NYT Film Review: ‘(T)error’ Documentary ‘Leaves Too Much Unverified’
Though the film gains your trust, it leaves too much unverified
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A Look at the Top Terror Cases Handled by the FBI in 2013
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the FBI has been swamped cracking down on dangers from extremists. This year was no exception. Here is some of the FBI’s top terror cases of 2013: Airport bomb plot: A 58-year-old man was charged earlier this month with attempting to explode a car bomb at…
Lawmakers Propose Changes To Close Gap When Terror Suspect Enters U.S.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Lawmakers are trying to expand the surveillance powers of intelligence agencies to make spying more seamless when a terror suspect enters the U.S., the Associated Press reports. The idea is to close the gap between NSA and FBI electronic surveillance, which occurs because of different legal standards between the two agencies. That…
Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Charged with Federal Crimes at Hospital Bed
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors charged Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at his hospital bed Monday, Reuters reports. The criminal complaint charges mean Tsarnaev won’t be treated as an enemy combatant. “We will prosecute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said. “Under U.S. law, United States citizens cannot…
Minnesota Man Accused of Helping Terrorist Group to Stand Trial Today
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Depending on whom you ask, Mahamud Said Omar is either a well-connected member of an Islamist terror group or he’s mental ill and incapable of being an integral part of a terrorism recruiting network, the Star Tribune reports. Today the 46-year-old Somali man who immigrated to Minnesota in 1993 is expected to…
IG Says Justice Department Underreported Terrorism Statistics
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Office of Inspector General said the Justice Department misreported terrorism statistics to Congress, the Associated Press reports. The report, released Thursday, shows the Justice Department charged 544 people with terrorism-related crimes in the six years since the Sept. 11, attacks, not 512, as reported by the Justice Department, according to the…
FBI: Convicted Terrorist Sought Hits on Witnesses
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The first rule about homegrown terrorist plots: don’t talk about homegrown terrorist plots. Or so goes the code of a North Carolina prisoner recently sentenced on terrorism charges; federal court documents now allege the man plotted to kill witnesses that testified against him, including by decapitation, reports the Associated Press. An…
Despite Controversial FBI Investigative Tactics, Terror Convictions Remain High
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Amid questions of FBI tactics in pursuing terror suspects, one thing that doesn’t seem to be questioned is the rate of convictions, reports the Tampa Bay Times. Many critics have voiced concern in the media lately over whether the FBI is catching and preventing terrorists, or nurturing and cultivating people to…
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