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…
Yes, more than 8 years after the infamous Sept. 11, 2001 attack, the friendly skies still have the potential to be pretty darn scary. Here’s a Detroit Free Press account of the incident as told by some passengers. BY NAOMI R. PATTON Detroit Free Press Staff Writer DETROIT — Most of the passengers on Northwest…
Ex-Prosecutor Convertino By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Detroit assistant U.S. Attorney doesn’t have to provide his emails in a controversial lawsuit involving a former colleague who is suing the Justice Department over leaks to the Detroit Free Press. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Washington ruled earlier this month that former federal…
By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (An AOL News Site) WASHINGTON — The arrest of five D.C.-area Muslim young men in Pakistan this week may be a step toward improving the rocky relationship between the American Islamic community and the FBI. The five men, ages 19 to 25, reportedly tried to join radical jihadists and fight…
The Justice Department isn’t going to change its mind about holding a 9/11 terrorism trial in New York. So the best Republicans can do at this point is try to beat up on people like Attorney General Eric Holder. By Jake Sherman Politico WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee that…
This endless tightrope act will continue so long as these types of investigations pop up. And so far there’s no sign of these probes vanishing any time soon. The FBI is going to have to work hard on it’s relations with the Muslim community, something it has tried to work on in the post-9/11 era,…
