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.
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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…
Women Dominate FBI’s List of Most Wanted Domestic Terrorists
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Five of the seven Americans most wanted for domestic terrorism by the FBI are women, the Business Insider reports. Among those wanted are Donna Joan Borup, an anti-apartheid protester who blinded a Port Authority officer; Joanne Deborah Chesimard, escaped from prison on charges of killing a state trooper; Josephine Sunshine Overaker, accused…
FBI Investigates Motive Behind Wisconsin Sikh Temple Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine whether a gunman who killed killed six people at a Wisconsin Sikh temple was committing an act of domestic terrorism, the Associated Press reports. FBI Special Agent in Charge Teresa Carlton said Sunday evening it’s unclear what prompted the attack. This morning, the FBI identified the…
Georgia Senior Citizens Arrested in Plots to Kill Feds, Local Cops and Others
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Four senior citizens, suspected of being members of a fringe militia group in Northern Georgia, may have been better off venting their frustrations with the federal government by occupying a metropolitan park. The four gents–Frederick Thomas, 73; Dan Roberts, 67; Ray Adams, 65; and Samuel Crump, 68–were arrested Tuesday by federal…