By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com After all the efforts by law enforcement to forge a lasting cooperation — particularly in the post-9/11 era — some in the Muslim community in America remain skeptical. The Associated Press reports Muslim groups in New York are discouraging people from going to the New York police with concerns about terrorism, and…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Expressing deep unease about the UK’s restricting the scope of anti-terrorism “stop and search” powers, the U.S, plans to send about 1,000 security agents to the 2012 London Olympics, which will include a contingent of about 500 FBI agent, reports Adelaide Now. “We are not equal partners in this,” said an unnamed…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com When in doubt, play the crazy card. A lawyer for Rezwan Ferdaus, the 26-year-old Muslim American arrested in September for plotting to fly explosive-packed remote control planes into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol, suggested in court on Friday that the FBI ignored signs of the defendant’s mental illness during their investigation…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A letter from Senator Charles Grassley representing a group of 14 Senators is asking Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to reconsider a policy to end routine traffic checks of buses, trains and other vehicles for illegal aliens along the United State’s northern border. “News of the lessened security will only entice…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI has turned to the Army for help with its counterterrorism training. After a troubled past with their understanding and interactions with Islam, reports Wired Magazine’s The Danger Room blog, the Bureau will begin working with the Army’s Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point. The center at West Point…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The appeals of Narseal Batiste and followers were rejected in Atlanta on Tuesday, reports the Associated Press. Batiste and four others were convicted of plotting, in conjunction with al-Qaida, to destroy the 110-story Willis Tower in Chicago and to bomb FBI offices in several cities in May of 2009. Batiste, cited…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The Transportation Security Administration is still not scanning 100 percent of the parcels on inbound international flights, and Congress wants to know why. The website NextGov.com reports that it appears TSA will miss a deadline to scan all parcels on overseas planes for the second time, and House Democrats have sent a…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Four senior citizens, suspected of being members of a fringe militia group in Northern Georgia, may have been better off venting their frustrations with the federal government by occupying a metropolitan park. The four gents–Frederick Thomas, 73; Dan Roberts, 67; Ray Adams, 65; and Samuel Crump, 68–were arrested Tuesday by federal…
