By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The wife and suspected son of the leader of the Islamic State have been arrested in Lebanon, the USA Today reports. Lebanon officials confirmed the wife and son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were detained bu t didn’t provide more details as of Tuesday morning. The Lebanese daily As-Safir broke the news…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said fewer immigrants are crossing the border because of increased security efforts, but he emphasized that other threats require a strong law enforcement presence, the Arizona Capitol Times reports. The good news is that illegal immigration is falling. “Put simply, it’s now much harder to cross…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration is denying claims by a Republican Congressman that at least 10 ISIS fighters were caught trying to cross the Mexican border in Texas, the Daily Mail reports. Rep. Duncan Hunter said Tuesday that the Border Patrol told him that the extremists were captured at the border. Homeland Security…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested a 19-year-old man at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport as he was trying to leave the country to join Islamic State, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mohammed Hamzah Khan was boarding a plane to Vienna, where he was going to catch a flight to Istansbul, according to the FBI…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said he knows the identities of roughly a dozen Americans fighting alongside terrorists in Syria, Bloomberg reports. Comey said the bureau is prepared to track the U.S. citizens if they return. “Ultimately, an American citizen, unless their passport’s revoked, is entitled to come back,” Comey said in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I think the American public in general has been blown away by recent news of the lapses in Secret Service security involving the President. I have to think, had terrorists any clue that it was so easy to breach security and get into the White House, they would have tried something…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I think the American public in general has been blown away by recent news of the lapses in Secret Service security involving the President. I have to think, had terrorists any clue that it was so easy to breach security and get into the White House, they would have tried something…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has its eye on Americans who fought with ISIS terrorists and are now back on U.S. soil, the Daily Mail reports. The news comes 10 days after a U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop acknowledged there were 40 “foreign fighter” jihadis on U.S. soil. “The FBI is looking at them,” a…
