By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With trial set to begin next week, a federal judge has ruled that an FBI agent accused of lying about his ownership in a building the FBI leased in Oxford, Miss., cannot allege in court that the charges were the result of a vendetta by then-U.S. Attorney Jim Greenlee, the Associated…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has a mystery on its hands: Who the heck keeps shooting at buildings overnight in Northern Virginia? The latest came either late Monday or early Tuesday when authorities discovered that someone had shot at a U.S. Coast Guard recruiting center in Woodbridge, Va., the Washington Post reports. Authorities are…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Detroit Free Press reports some puzzling matters surrounding the death of Detroit imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, who was shot and killed by four FBI agents during a raid in a suburban warehouse in Dearborn in October 2009. The paper reports that the four FBI agents were not interviewed by investigators…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The latest FBI sting involving a Northern Virginia man who was allegedly plotting to blow up subway stations in Northern Virginia highlights the complex relationship the Muslim community has with the FBI. Reporter William Wan of the Washington Post reports when news surfaced that the FBI on Wednesday had…
UPDATE: 1:05 p.m. –– The Associated Press reported that that the gunman who fired shots may have a grievance against the U.S. Marine Corps. At a press conference Friday , John Perren, acting head of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, said he believes the person has a grievance against the Marine Corps, but not those…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — The FBI decided to end its sting and arrest a Northern Virginia man now charged with plotting to blow up D.C. -area subway stations because it was concerned he was about to leave the country to go on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, according to a court document…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Imitation may be the most sincere form of flattery, but in the art world it’s not always seen that way. The FBI announced Monday that in July it had seized a fraudulent Andrew Wyeth painting “Snow Birds” from a New York auction house . The FBI said the fraudulent painting, which…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI said Tuesday it has opened an investigation into three mysterious shootings at buildings in Northern Virginia since Oct. 17, including the Pentagon. No one has been injured. The FBI said it has confirmed that shots fired at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., and the…
