By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ACLU offices around the country plan to file Freedom of Information Requests with the FBI to find out what type of information the agency is gathering on ethnic groups to battle terrorism, the Boston Globe reported. The request comes in the wake of the FBI’s Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide issued…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Five Northern Virginia men who vanished, only to appear in Pakistan, were sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of terrorism charges Thursday by a Pakistani court, the Washington Post reported. Pakistani authorities introduced evidence including emails, which it said showed the young men planned to carry out terrorist…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Convicted swindler Bernie Madoff was no terrorist in the traditional sense, but he did terrorize many clients by robbing them of their finances and psychological security. Hoping to spot financial scandals before they get too far — or too Madoff-like — the FBI in New York is increasingly employing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After making an arrest late Monday night in the New York car bomb case, the FBI continued to investigate whether other people or an organization, possibly overseas, were involved. “The investigation remains very much ongoing, and the dedicated agents, detectives, and prosecutors on this case will continue to follow every lead…
Ali Soufan was an FBI special agent from 1997 to 2005. By ALI H. SOUFAN New York Times Op-Ed SINCE Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York announced that he no longer favored trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, in a Manhattan federal court because of logistical concerns, the Obama administration has come under…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The allegation came on a tissue. The Associated Press is reporting that the five Washington, D.C. area men suspected of terrorism, who are being held in Pakistan, scribbled allegations on a tissue that they were subjected to electric shocks and other torture by the FBI and Pakistani police. The AP reported…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Terrorist groups in recent times have increasingly turned to drug trafficking to finance operations, and the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan is responding. The New York Times is reporting that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is merging the office’s international drug trafficking and terrorism units because he “wants to focus more on extremist…
James Kallstrom is a former FBI Assistant Director and a member of the FBI Director’s Advisory Group. He was also a director of the New York Homeland Security Agency. By JAMES KALLSTROM New York Post Op-Ed Ever since 9/11, critics have suggested that the FBI isn’t up to its task as our nation’s lead counterterrorism…
