social Media
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As ISIS turns more to social media to recruit future terrorists, the Justice Department made clear that it would prosecute people who help the extremists spread the message, The Daily Beast reports. What remains unclear is where the government where draw the line between free speech and support of a terrorist…
FBI Names Angela Byers As New Special Agent in Charge of Cincinnati Office
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Cincinnati’s FBI office has a new leader. Angela Byers, who was chief of the financial crimes section of the Criminal Investigation Division at FBI headquarters, was named as the new special agent in charge of the Cincinnati division, The Biz Journal reports. Byers is replacing Kevin Cornelius, who led the office…