Steve Neavling

One sure way to draw the attention of authorities is to threaten to kill all of the passengers aboard a commercial jet.

“I’m from Afghanistan and I will murder all of you,” Arash “Ash” Durrani, 26, is accused of saying on an Chicago-to-Orange County flight, the L.A. Times reports.

Durrani is to appear in federal court this morning.

What prompted the outburst is unknown, but the L.A. Times reported that passengers restrained the self-identified actor and model.

A Pennsylvania dentist who seems convinced that Microsoft founder Bill Gates is a computer-hacking danger to the country was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison for threatening an FBI agent, The Associated Press reports.

The threats came after Gregory Heeb, an FBI agent in Pittsburgh, notified the mother of Anthony Dinozzi, 45, that the son was making threatening calls to a federal judge, the FBI office in Seattle and to police in Medina, Wash., where Gates lives.

Dinozzi responded by threatening to get the Hell’s Angels to attack Heeb, according to the AP.

Authorities declined to comment on Dinozzi’s mental condition or his delusions.

Steve Neavling

The FBI and U.S. Capitol Police are investigating rape and death against U.S. Rep. Todd Akins, his staff and his family, Reuters reports.

A spokesman for the Missouri Republican confirmed the investigation.

“There have been threats of rape of staff, (of) the congressman’s family and the congressman himself, and suggestions that people should die,” spokesman Steve Taylor told Reuters.

Akins, who is trying to unseat an incumbent Democrat in November, caught widespread criticism, including from his own party, when he said pregnancies are rare during “legitimate” rape because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

Neither the FBI nor the Capitol Police would comment on the case.

Steve Neavling

 The FBI and Homeland Security are warning of concerns that anarchist groups may try to use improvised explosive devices at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC, the Charlotte Business Journal reports.

It’s unclear how real the threat is because the FBI routinely issues similar advisories ahead of major events and plans to heighten security.

The FBI also issued warnings about potential violence at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. next week., Charlotte Business Journal reported

What prompted the advisory isn’t known, but police said they are concerned about an extremist anarchist group called “Anonymous.”

Steve Neavling

Before unleashing a deadly attack at a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Colorado, killer James Holmes outlined his murderous plot to a psychiatrist in a letter, New York Post reports.

The notebook detailed how Holmes planned to kill people and included illustrations, according to the Post.

Authorities found the letter, which included Holmes’ return address and was delivered Monday, after Holmes allegedly killed 12 people and injured 58 others.

The Post said it’s unclear whether Holmes knows the psychiatrist, who also is a professor at the University of Colorado.

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A 62-year-old Tennessee man left two messages on the voicemail of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on the evening of Oct. 27, saying he was going to destroy Cantor, rape his daughter and kill his wife, the FBI reported in a press release.

Glendon Swift of Lenoir City, Tenn., was arrested by FBI agents on Wednesday and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. He made a preliminary appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley Jr. in Knoxville on Thursday.

“Threatening to harm the family of a public official is a very serious charge, and we are grateful to the FBI and their law enforcement partners for their quick action in this case,“ U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride said in announcing the arrest.

Swift was traced as the registrant of the phone number the call was made from. He admitted to the arresting officers he had made the call.

By Allan Lengel

WASHINGTON — The feds are saying there’s no indication of any specific terrorist threat to the U.S. or its citizens as there is in Europe, the Associated Press reported.

The FBI and Homeland Security Department in an intelligence bulletin said there is nothing out there to indicate there’s a planned attack against the U.S., AP reported.

“We are aware of, and closely monitoring, recent reporting indicating a terrorist threat to Europe,” the bulletin said, according to AP. “At this time, there is no indication that the reported threat is directed specifically toward the United States, its citizens, or infrastructure; however, we assess that al-Qaida and its affiliates continue to plot against the Homeland and US allies.”

U.S. travelers to Europe have been warned to be careful and vigilant.