By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. moved Monday to clamp down on the vulnerable area of cargo shipments from abroad. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the banning of “high risk” cargo shipments and a ban on shipments from Yemen and Somalia. “Following the thwarted terrorist plot last week to conceal and ship…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The explosives used in the packages from Yemen were four times more powerful than those used by the underwear bomber, the Associated Press reports. Citing German authorities, AP reported that the two bombs contained 300 and 400 grams of the industrial explosive PETN, compared to about 80 grams used in the…
Ali H. Soufan was an F.B.I. special agent from 1997 to 2005. By ALI H. SOUFAN New York Times Op-Ed TEN years ago, Qaeda terrorists blew a hole in the side of the Navy destroyer Cole in Yemen, killing 17 sailors. Yet the attack’s mastermind still hasn’t been prosecuted, and many of the men tried…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — At a high-profile Justice Department press conference Tuesday, FBI Director Robert Mueller was no where to be seen when officials discussed the arrest of the Times Square car bomb suspect. In his place, was his deputy director John Pistole, who stood along side a host of high-ranking federal officials…
This case has triggered an intense debate over whether terror suspects should stand trial before a military tribunal or civilian court. Critics of the tribunal say it allows for prosecutors to bring weaker cases to trial. By Charlie Savage New York Times WASHINGTON — In April 2001, seven months after the Navy destroyer Cole was…
