By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey knows a thing or two about being a victim of a crime. While a high school senior, Comey was held captive in his Allendale, New Jersey home by a notorious criminal known as “Ramsey rapist” in 1977. Comey made the comments on “60 Minutes” while talking about…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The masked executioner shown on video beheading two American journalists and a British aid worker has been identified by the FBI, the New York Daily News reports. “I believe we have identified him,” Director James Comey said Thursday. The FBI didn’t disclose the name of the militant, who has a British…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said he’s worried that more Americans are at risk of being kidnapped by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, CBS News reports. “We are deeply concerned about the safety and security of American citizens worldwide,” Comey said in his written testimony ahead of a hearing in…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com On the eve of the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2011, terrorist attacks, FBI Director James Comey pledged to continue fighting terrorism as the bureau’s top priority, the Arizona Republic reports. “We made a promise to the American people 13 years ago … that we would do everything we can…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey addressed the shooting of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson during a visit to the bureau’s Salt Lake City office Tuesday, saying agents are on the ground looking for answers, the Associated Press reports. “We have flooded the area,” Comey said. The director declined to divulge specifics of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said it’s impossible to gauge how many Americans are joining Islamic insurgents in Syria but emphasized that the threat is urgent, the Associated Press reports. Comey said he’s concerned about what he called “lone wolves,” or people who are connecting online with others interested in jihad. Those people…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While visiting the bureau’s St. Louis office, FBI Director James Comey pledged to help police chiefs in the region combat violent crime, St. Louis Public Radio reports. St. Louis Metropolitan Police chief Sam Dotson asked for help with chronic gun offenders. “Missouri, in my opinion, has some of the more lax gun…
By DEVLIN BARRETT and KIRSTEN GRIND Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—In extracting multibillion-dollar fines from Citigroup Inc. and other big banks, prosecutors say they are trying to deter future corporate wrongdoing by making shareholders angry enough to demand changes. It is a significant shift in tone for the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation, which…
