By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There’s a downside to the White House being hip to social media. The Associated Press reports that the Secret Service is investigating three threatening messages that were posted on the White House’s Facebook page. The messages, first reported by WNBC in New York, included a photo of Osama bin Laden and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Politics can be a dirty game. It can also be a dangerous one. The FBI reports that lawmakers were the target of more threats of violence in 2010 than in any other year on record, according to The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper. Some threats involved health care legislation,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com We all get annoying emails – but these were apparently way over the top. Authorities earlier this week arrested a New Orleans man for sending threatening emails to an FBI agent that referenced the agent’s son, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The paper reported that David Christenson Jr. , 53,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested a 64-year-old man on Tuesday morning at his home outside Yakima, Wash., for allegedly threatening Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) in response to the health care vote, the FBI said. Authorities charged in a criminal complaint that Charles Alan Wilson of Selah, Wash., made a series of threatening…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is looking into death threats against ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who had previously been the target of a man who had videotaped her naked through hotel peep holes, the LA Times reported. Andrews’ attorney, Marshall Grossman said a media outlet had received emails that included death threats, the paper…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI and U.S. Capitol Police have had their hands full since the passage of the controversial health care bill. The Detroit News Washington bureau reports that the agencies are looking into threats against at least 10 Democratic lawmakers. Included among the targets is Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mi), the…
So far, this hasn’t gotten out of hand like in some countries like Colombia where judges have to leave the country and go in hiding. But authorities need to be vigilante and aggressive when dealing with this. By Robert Anglen The Arizona Republic A prison informer gave up details of a planned hit in April:…
U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow’s Husband and Mother Were Murdered This is a dangerous trend. We’ve seen in nations like Mexico and Colombia where threats to the justice system have undermine democracy, justice and order. The problem isn’t nearly as bad in the U.S. , but it’s still a big problem. By Jerry Markon Washington…
