By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is monitoring nearly 150 Americans who traveled to Syria recently and may have joined armed groups, Reuters reports. FBI Director James Comey said he’s worried that Americans may return to the U.S. with training and connections to launch a terrorist attack on the homeland. “We have tracked coming up…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI went further than creating a bogus news site to capture a 15-year-old suspect accused of making bomb threats at a high school near Olympia, Washington. An FBI agent impersonated an Associated Press reporter in 2007 and asked the suspect to review a bogus AP article about threats directed at…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ORLANDO, Fla. — FBI Director James B. Comey delivered the key note address Monday at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Orlando, warning of the potential dangers of the “travelers” from around the world who are joining ISIS in battle. He also raised concerns domestically about the challenges…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that there’s no evidence that terrorists are trying to weaponize Ebola, The Hill reports. Comey had a one-word response when asked whether there was credible evidence of an Ebola threat from terrorists: “No.” Comey didn’t elaborate after a speech at the Brookings Institute. Some Republicans…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Apple’s privacy features on the new iPhone and iPad protect pedophiles, terrorists and other criminals because investigators can’t access the information, FBI Director James Comey said. The new encryption scrambles information as it travels through Apple services. Comey isn’t happy about that. “The notion that people have devices… that with court…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said it’s important that the government have the authority to access any American’s phone, he said in a “60 Minutes” interview. The New York Daily News reports that Comey struck a balanced tone, saying he also thought it was important for Americans to be “deeply skeptical” of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Does ISIS have the resources to strike the U.S.? FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that the terrorist organization has shown no “capacity or resources” to pull off such an attack, the Courier-Journal reports. Comey dismissed suggestions that the Obama administration missed the emergence of ISIS. “From the FBI’s perspective, I…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said he knows the identities of roughly a dozen Americans fighting alongside terrorists in Syria, Bloomberg reports. Comey said the bureau is prepared to track the U.S. citizens if they return. “Ultimately, an American citizen, unless their passport’s revoked, is entitled to come back,” Comey said in…
