By Anne Applebaum Washington Post The Polish ambassador to Washington has protested, the Polish president has protested, the speaker of the Polish parliament (to whom I am married) has protested — and the U.S. ambassador to Warsaw has apologized profusely. Why? Because James Comey, the director of the FBI, in a speech that was reprinted in The Post arguing for more Holocaust education,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A cybersecurity expert who recently exposed vulnerabilities in airplane technology systems is now a target of the FBI, Fox News reports. Chris Roberts, of the Colorado-based security firm One World Labs, said two FBI agents and two uniformed cops removed him from a commercial flight after landing in Syracuse on Wednesday…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are trying to determine how a small gyrocopter managed to fly unnoticed to the lawn of the Capitol in Washington. A Florida postal carrier was charged Thursday with crimes related to flying the plane through protected airspace, The Chicago Tribune reports. Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson said the gyrocopter “literally…
By James Comey FBI Director I believe that the Holocaust is the most significant event in human history. And I mean “significant” in two different ways. It is, of course, significant because it was the most horrific display in world history of inhumanity, one that simply defies words and challenges meaning. I was born into…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A bomb that exploded in the heart of Times Square just after 3:30 a.m. in 2008 has gone unsolved for seven years. The FBI hopes to end that streak after announcing Wednesday that progress has been made in the attack, which resembled two earlier bombings in Manhattan. Investigators said three people…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A high-speed chase with Border Patrol agents near El Paso ended badly for the driver and six undocumented immigrants. The chase began when agents saw the undocumented immigrants emergee from desert brush and get into a Chevrolet Silverado along Interstate 10, The El Paso Times reports. The chase, which hit speeds…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former director of the FBI’s anthrax investigation claims the bureau hid evidence that would punch holes in the case that Army scientist Bruce Ivins mailed anthrax-laced letters that killed five people and sickened 27 others in 2001, Fox News reports. Richard Lambert claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District…
