By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Lockerbie plane bombing is a mystery that won’t go away. SkyNews/News Score reports that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and Scotland’s top prosecutor visited Libya in Tripoli to “pave the way for further investigations into the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing.” The meeting took place April 25, but was kept…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Muslim civil rights group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), is none too happy with the Portland FBI. The Associated Press reports that the group wants the Justice Department to investigate the behavior of the Portland FBI, which has barred two Libyan-Americans from returning to the U.S. AP reports that…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com An Oregon man is defending his innocence after being banned from flying back into the United States, reports FOX News. After flying to Libya, Jamal Tarhuni’s native country, to distribute medicine and supplies during the country’s recent violent revolution, the 55-year-old naturalized citizen of the US was barred from boarding a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III assured a Congressional committee Wednesday that the FBI is working to make sure the homeland is safe from attacks emanating from Libya, Fox News reported. Mueller, testifying before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, said the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Signs of concern about a backlash from the U.S. actions in Libya are surfacing. Devlin Barrett of the Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI has started questioning Libyans in the U.S. to look “Libyan-backed spies or terrorists, and collect any information that might help allied military operations.” The…
