Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A political consultant who was the subject of a nationwide search had the necessary material for an improvised bomb in his San Francisco apartment. The Los Angeles Times reports that the FBI found explosive powder, wires for a detonator, ball bearings and a motor in Ryan Chamberlain’s apartment. What’s unclear is what…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A San Francisco political consultant who was at the center of a nationwide manhunt because he was suspected of possessing explosives has been captured. The Los Angeles Times reports that Ryan Kelly Chamberlin II, 42, was arrested near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the FBI said late Monday. Chamberlin is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is searching for a man suspected of possessing explosives in San Francisco. The USA Today reports that federal agents, police and investigators in hazmat suits were searching the apartment of Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, 42, on Sunday. The FBI issued a national alert for Chamberlain, who is considered armed and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security arrested more than 600 suspected gang members in what is being called the largest gang crackdown ever by the agency, the Associated Press reports. The operation, dubbed “Project Southbound,” involved Ice agents and local authorities in 179 cities, leading the arrest of 638 suspected gang members between March and April….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Separate corruption investigations led to the arrests of two public officials in North Carolina and California and to the raid of the office of a New York state senator, the Washington Post reports. Hundreds of federal agents descended on offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, arresting several people including state Democratic…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Fears of terrorism initially spread after someone intentionally set fire to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco last week. But CBS SF reports that the suspect, 39-year-old Yan Feng, may have been suffering from mental health problems after he told FBI agents that he was hearing voices in Chinese. Feng was charged…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities knew him as the “Dread Pirate Roberts” and the founder of the largest online marketplace for illegal drugs. His sophisticated site, called Silk Road, made it nearly impossible for authorities to trace him or the users because of an encryption network and digital currency called “bitcoin.” But FBI agents finally tracked…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A lawsuit alleging that the National Security Agency violated the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens now includes claims against new FBI Director James Comey, Bloomberg reports. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which filed the original lawsuit in July, alleges the NSA, with the help of the Justice Department and FBI, surreptitiously collected information…
