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NPR: How Technology Helped FBI Agents Track Down Bombing Suspects
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Technology has come a long way since Atlanta’s Olympic Park bombing nearly 17 years ago, NPR explains in an audio cast. The FBI examined more than 10 terabytes of video and images from the Boston Marathon bombing. To put that into perspective, it would take one person more than five years to…
Night of Gun Battles Ends with Death of 1 Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect; Other Remains on the Loose
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A wild, bullet-riddled night ended this morning with the death of a campus police officer and one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing; the other bombing suspect was at large as of 8:30 a.m., the New York Times reported this morning. One of the suspects and an M.I.T. police officer…
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…
Republicans Bash Justice Department for Perceived Racism in Civil Rights Division
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Republican lawmakers lashed out at the Justice Department with accusations of racism and preferential treatment in the civil rights division, the Houston Chronicle reports. At a Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, former employees and a March Inspector General’s report were used to suggest the division was guided by race, not justice. “The IG report…
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…
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