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Probe Into NJ Jihadists Started With Tip on FBI Website
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI had been tracking two suspected New Jersey jihadists since 2006 after getting a tip on its website, the Newark Star-Ledger reported. “Every time they access the internet, all they look for is all those terrorist videos about the Islam holly war and where they kill U.S. soldiers and other…
Column: Will Republicans Embarrass Themselves With John Pistole Nomination for TSA?
Chris Battle is a former official at Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and DEA. He is currently managing partner of the Adfero Group Homeland Security Practice, a Washington public relations firm. By Chris Battle Security DeBrief WASHINGTON — Will John Pistole, the FBI deputy director nominated to lead the TSA, go the way of…
5 Ex and Current New Orleans Cops Indicted in Post Katrina Fatal Shooting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nearly five years after Katrina, New Orleans, the city of jazz, Cajun cooking and legendary partying, still bears the scars. So does the tarnished police department. The latest reminder of the troubles the police department still faces came Friday when a federal grand jury indicted three current cops and two former…
Cory Nelson to Head Up FBI’s San Antonio Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Cory B. Nelson, chief of the FBI’s Terrorist Financing Operations Section, has been tapped to head up the agency’s San Antonio Division. Nelson joined the FBI in July 1991 and was first assigned to the New York Division’s applicant squad. He later went on the organized crime squad, where…
Baltimore’s Anti-Snitching Culture and a Dead FBI Informant
There have been anti-snitching videos distributed in Baltimore, reminders of the very real anti-snitching culture that has snatched many lives. Van Smith, an investigative reporter for the Baltimore City Paper, takes a look at one of the latest victims: Kareem Kelly Guest, an FBI informant. By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — Kareem Kelly…
Boston FBI Not Giving Up on Finding Whitey Bulger: Places Ad in Military Publication
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One thing you have to say about the Boston FBI: It’s not rolling over and giving up on capturing mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, one of the agency’s Top Ten Most Wanted fugitives. The latest, according to the Boston Globe: the FBI placed an ad in the May 24 issue of The…
FBI Probing Security Breach of Ipads
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The creators of the iPad — the mini computer that seems to be today’s hot item in the gadget world — may be getting a little more attention then they want. This time it’s from the FBI. The FBI on Thursday said it was investigating a security breach of…