By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said he’s worried that more Americans are at risk of being kidnapped by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, CBS News reports. “We are deeply concerned about the safety and security of American citizens worldwide,” Comey said in his written testimony ahead of a hearing in…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department opened a new front on the war against radicals. The Los Angeles Times reports that Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. announced plans to identify radicals with U.S. passports. The idea is to identify Americans before they travel abroad. “We have established processes for detecting American extremists who attempt…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The TSA has spent $1 billion on training airport security screeners to read body language. Trouble is, critics charges there’s no evidence that the training prevented a single act of terrorism, the New York Times reports. Scientific experiments show that people are terrible at spotting liars, and law enforcement is no exception….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is accusing two men of conspiring and training to fight alongside terrorists in Syria or Yemen, the News & Observer reports. The charges were the result of a one-year undercover investigation into the actions of Marsalis Brown, 21, and Akba Jihad Jordan, whose age was not disclosed in court records….
Steve Neavling tickethewire.com While the rest of us are enjoying Super Bowl XLVIII, law enforcement will be sweeping across New York City to keep it safe from terrorists. The New York Daily News reports that about three dozens agencies are working together as 82,000 fans are expected to attend the game at MetLife Stadium. “We’ve…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The stream of young Somali Americans joining terrorists in Somalia continues to flow despite an attempt by authorities to cut off money to support terrorism, the Associated Press reports. The population is concentrated in Minnesota, where Somali Americans have been leaving to join al-Shabab in Somalia for six years. At least 22…
By Fox News The Justice Department temporarily lost track of two known or suspected terrorists who were in the witness protection program — and allowed others on the no-fly list to board commercial flights — according to a watchdog report which fueled criticism of the administration. “This is gross mismanagement — pure and simple,” Rep….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Janice Fedarcyk, the fist woman to head the N.Y. FBI office, who oversaw some major terrorists, mob and Wall Street probes, is retiring to enter the private sector, the Wall Street Journal reports. Janice Fedarcyk, assistant director in charge of the New York bureau, plans to start a consulting firm in Washington…
