By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is accused of removing people from the no-fly list in exchange for becoming informants. Al Jazeera America reports that four law-abiding Muslim men were removed from the no-fly list just days before a federal district court in New York hears their case. According to their lawsuit, Tanvir v. Lynch,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Kansas man pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to detonate a card bomb at the Wichita airport. Terry Lee Loewen, 59, caught the attention of authorities on social media after he began expressing support for violent jihad. He pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is using several dozen surveillance teams to track criminal suspects around-the-clock nationwide, USA Today reports. Comey said the surge of cases involving extremism is taking a toll on the bureau’s resources, noting that each of the bureau’s 56 field offices is investigating suspected violent extremists. One suspect who required…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Are Apple and Google the bad guys? A senior FBI official told a Congressional committee that the technology giants are aiding terrorists by offering users encrypted communications, a senior FBI officials told the House Homeland Security Committee, The Register reports. Michael Steinbach, assistant director in the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, said the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not long before a 26-year-old terrorism suspect was fatally shot Tuesday during a scuffle with FBI agents and Boston police, he told a friend that he wanted to randomly kill police officers and bought three combat knives on Amazon.com, the Washington Post reports. A criminal complaint filed against Usaamah Abdullah Rahim…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is struggling to keep track of what appears to be a growing network of ISIS supporters who blend in until the time comes to attack. CNN reports that then NYPD and other local law enforcement agencies are pitching in to search for and investigate ISIS supporters. The most recent…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A TSA air marshal who was fired for telling the media about the impact on budget cuts has been reinstated after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Robert MacLean was a justified whistleblower. The USA Today reports that MacLean, who flew undercover to thwart terrorism, told MSNBC in 2003 that the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The House Homeland Security chairman suggested terrorism “has gone viral” because of the accessibility of the Internet, where terrorist groups are recruiting new members. “I think there’s been an uptick in the stream of threats out there,” Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said. “It’s very concerning.” McCaul only needed to…
