FBI Agent Sued in Botched Mission to Rescue Hostage in Houston
An FBI agent who shot and killed a hostage during a botched rescue mission in Houston in January has been sued.
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Ex-FBI Agent’s Family Feels ‘Betrayed’ by White House Over Handling of Prisoner Exchange
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of Robert Levinson, the former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran nine years ago, lashed out at the Obama administration Monday for failing to notify them that their loved one was not part of a prisoner exchange. In separate interviews, Robert Levinson’s wife, Christine, criticized the administration after they…
FBI Helped Facilitate Ransom Exchange Between Americans, al Qaeda
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI helped facilitate ransom payments to al Qaeda from the family of Warren Weinstein, an American who was kidnapped at gunpoint and held hostage for four years before being killed in a U.S. drone strike, CNN reports. “Over the three and a half year period of Warren’s captivity, the…
Former Lead FBI Hostage Negotiator Joins George Washington University Task Force
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Chris Voss, a former lead hostage negotiator for the FBI, was named a senior fellow at the George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security. Voss will join the center’s Counterterrorism and Intelligence Task Force, according to PR Newswire. “I am honored to become a Senior Fellow with the CCHS…
Man Gets Probation for Taking Hostage by Knifepoint at FBI Office in Salt Lake City
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man who took a hostage at gunpoint at the FBI’s office in Salt Lake City in an attempt to get help from the bureau has been sentenced to three years of probation, the Salt Lake City Tribune reports. Robert Joseph Hibbard, 43, avoided jail in a plea agreement with prosecutors…
Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping to Get FBI’s Attention in Salt Lake City
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Robert Joseph Hibbard wanted so much to talk with the FBI about his ex-wife’s death that he took a hostage at the bureau’s Salt Lake City office and demanded to talk to investigators in September 2012. The 43-year-old pleaded guilty but mentally ill Monday to a kidnapping charge, the Salt Lake Tribune…
Ex-FBI Agent Becomes Longest-Held American Hostage Ever After Disappearing in Iran in 2007
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Robert Levinson vanished 2,456 days ago. That makes the retired FBI agent the longest-held American hostage, according to the New York Daily News. Journalist Terry Anderson was held hostage for 2,454 days. He was freed in 1991 by the Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to the Daily News. Levinson worked at the…
FBI: Alabama Hostage-Taker Was Ready to Detonate Explosive Devices
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Alabama man who took a boy hostage in an underground bunker for days had two explosive devices ready to detonate, the FBI said Tuesday, the Miami Herald reports. The FBI also revealed that a firefight ensued as FBI agents rushed the bunker to save the boy who turns 6 today. The…
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