Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police are expected to file formal charges soon against the FBI agent who was arrested in Pakistan after authorities said he tried to carry ammunition and a knife onto a plane in Karachi. The Associated Press reports that a judge on Saturday urged police to file the charges by May 19, the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Averting an escalating diplomatic spat, Pakistan freed an FBI agent who was arrested in Pakistan after authorities said he tried to carry ammunition, knives and electronic devices onto a plane in Karachi. The Associated Press reports that Joel Cox, of the Miami Field Office, released on nearly $10,000 bail, just three days…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent on temporary duty in Pakistan was arrested on anti-terrorism charges after authorities found ammunition in his luggage as he boarded a plane in Karachi, the Washington Post reports. The agent is being held in jail until at least Saturday as Pakistani officials investigate the discovery Monday of 15 bullets…
By Peter Finn Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — On Sept. 11, 2001, the core of al-Qaeda was concentrated in a single city: Karachi, Pakistan. At a hospital, the accused mastermind of the bombing of the USS Cole was recovering from a tonsillectomy. Nearby, the alleged organizer of the 2002 bombing in Bali, Indonesia, was…
