Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Is New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly in line for the top Homeland Security post? Kelly said he’s spent time in Washington D.C., but added Sunday, “I know it’s wise to keep my mouth shut at this time,” Kelly told CBS’s “Face the Nation.” But pressure is building against Kelly, whose…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI informant who provided vital information about an alleged bribe to get a state senator on the New York City mayoral ballot has his own troubles, NBC 4 New York reports. NBC 4 identified the informant as real estate developer Moses Stern, 40, who is accused of orchestrating a fraudulent real…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A division of the Department of Homeland Security spied and kept records on the Occupy Wall Street protests, even when they were peaceful the Huffington Post reports. More than 250 records obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund show the federal government was keeping close tabs on protesters. “Taken together, the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The head of the FBI’s New York office during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks will share his horrifying experience of being at ground zero and watching the towers fall at an event in Florida, the Palm Beach Post reports. Barry Mawn plans to also talk about the aftermath of the attack at…
No matter how many times you do it, you can’t train enough for a terrorism attack. There’s always variables that can arise during the real thing that never came up during training. The more you train, the more variables you can anticipate. By Tom Hays Associated Press NEW YORK — The FBI was scrambling. Agents…
After Sept. 11, 2001, New York City assembled one darn impressive counter-terrorism unit. Christopher Dickey, a Newsweek correspondent, takes an in depth look at the department in his latest book. By DWIGHT GARNER New York Times Book Review Roland Emmerich’s 1998 remake of “Godzilla,” starring Matthew Broderick and Jean Reno, was a hapless piece of…
