By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI and ATF have joined the probe in Mexico into a July 15 car bomb in the border town of Juarez that killed three people, the El Paso Times reported. The bomb, made of C-4 plastic, was detonated by cell phone. It was the first time drug cartels had used…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI in Denver has a new home and it’s built to fend off unwanted guests. The Associated Press reports that the new field office is a four-story, glass tower with a lobby that has bomb proof glass, fencing that can stop a moving truck and pillars that can withstand a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The failed Times Square car bomb incident has led the FBI to the Northeast sector of the country where agents have executed search warrants, CNN reported, saying cash couriers seemed to be the target. The raids took place in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. By afternoon the Justice Department had…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — James Cavanaugh, who recently retired as a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives official after 33 years, Monday shared his insights into the Times Square car bomb with AOL News. Cavanaugh said he thought the culprit or culprits likely had international ties. He also said he…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Down in Dallas, the story behind the Jordanian teenager who wanted to blow up a skyscraper is beginning to sound more and more like a plot out of the popular Fox Tv show “24”. The Dallas Morning News reports that an FBI agent testified that the teen had researched how to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — I just finished watching the first episode of ABC’s “Homeland Security USA” and I can honestly say the best thing about it was the Domino’s Pizza commercial about its new baked submarine sandwiches. Simply put: ABC deserves a D. The show falls flat. Sure there’s some drugs seized and…
