By John Shiffman Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Several weeks after 9/11, the senior FBI agent in Harrisburg, George Venizelos, received an alarming tip: A terrorist planned to ride an Amtrak train from Philadelphia to the state capital, carrying an atomic bomb. In response, Amtrak closed the rail line and began searching. Venizelos soon received another…
UPDATE: Sunday, 3 p.m. — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said at a press conference that he doesn’t believe a second person wanted for questioning is directly involved in the shooting. “It was an attack not only against dedicated public servants but against citizens, one being a child,” Mueller said. “This was an attack…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fh_HNt5l_8 WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Baltimore Cop Among Two Dead in Night Club Shooting (AP) Detroit Feds Recommend Life Sentences in Biker Case (Detroit News) Fed Judge Allows Limited Release of Escort Black Book (Detroit News) Incendiary Mailings Spread from Maryland to D.C. (Washington Post) U.S. Demands Info on WikiLeaks Twitter Account (AP) Atty. Gen….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In response to a string of FBI stings around the country involving terrorist suspects, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III on Wednesday defended the tactic, calling it “absolutely essential” to public safety, according to the Associated Press. “We have been tremendously successful in thwarting attacks,” Mueller said at a news conference…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI agent testified Tuesday that a Neo-Nazi on trial in federal court in Chicago once posted potentially harmful information about a popular African American Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The agent’s testimony came in the trial of Neo-Nazi William White, who is charged with advocating…
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By Allan Lengel For AOL News With just hours to go before the ball drops, the FBI in New York says it knows of no credible terrorist threats involving the traditional New Year’s Eve celebration in Manhattan’s famed Times Square. “While there’s no credible threat, the FBI and NYPD, as they do every year, will…
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