By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Frank Montoya, Jr., the section chief for the Counterintelligence Division at FBI headquarters, who worked on the Oklahoma bombing and Robert Hanssen spy case, has been named head of the bureau’s Honolulu Division. Montoya joined the FBI in 1991 and was first stationed in the San Antonio Field Office,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds have arrested a Hawaiian man who traveled to Pakistan, hoping to join the Taliban or a similar group, the Associated Press reported. Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, 21, a U.S. citizen, who was arrested Friday in Honolulu, was charged with making false statements relating to international terrorism, AP reported. The criminal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former engineer who worked on the B-2 Stealth bomb was convicted in Honolulu Monday of selling military secrets to China to help that nation develop a stealth cruise missile, the Associated Press reported. Authorities said the engineer, Noshir Gowadia,66, pocketed at least $110,000 from the transactions and used the money…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The man shot and wounded by an off-duty FBI agent in Honolulu on Sunday was brandishing an airsoft gun that shoots plastic pellets, but resembles a real gun, the Honolulu Star Bulletin reported. “The important thing is not what kind of weapon he was carrying, but the perception of the agent…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III has picked seasoned women agents to head FBI offices in San Francisco and Honolulu. The women are replacing women agents. Stephanie Douglas will head the San Francisco office and Charlene B. Thornton will take charge of the Honolulu office, the FBI said. Douglas…
