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Colo. Man Charged With Supporting Overseas Terrorist Group
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested a Colorado man over the weekend at Chicago O’Hare Airport on charges of providing and attempting to provide support to a Pakistani-based terrorism group. Jamshid Muhtorov, aka Abumumin Turkistony, aka Abu Mumin, 35, of Aurora, Colorado, who is a refugee of Uzbekistant. Authorities charged that Muhtorov indicated that…
Ex-CIA Officer Accused of Leaks Involving Terror Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former CIA officer, who helped track down and capture a big terror suspect, was charged Monday with repeatedly disclosing classified information to journalists, including the name of a covert CIA officer and information revealing the role of another CIA employee in classified activities, the Justice Department said. The charges were…
Supreme Court Rules Police Must Have Search Warrant Before Using GPS Device
By Robert Barnes Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must obtain a search warrant before using a GPS device to track criminal suspects. But the justices left for another day larger questions about how technology has altered a person’s expectation of privacy. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the government…
Public Corruption Probes Up in Colorado, FBI Says
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It may not be Chicago, but the Denver FBI is now investigating more than a dozen cases of public corruption in Colorado, Wyoming and Indian country, reports the Denver Post. That number is up from three years ago, when the bureau launched a special hotline for tips on public corruption At…
Series of Church Vandalism May Be Hate Crimes
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is taking part in the investigation in what might be a series of hate crimes, reports WBIR. The investigation revolves around the vandalism of three churches and a former church in West Knox County The FBI has joined in the investigation of vandalism at three churches and a vacant…
FBI: Fed Reserve Employee Stole Computer Code
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A New York computer programmer was arrested and charged with stealing proprietary software code this week, reports the website TechWorld.com. But the software he allegedly stole didn’t belong to just anyone; it belonged to the federal reserve. Bo Zhang is charged with stealing software code, known as the Government-Wide Accounting and…
Website Founder Pleads Not Guilty
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Several days after the feds shutdown the popular file-sharing website Megaupload.com in an anti-piracy operation, the site’s founder claimed he was not guilty, reports Reuters. Kim Dotcom pleaded not guilty at a court hearing in New Zealand to piracy and money laundering. Prosecutor Anne Toohey told a court at Dotcom’s bail…
Appeals Court Rules Against DEA Agent Who Shot Himself
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DEA Agent Lee Paige was pegged as being somewhat of a loser when a video began circulating of him shooting himself while demonstrating how to use a gun in 2004 in front Florida school-aged children. Now Gosh Darn it, the guy just can’t win. The Associated Press reports that Paige lost…