Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents watched the video “hundreds and hundreds” times. For those investigating the Boston Marathon bombing, the video was a eureka moment, the Boston Globe reports, citing a “60 Minutes” video. Stephanie Douglas, executive assistant director of the FBI’s national security branch, said the video, which has not been released, shows a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI did the right thing by releasing photos of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects last year, even though it led to the death of an MIT police officer. The Associated Press reports that Stephanie Douglas, an executive assistant director of the FBI’s Security Division, said law enforcement “really had no choice”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Justice Department investigation is to reveal this week that the FBI used appropriate force by fatally shooting Ibragim Todashev, a Chechen man tied to one of the brothers accused in the Boston Marathon bombings. The Washington Post reports that the report will clear the agent, but a Florida prosecutor warned that…
By Washington Post Editorial Board There is no greater threat to the legitimacy of the U.S. political system, at home and abroad, than the perception that an obsession with terrorism and other threats has given rise to an unaccountable American national security apparatus. Much of this perception reflects hyperbole from those who do not understand…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Boston Marathon Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is running his mouth. The New York Daily News reports that Tsarnaev made a “statement of to his detriment” while his sister was visiting him in prison. Federal prosecutors didn’t reveal what Tsarnaev said but objected to his attorneys trying to suppress the statement. The FBI was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A state investigation into the mysterious fatal shooting of a friend of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerian Tsaranev during an FBI interview is expected to be released next month. The Boston Herald reports that Florida state Attorney Jeffrey Ashton anticipates releasing the report by the end of March. The Florida investigation is one…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A lot of mystery has surrounded the shooting death of Ibragim Todashev, a friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Now the FBI say it’s “eager” to release the results of an internal investigation into the May 22 shooting, which happened during a lengthy interrogation by an agent, the Boston…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, known for his stop-and-frisk tactics and zealous pursuit of Islamic terrorists, was quick to criticize the FBI. In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times, Kelly accused the FBI of failing to cooperate with local police. He cited Boston as an example following the bombings last year. “We…
