By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When it comes to drones, it’s safe to say that law enforcement has looked the other way on many occasions. Not this time. A man accused of operating a drone that crash landed at the White House last week may be charged for violating national defense airspace, CNN reports. The flyer,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With the security breaches of recent, this is not very heartening. ABC News reports that a small drone was found on the White House grounds overnight. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the situation “does not pose any sort of ongoing threat,” according to ABC News. The Secret Service is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Moroccan national accused of plotting an attack with a radio-controlled model airplane was arrested Monday by FBI agents, the CTPost.com reports. El Mehdi Semlali Fahti, 27, is accused of plotting to crash the plane into a school and a Connecticut federal building. FBI agents said they found wires and tools inside…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s a like a drone for the ocean. Homeland Security is testing a six-foot-long robotic fish that is designed to find contraband in a ship’s hull, The Rancher reports. Equipped with sophisticated sensors, the BIOSwimmer is shaped like a tuna and highly maneuverable. Serving as the launching ground for the robotic fish…
John E. Sununu Washington Post Columnist A year ago, Attorney General Eric Holder first spoke in public about the Obama administration’s program to target and kill US citizens overseas. At the time, it seemed an extraordinary assertion of power, and certainly one that no president had previously dared to make. Holder’s speech was intended to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. drones continue to pick off targets in Pakistan. CNN reports that a drone killed al Qaeda’s number 2 guy — Abu Yahya al-Libi. CNN reported that the hit was one of the most significant hits since the killing of Osama Bin Laden. “There is no one who even comes close…
By Sebastian Rotella ProPublica CHICAGO—Confessed terrorist David Coleman Headley was so eager to cooperate after his 2009 arrest that he worked with FBI agents to try to engineer the capture of a suspected mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks and proposed setting up another kingpin for a missile strike, according to testimony in federal court…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Lone Star state’s air space is about to get a little more activity. Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, testified at a Senate hearing Tuesday that an unarmed reconnaissance drone plane will fly over Texas to bolster security at a time when the drug violence along the…
