Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com At least three of the hijackers on Sept. 11, 2011, received advance airline tickets from an American-born Muslim cleric killed in 2011 by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, Fox News reports, citing newly released FBI records. The cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, likely purchased the tickets within days of the terrorist attacks, likely…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The threat of terrorism always looms, particularly since Sept. 11, 2001. The FBI, which can take some credit for averting some potential terrorist attacks, has put together a list of of some of the top terrorist cases of 2012. The following was posted on the FBI website. Alabama men arrested on…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit During my visits to Israel, the idea of security was never far off. At the train station, at the bus stop, I went through a metal detector. An armed guard checked through packages and asked if I was carrying a gun. After Sept. 11, 2001, I thought the U.S. would…
Steve Neavling ticklthewire.com An Arizona man charged with trying to blow up a Social Security Administration Office was researching how to build the type of powerful bombs used by terrorists, the Associated Press reports. Abdullatif Ali Aldosary, 47, was charged in federal court Monday with maliciously damaging federal property by means of an explosive and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI announced Monday night that it had busted four men -, including one who served in the Air Force — who allegedly plotted to join Qaeda and the Taliban to commit “violent jihad” and bomb military bases and government facilities, the Los Angeles Times reported. The four men had ties…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Minneapolis man accused of conspiring to send Americans to a terrorist group, al-Shabab, in Somalia was convicted on five terrorism-related counts Thursday, the Associated Press reports. Mahamud Said Omar, 46, faces up to life in prison for funding al-Shabab and sending young recruits to Somalia once they were indoctrinated in Minneapolis….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Bangladeshi man is accused of assembling what he thought was a 1,000 pound bomb and trying to detonate it to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank, Reuters reports. The FBI said Wednesday that Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis drove the devise to the bank and walked back to his…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Why would anyone be snapping photos of a storm brewing in Houston, Texas? The FBI was concerned enough to question photographer Michael Galindo about the Sept. 13 pictures near a refinery, reports Opposing Views. Galindo said the answer was simple enough: He was volunteering for the National Weather Service. After someone at…
