A Kansas avionic technician who had restricted access to secure airport areas was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Monday for trying to detonate a car bomb at the airport in Wichita.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Kansas man pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to detonate a card bomb at the Wichita airport. Terry Lee Loewen, 59, caught the attention of authorities on social media after he began expressing support for violent jihad. He pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Fred Phelps, the founder of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, was no stranger to the FBI. In fact, The Hill reports that Phelps was “well known to the FBI,” according to his newly released 250-page bureau file. Phelps, who died in March 2014, first came on the FBI’s radar in 1967…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Republican governors have been under heat recently, and the latest is Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. The FBI is investigating whether Brownback confidantes were running an influence-peddling operation over getting people personal access to the governor, MSNBC reports. He’s far from the only Republican governor receiving scrutiny. According to MSNBC: New Jersey Gov….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former KKK leader is suspected of killing three people at two Jewish centers Sunday afternoon in Kansas. Frazier Glenn Cross, Jr., 73, is accused of shooting to death a 14-year-old Eagle Scout and his grandfather in the parking lot at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City campus in Overland…
By Lois Beckett ProPublica In mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons in-state without a federal license or any federal oversight. Kansas’ “Second Amendment Protection Act” backs up its states’ rights claims…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A word to the unwise: Don’t shoot at FBI agents. Nicholas Henry, 28, Kansas City, Kan., was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for attempting to kill an FBI agent and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. In his plea, Henry admitted that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary on Thursday gave the nod to U.S. Attorney nominees in California, Kansas and Pennsylvania, the website Main Justice reported. The matter now goes before the full Senate for a vote. The nominees include: Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California; Barry R. Grissom for Kansas…
