Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Charges of anti-Muslim teachings have spread beyond FBI training sessions, reports Wired.com. The tech magazine’s national security blog Danger Room has obtained a power point presentation made by an intelligence analyst working for the U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Pennsylvania warning of a “civilizational jihad” waged in the U.S. by…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com There’s no shortage of hate. Take Cody Crawford, a self described Christian warrior. The 24-year-old Oregon man has been charged with a hate crime for a November firebombing of a Mosque in Corvallis, Ore., the Associated Press reports. Authorities allege that Crawford is a “potential major contributor” of DNA to a…
Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer, is a senior fellow in the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution. His most recent book is “Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad.” By Bruce Riedel Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Page Al Qaeda has just released the latest in its series of how-to guides…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Homegrown terrorists just keep popping up. The FBI on Tuesday night arrested a 26-year-old Chicago man, Shaker Masri, an American citizen, who allegedly had plans to travel to Somalia to fight with a terrorist group linked to al Qaeda and become a suicide bomber, authorities said. Masri, who lived in the…
The U.S. Attorney in North Carolina said it was a reminder that terrorists “can grow and fester right here at home.” The question is, how much of a threat were these people? Hopefully in coming days and weeks we’ll get a sense. By The Associated Press A North Carolina man trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan…
