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 With two days until the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the federal government is on high alert but has found no credible or detailed information about an imminent threat, The Associated Press reports. Concerns of an attack on Western targets will remain high this week as federal authorities recall…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A suburban Chicago terrorism suspect is expected to be charged today with trying to solicit the murder of an FBI agent, the Associated Press reports. Adel Daoud, who is accused of attempting to ignite what he thought was a car bomb outside of a downtown Chicago bar, is expected to plead not…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A teenager accused of trying to bomb a downtown Chicago bar also tried to get an undercover FBI agent killed, the Associated Press reports. From his jail cell, Adel Daoud is accused of plotting to have someone kill an FBI agent who played a role in a sting that led to this…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Meet the Seal Team Six of the FBI. One of the nation’s most elite units, the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team are decked out in camouflage and armed with HK416 assault rifles, The Week reports. Think of them as the domestic version of the U.S. Navy SEALs. They undergo similar training, use common…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Outgoing FBI Director Robert S Mueller III never imagined that his bureau would be consumed with the fight on terror. After all, Mueller started his job as director a week before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “I love prosecuting cases, and I love doing investigations, particularly homicide investigations and the like,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Few authors write with as much insight into violence and war as William Vollmann. The winner of a National Book Award, Vollmann revealed in a Harper’s essay, “Life as a Terrorist,” that he was suspected of being a terrorist and even the Unabomber because of the content of his fiction, the Washington…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. House narrowly rejected a plan that would have limited the controversial collection of telephone records on domestic calls Wednesday after the extent of the surveillance was leaked last month, the USA Today reports. The 217-205 vote means the NSA can continue collecting domestic surveillance without as much as a warrant….
