By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President elect-Donald Trump and his family want to spend time at Trump Tower in New York, and that’s going to cost taxpayers some money, not to mention added inconvenience. The US Secret Service is considering renting one floor in Trump Tower and turning it into a 24-7 command center to protect…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Uber driver from Brooklyn was arrested Monday after authorities said he expressed support for attacking Times Square with a garbage truck. Mohamed Rafik Naji, 37, is also accused of traveling to Turkey and Yemen last year to join ISIS, the New York Daily News reports. Naji showed his support of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has issued warnings about possible terrorist attacks around Thanksgiving or the Inauguration. The bureau, however, said there are no reports of a specific attack, but potential targets may include areas where a lot of people gather, like shopping centers, public events and large venues. CBS News reports that Washington…
The FBI spoke for days with the man charged with setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Michael McGarrity recently served as the first director of the FBI’s Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, which is tasked with helping save U.S. nationals held hostage abroad. Now, FBI Director James Comey has appointed him special agent in charge of the Criminal Division for the FBI’s New York Field Office McGarrity joined the…
The father of the key suspect in the bombings in New York and New Jersey said he warned the FBI in 2014 that his son had become radicalized and “bad.”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is suspected of being involved in the bombing incidents over the weekend in New York and New Jersey, was arrested after being shot multiple times and wounded in a shootout with police in Linden, N.J. on Monday, ABC News and the New York Times report. The confrontation…
Authorities are on the hunt for 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is believed to be responsible for the Chelsea bombing over the weekend.
