By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Geek Squad these men were not, at least according to federal authorities in New York. The U.S. Attorney’s Office charged two former Brooklyn men with conspiring to provide material support to Al Qaeda that included providing computer advice, according to an indictment unsealed Friday. The men, Wesam El-Hanafi, 33, is…
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…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – A former Osama bin Laden associate is saying that bin Laden had no clue the U.S. would strike back as ferociously as it has since Sept. 11, 2001, WTOP radio in Washington reported. In what was billed as an exclusive interview, the radio station reported that Noman Benotman, who…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s really not enough that the goofy Qatari diplomat who caused a scare aboard a United Flight from D.C. to Denver Wednesday will voluntarily leave the country. The country of Qatar, at minimum, should pay for the two F-16 fighter jets that were scrambled in response to the man’s…
By Marc A. Thiessen Washington Post Op-Ed Would most Americans want to know if the Justice Department had hired mob lawyers and then put them in charge of mob cases? Of course. They would rightly want their elected representatives to find out who these lawyers were and what roles they were playing at Justice. Yet…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It seems after all that authorities did not capture California native Adam Gadahn, an al Qaeda spokesman listed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list. The initial reports in recent days was that Pakistani authorities had captured him. But instead American and Pakistani authorities identified the man who was captured in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Three men arrested in Ghana this week arrived in New York on Friday to face charges of trafficking cocaine through Africa to support terrorist organizations including al Qaeda and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the Drug Enforcement Administration said. It was the first time al Qaeda associates had been…
Federal authorities had hoped to wait to bust these guys once they started to look like they were actually kicking things in gear. But leaks forced them to act quicker. It will be interesting to see how this all unfolds. By Josh Meyer and Tina Susman Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Federal authorities have tied…
