By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There’s was nothing particularly shocking — or for that matter new — in FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III’s speech Thursday, but it was another reminder of the havoc and mischief we can expect via cyber attacks against business and government in the future. Terrorism remains the FBI’s top priority,” Mueller…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s something bound to cause a stir and heighten anxiety: CNN reported Monday that a British court granted bail to a radical cleric Abu Qatada, who is accused of having links to al Qaeda. CNN reported that Abu Qatada has been imprisoned for years and has been fighting deportation to Jordan…
James Cavanaugh was an ATF agent and supervisor for 33 years before retiring in 2010. By James Cavanaugh For ticklethewire.com Law-enforcement, security and intelligence professionals must have a forward-looking approach in the current climate of world events. Now is the time for police and intelligence personnel to think critically about the year ahead. While…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Massachusetts man is facing life in prison after being convicted on Tuesday in Boston federal court on terrorism charges. After 10 hours of deliberation, the federal jury convicted Tarek Mehanna of conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaeda, to commit murder in a foreign country and to charges of providing false…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s not everyday that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III jumps into the political fray. But the Associated Press reports that Mueller on Monday fired off a letter to lawmakers raising concerns about a proposed defense bill that would require military custody for someone captured who is suspected of…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Did police, district attorneys and Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg inflate the importance of a recent terror suspect arrest? A New York magazine report suggests that was possibility. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., and Mayor Bloomberg announced the arrest of Jose Pimentel at a city hall news…
Salam Al-Marayati is president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. By Salam Al-Marayati Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Page We in the Muslim American community have been battling the corrupt and bankrupt ideas of cults such as Al Qaeda. Now it seems we also have to battle pseudo-experts in the FBI and the Department of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com On tv, radio and on the Internet, pro and con opinions are rapidly cropping up over the assassination in Yemen of Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical U.S.-born Muslim cleric. Plenty folks in the U.S. were simply elated. Period. But others are questioning whether the U.S. has stepped over the line by assassinating the…
