Ali Soufan was an FBI special agent from 1997 to 2005. By ALI H. SOUFAN New York Times Op-Ed SINCE Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York announced that he no longer favored trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, in a Manhattan federal court because of logistical concerns, the Obama administration has come under…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some Arabic flashcards are at the center of a lawsuit against the FBI, police and the Transportation Security Administration. The Associated Press is reporting that a student is suing the agencies after he was handcuffed at Philadelphia International Airport in August and questioned about his Arabic flash cards. The AP reported…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com So much for it just being a game. The Associated Press reports that the FBI in 1989-90 investigated a number of threatening letters sent to Chuck Daly, the coach of the Detroit Pistons, a team that was known then as the “Bad Boys” because of its rough play. “The 67 pages,…
Trouble is brewing in Mississippi. FBI agent Hal Neilson on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges he failed to disclose his hidden interest in a leased FBI office he headed up in Oxford, Miss. He claims the U.S. Attorney had it out for him for being a whistle blower. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal takes…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Agent James W. McJunkin is taking over the ever important spot at headquarters as assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division at headquarters. He moves up from his post as one of the division’s deputy assistant directors. “Jim has extensive experience and a record of success in managing counterterrorism…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Pakistani neuroscientist, who disrupted her New York trial with multiple outbursts, was convicted Wednesday of attempted murder for trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Authorities charged that Aafia Siddiqui, 37, of grabbing grabbed an M4 rifle in an Afghanistan police station…
By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — Which is it now — imminent terrorist threat, or no threat? Certain or uncertain? Only last month U.S. intelligence officials were saying the Nigerian underwear bomber slipped through their nets because they didn’t think al Qaeda could or would mount another attack here. Yesterday, they warned that a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The allegation came on a tissue. The Associated Press is reporting that the five Washington, D.C. area men suspected of terrorism, who are being held in Pakistan, scribbled allegations on a tissue that they were subjected to electric shocks and other torture by the FBI and Pakistani police. The AP reported…
