By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Attorney Gen. Eric Holder came to Afghanistan on Wednesday to talk to officials about the justice system and public corruption, which seems to be running rampant, the Associated Press reported. AP reported that Holder’s visit comes in wake of Afghan’s top prosecutor’s denial that he was being pressured to look the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Members of the Justice Department, FBI and DEA in Afghanistan are getting a first hand look at corruption and how certain citizens are being protected from prosecution and arrest, the Washington Post reports. The Post reports that the Afghanistan government has repeatedly derailed criminal investigations of connected citizens. The U.S. investigators…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Pakistani born man raised in New York, who became the first person to ever be extradited from the United Kingdom on terrorism charges, pleaded guilty Tuesday in New York to providing material support to al Qaeda. Syed Hashmi aka “Fahad” admitted providing air fare to help someone deliver protective gear…
Gordon Snow/ fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Gordon M. Snow, a Detroit native, gets a bump up, going from deputy assistant director of the agency’s Cyber Division to assistant director of the division, which protects U.S. from cyber attacks and high tech crimes. “The FBI considers the cyber threat against our nation…
There’s no question there is a terrorism problem in this region. The real question is: Is the U.S. efforts really going to be enough to address the problem? By Griff Witte Washington Post Staff Writer KABUL –– The arrest in Pakistan of five Americans who authorities say may have been on their way to terrorist…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A DEA internal memo has identified the names of three agents who were killed in Afghanistan Monday in a helicopter crash that also claimed the lives of seven U.S. Service members. The helicopter had just taken off from a drug raid and battle with the Taliban. But there was…
The FBI has generally avoided charges of impropriety when it comes to arrests overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq. But this former New Orleans resident and a Lebanese man claim they were subjected to cold temperatures in holding areas and put in tight bindings and a hood while being transported for 18 hours –all for a white…
It’s tricky going after the home grown crop that not only supports the Taliban efforts, but also supports the every day farmers. Not everyone in Afghanistan is cheering over the arrival of more DEA agents. By Josh Meyer Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON – – The U.S. government is dramatically expanding a long-neglected second front in…
