By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The badly burned underwear bomber told authorities as he was led away on Christmas Day that there was a second bomb aboard the Northwest plane that have arrived from Amsterdam, when in fact there was not, the Associated Press reported. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab made incriminating statements to Customs officials…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There are those who are trying to figure out how to help the folks in Haiti. And then there are those who are trying to figure out how scam the charity-minded people. On Friday, the FBI arrested a suburban Detroit man who impersonated an FBI agent collecting money for Haiti, WDIV…
The use of FBI informants in mosques is causing a lot of tension around the country between Muslims and the FBI. Here’s one of those instances. BY NIRAJ WARIKOO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER DETROIT — He called himself Jabril. Two years ago, a white man who claimed he was an ex-con and convert to Islam…
Yes, more than 8 years after the infamous Sept. 11, 2001 attack, the friendly skies still have the potential to be pretty darn scary. Here’s a Detroit Free Press account of the incident as told by some passengers. BY NAOMI R. PATTON Detroit Free Press Staff Writer DETROIT — Most of the passengers on Northwest…
Ex-Prosecutor Convertino By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Detroit assistant U.S. Attorney doesn’t have to provide his emails in a controversial lawsuit involving a former colleague who is suing the Justice Department over leaks to the Detroit Free Press. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Washington ruled earlier this month that former federal…
The Justice Department and FBI need to continually work on the relationship with the Arab-American and Muslim communities no matter how strained things get. It’s good for both sides. And no better place to make a speech like this than in the Detroit area, home to one of the largest, if not thee largest, Arab-American…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The fishy goings on involving ousted Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick continues to surface. The Detroit Free Press reported that the FBI and IRS in August contacted the chairman of Detroit-based Compuware in August to inquire about a $240,000 loan he and other businessmen made to Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick was forced to resign,…
