Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is worried that Americans are becoming radicalized by al-Qaeda-linked militant groups while fighting in the Syrian civil war, the Associated Press reports. Some estimates place the number of Americans involved in the conflict at a couple dozen. Feds have already arrested at least three Americans this year for planning to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the prospect of U.S. military involvement in Syria raises, the House Homeland Security Committee plans to meet Tuesday to discuss the potential domestic security implications, The Star-Ledger reports. Authorities are worried that a military strike would inflame anti-American sentiments and prompt a terrorist attack. “In light of the atrocities witnessed in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is stepping up its surveillance of Syrians inside the U.S. because of fears of a terrorist attack in retaliation for American military involvement in the country’s affairs, the New York Times reports. Also of concern are cyberattacks, which officials warned federal agencies and private companies about in recent days. Syria…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In an eye-brow raising ruling likely to get challenged, a federal judge in Washington ruled Wednesday that the Bank of China can be sued for allegedly supporting terrorism in a 2006 suicide bombing case in Israel, the Washington Post reported. Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth, in an 118-page ruling,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. government scored a victory in the deportation of a Syrian-born Canadian Maher Arar who was deported to Syria after being arrested in New York for being a suspected terrorist, the Canwest newservice reported. The 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals rejected Arar’s bid to sue the U.S. over his case,…
