Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Friends of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev knew he had materials to build a bomb, an FBI agent testified Thursday, WBUR reports. The testimony of FBI agent Farbod Azad came during the obstruction trial of Azamat Tazhayakov, who is accused of interfering with the investigation along with two other friends. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Tired of the FBI’s refusal to describe what happened when an agent shot and killed Ibragim Todashev in an Orlando condo, the ACLU is urging Florida authorities to investigate, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The ACLU also wants to know about the Orlando police officer who was at the condo when the May…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has blocked the release of the autopsy report of the Chechen man killed by an FBI agent during an investigation in May, the Boston Globe reports. Ibragim Todashev, a friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, was in his Orlando apartment when the agent shot and killed him. …
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Richard DesLauriers, who has led the Boston FBI office since July 2010, announced he’s retiring from the bureau and taking a job in the private sector, The Boston Globe reports. DesLauriers, who most recently led the response to the Boston Marathon bombings, will retire effective July 13 as he prepares to take…
By Denver Post Editorial Board The clouds of conflicting stories surrounding the police killing of a friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects need to be cleared, officially and with some dispatch. While we understand there are ongoing investigations into the shooting of Ibragim Todashev during questioning, authorities should quickly release an explanation…
Steve Neavling ticklthewire.com U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham sharply criticized law enforcement’s information-sharing system during the probe into the deadly Boston Marathon bombings, Business Insider reports. Graham said the system should have picked up on the suspicious activity of bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Graham also urged federal agencies to “up our game.” “When one of these…
