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FBI’s Tape Recorder Went Dead During Portland Terrorism Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Despite all the advances, human error can still trump modern technology. The Portland Oregonian reports that the FBI’s efforts last July to record Mohamed Mohamud first talking about taking part in a terrorist bombing plot in Portland failed because the tape recorder went dead. “Put simply,” the government wrote in court…
FBI Memo Says Interrogators Can Delay Reading Miranda Warning to Terrorist Suspects
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An FBI memo issued in December says investigators can interrogate domestic-terror suspects longer without giving them a Miranda warning, according to a Wall Street Journal report by Evan Perez. The FBI memo said the policy applies to “exceptional cases” where investigators “conclude that continued unwarned interrogation is necessary to…
NY Terrorist Suspect Said Something Mel Gibson-like
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com He may not be Mel Gibson, but terrorist suspect Adis Medunjanin might have done something sort of Mel Gibson-like after he was arrested last year in connection with an alleged al-Qaeda-sanctioned plot to blow up New York’s subway system. The New York Daily News reports that FBI agent Aaron Spivack testified…
FBI’s Ralph Boelter in Minn. Put a Face on Agency in Community
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ralph Boelter, head of the Minneapolis FBI, who headed up a large scale probe into counterterrorism involving local Somalis heading overseas to fight with a terrorist organization, is headed east to Washington to become the agency’s deputy assistant director in charge of counterterrorism, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Boelter told the…
Saudi Student in Texas Arrested in Bomb Plot; Had Dallas Address of Pres. Bush
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 20-year-old Saudi student living in Lubbock, Tex., who allegedly considered targeting Americans including President George W. Bush and soldiers formerly stationed at Abu Ghraib, was arrested late Wednesday on terrorism-related charges. The Justice Department charged Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in connection with…
“Jihad Jane” Who Plotted to Kill Swedish Cartoonist Pleads Guilty
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The woman who went by the name “Jihad Jane” — a made-for-TV moniker — pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Philadelphia to terrorism charges that included allegations that she was involved in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog….
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial: Despite Emphasis on Terrorism, Justice Dept. Hasn’t Forgotten About the Mob
By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Page PITTSBURGH — American mobsters probably assumed they had a free ride after Sept. 11. East Coast crime families probably breathed easier after the Justice Department turned its attention toward foreigners whose names appeared on terror-watch lists. For sure, the specter of international terrorism provided the FBI and other law enforcement…