By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A DEA sting resulted in authorities charging a group of people with plotting to move large shipments of drugs and weapons for the Taliban, authorities announced Monday. In court documents unsealed in New York, authorities charged seven people with conspiring to provide “various forms of support to DEA confidential sources whom…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, renewed her call Monday for the State Department to cough up more helicopters for the DEA in Afghanistan. The public call comes in wake of last week’s major airborne drug raid that netted more than…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds have arrested a Hawaiian man who traveled to Pakistan, hoping to join the Taliban or a similar group, the Associated Press reported. Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, 21, a U.S. citizen, who was arrested Friday in Honolulu, was charged with making false statements relating to international terrorism, AP reported. The criminal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — U.S. officials launched a multi-prong attack against the Pakistan Taliban, placing the group on the international terrorism black list while indicting its leader in the death of seven CIA employees last year on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. The State Department also announced that it was offering a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Pakistani man linked to a militant group in his country has told authorities he acted as an accomplice to the failed New York car bomber Faisal Shahzad, the Washington Post is reporting. The Post reported that the man, arrested by Pakistani authorities, has provided an “independent stream” of…
It’s tricky going after the home grown crop that not only supports the Taliban efforts, but also supports the every day farmers. Not everyone in Afghanistan is cheering over the arrival of more DEA agents. By Josh Meyer Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON – – The U.S. government is dramatically expanding a long-neglected second front in…
The Internet, which has become the wild west, is open to all including many we’d rather not see on there including the Taliban and al Qaeda. It’s a mixed blessing. In one way, authorities can get a better sense of what terrorists are up to. On the other hand, the Internet is a tool to…
Well, as the old addage goes, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. In this case, the spy firm, Rosetta Research and Consulting, helped the feds make their case, then got screwed. By Richard Leiby Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — After a federal jury in New York swiftly convicted a major Afghan heroin trafficker and Taliban…
