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FBI Agents May Be Forced to Testify in Military Court About Alleged Attempt to Turn Defense Lawyer into Informant
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is under fire for its alleged handling of defense lawyers for the accused 9/11 terrorists, and the agents may be forced to testify about it in military war court at Guantanamo Bay, the Washington Free Beacon reports. The news comes after court proceedings abruptly ended on Monday after defense lawyers…
One-Year Anniversary of Boston Marathon Bombings Brings Unanswered Questions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One year after twin pressure cooker bombs detonated at the Boston Marathon bombings, many questions remain. Why did federal authorities miss an opportunity to act on a warning from Russia that bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was becoming radicalized? How much of a role did his younger brother, Dzhokhar, play in attack? Would…
White Supremacist Accused in Shootings at Jewish Site in Kansas City Has No Record of Violence
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Frazier Glenn Cross rarely missed an opportunity to espouse his white-supremacist beliefs. But local and federal authorities are having a hard time finding evidence that the 73-year-old Army veteran and retired truck driver with ties to the KKK ever resorted to violence, the Associated Press reports. That was until Sunday, when he…
FBI Tried to Enlist Member of 9/11 Defense Team, Prompting Abrupt Recess in Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Did the FBI try to turn a defense team security officer into a secret informant? The question, which was raised by defense lawyers at the first 9/11 hearing of the year Monday, was enough to prompt a judge to abruptly recess the case, the Miami Herald reports. Defense lawyers argued that the…
FBI Plans to Have 52 Million Photos in Its Facial Recognition Database by 2015
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If all goes as planned, the FBI’s facial recognition database will include 52 million photos by 2015, the Verge reports. That’s an increase of more than three-fold from the 16 million that were in the database in the middle of 2013. Of those, 4.3 million images were for “non-criminal purposes,” according to…
FBI Video Warns American Students of Efforts to Recruit Them as Spies in 28-Minute Video
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has released a 28-minute video intended to warn American students preparing to study abroad about the dangers of being recruited by foreign intelligence agencies. The video is a dramatization of Glenn Duffie Shriver, an American who accepted money from Chinese intelligence officers while living in China. Shriver was convicted in…
Scott S. Smith Named As New Special Agent in Charge of FBI’s Pittsburgh Office
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Pittsburgh office has a new special agent in charge. On Monday, the FBI named Scott S. Smith, a veteran agent with ties to northern Ohio, as the office’s new leader, replacing Doug Perdue, a two-year veteran of the post who is embarking on an assignment in Washington D.C., the Pittsburgh…
Ex-Homeland Security Supervisor Suspected of Using Government Credit Card to Gamble
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Homeland Security supervisor is accused of using his government-issued credit card to gamble at a West Virginia casino. WHAG News reports that Gene Protogiannis, 55, of Virginia, has been indicted on 45 counts of wire fraud for allegedly using his card in 2013 to obtain cash advances at the Hollywood…