By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI’s James McJunkin told a Congressional Committee Thursday that the “principal lesson from the Mumbai attacks remains that a small number of trained and determined attackers with relatively unsophisticated weapons can do a great deal of damage.” “Last week’s attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahaore,…
The list keeps growing despite the FBI’s latest efforts to clean it up and remove people who shouldn’t be on there. Sadly, there are still probably plenty folks who shouldn’t be on there including children. It’s part of the constant balance between keeping us safe and going too far. By Peter Eisler USA TODAY WASHINGTON…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Yes, they’re back. The FBI began digging once again on Tuesday in East Farmingdale, N.Y., at a site where they hope to find the bodies of two men who were victims of mob hits, Newsday reported. The Long Island paper reported that agents were using a backhoe and front loader to…
Paul Sorce was a popular agent in Detroit. It was a sad ending to a promising career. BY CHRISTINA HALL and ZLATI MEYER Detroit Free Press DETROIT — A Detroit FBI agent who dedicated years to coaching youth football in the area, died Monday after his Chevrolet Trailblazer rolled over on Vernier in Harper Woods….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As if we haven’t gotten beaten down enough financially by the crippling economy. We’ve got two princes to help us out: Madoff and Stanford. The FBI issued a press release Monday asking for help in putting one of those princes away. The second one is already well on his…
This latest development doesn’t bode well for the cooperation between the U.S. and the nation of Paskistan, which is central to the war on terrorism. By Josh Meyer Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — — U.S. efforts to identify and thwart the growing threat posed by Pakistani extremists who enjoy easy access to the United States…
What better place to stage an overthrow of the government than Las Vegas, a place that probably has more money than our U.S. Treasury. By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Four members of an anti-government group have been arrested on charges that include money laundering, tax evasion and weapons possession, federal prosecutors said Friday….
The lead up to the Jan. 20 inauguration was more intense than any event before. Here’s a pretty good example of just how intense it was. By Spencer Hsu, Mary Beth Sheridan and Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to President Obama’s inauguration, U.S. law enforcement agencies huddled…
