FBI: Man Tried to Detonate Bomb in Oklahoma City, But It Was Fake
The FBI arrested a 23-year-old Oklahoma man after the FBI said he tried to detonate what he thought was a vehicle bomb targeting a bank in Oklahoma City.
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Trump Warned Months Ago of White Supremacist Violence ‘Over the Next Year’
Homeland Security warned President Trump’s administration as recently as May about the potential for violence by white supremacists and other ultra-conservative groups.
FBI Raids Home of Driver Who Slammed into Anti-Racist Protesters
The FBI raided the home of the white supremacist charged with driving his car into a crowd of anti-racists protesters in Charlottesville, Va., killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others.
AG Sessions: Car Attack in Charlottesville ‘Does Meet the Definition of Domestic Terrorism’
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said this morning that an Ohio driver who plunged into a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va., “does meet the definition of domestic terrorism.”
Ex-FBI Agent: Charging Portland Suspect with Hate Crimes Is ‘Sticky’
The FBI is trying to determine whether federal charges are warranted in the case of the 35-year-old man who stabbed three people on a Portland train after yelling expletives at two women he believed to be Muslims.
FBI Spoke with Bombing Suspect Rahami While He Was Recovering from Gunshot Wounds
The FBI spoke for days with the man charged with setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey.
New South Florida FBI Chief Says Terrorism is Biggest Threat, Priority
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Even in Florida, terrorism is the FBI’s top concern. So said south Florida’s new special agent in charge, George Piro, 46. “Our biggest threat domestically is homegrown, violent extremists, and it’s no different here in South Florida,” Piro said, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Following in the footsteps of his predecessors, Piro…
U.S. Probes Potential for Domestic Terrorism in Light of Military Involvement in Syria
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the prospect of U.S. military involvement in Syria raises, the House Homeland Security Committee plans to meet Tuesday to discuss the potential domestic security implications, The Star-Ledger reports. Authorities are worried that a military strike would inflame anti-American sentiments and prompt a terrorist attack. “In light of the atrocities witnessed in…