terrorism
LA Times Editorial: Stings Can Be Legitimate Tool in Terrorism
By The Los Angeles Times Editorial Page From Abscam to the arrest of former Washington Mayor Marion Barry on drug charges, sting operations have brought accusations that the government was entrapping its targets. This perennial complaint has acquired a new sensitivity with charges that the FBI, as part of its anti-terrorism activities, is inducing Muslims…
Dennis Baker to Head FBI’s St. Louis Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Native Oklahoman Dennis L. Baker, special assistant to the FBI deputy director, has been picked to head the St. Louis office. Baker started his FBI career as a special agent in June 1988 and was first stationed in Charlotte where he worked violent crime and drugs. In 2002, he…
Va Man Expected to Plead Guilty to Supporting Somali Terrorists
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Northern Virginia man who found little humor in the animated show “South Park”, and wished death to its creators on the Internet, is scheduled to plead guilty to supporting Somali terrorists, the Washington Post reports. The paper reports that Zachary Adam Chesser, 20, of Bristow, Va., will plead…
FBI-Homeland Bulletin Says No Specific Terrorist Threat Against U.S. as There is in Europe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The feds are saying there’s no indication of any specific terrorist threat to the U.S. or its citizens as there is in Europe, the Associated Press reported. The FBI and Homeland Security Department in an intelligence bulletin said there is nothing out there to indicate there’s a planned attack…
Column: Ex-FBI Agent Says Scathing IG Report Doesn’t Faze Bureau in Raids on Anti-War Activitists
By Coleen Rowley Ex-FBI Agent For Huffington Post The war on dissent, rather than terrorism, continued full steam with FBI SWAT teams breaking down doors at 7 am Friday (Sept 24) morning and raiding the homes of several anti-war leaders and activists in Minneapolis, Chicago and possibly a couple other Midwest cities. Members of the…
Hoopla Over Detained Yemini Men Appears to be Nothing
UPDATE: Tuesday, 2:10 p.m — The Associated Press reports that Dutch prosecutors said the two Yemeni men were released without charge Wednesday after investigators found no evidence of a terror plot. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — All the hoopla over two Yemeni men detained in Amsterdam appears to be nothing, federal law enforcement sources…
Disturbing Trend Continues: Another Suspected Homegrown Terrorist Arrested
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Homegrown terrorists just keep popping up. The FBI on Tuesday night arrested a 26-year-old Chicago man, Shaker Masri, an American citizen, who allegedly had plans to travel to Somalia to fight with a terrorist group linked to al Qaeda and become a suicide bomber, authorities said. Masri, who lived in the…