Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Saudi Arabian man was arrested at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Monday after authorities say he changed his story about why he carried a pressure cooker onto a plane, Reuters reports. Hussain al-Khawahir, 33, first said he was taking the pressure cooker to a nephew. “The Defendant then changed his story…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI failed to tell Boston police about Russia’s 2011 warning that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the two accused bombers, was becoming radicalized, the New York Times report. Had police known, they would have investigated, said Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis. “We would certainly look at the individual,” Commissioner Davis told the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama is dismissing criticism that the FBI mishandled the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, the Associated Press reports. The comments come as Republicans prepare for an oversight hearing on the investigation. “There are going to be times where individuals decide they want to cause harm to people for crazy…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Boston Marathon Bombing suspects planned to detonate the devices on July 4 but opted for the race because that’s when they finished making the explosives, the USA Today reports. During a hospital interview with the surviving suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev suggested the brothers finished making the bomb sooner than they had expected…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The first congressional hearings begins next in the case of the Boston Marathon bombing, the National Journal reports. The House Homeland Security plans to examine the attack and federal law enforcement response. Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said the investigation also focuses on the potential security breakdown among agencies, the National Journal…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents Monday visited the Rhode Island home of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s and left with several bags. Katherine Russell married Tsarnaev three years ago and was reportedly questioned about how much she knew about the attack. “The FBI is there as part of our ongoing investigation, but we aren’t…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating “persons of interest” in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, the Washington Post reports. “There are persons of interest in the United States,” Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, the top Democrat on the committee, told ABC News. “We’re looking at phone calls before and after the bombing, this…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been moved out of a Boston hospital and taken to the Federal Medical Center in Ft. Devens, a U.S. Marshals Service said, NPR reports. “The Federal Medical Center (FMC) Devens is an administrative facility housing male offenders requiring specialized or long-term medical or mental…
