Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Somali-American who claimed the FBI manipulated him to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a Christmas tree ceremony in Portland in 2010 was found guilty Thursday of terrorism-related charges, the Associated Press reports. The Mohamed Mohamud, 21, who did not testify, will be sentenced May 14. Prosecutors were able…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Yet another instance of the war on terror infringing on personal freedoms? Or a case of bureaucracy standing in the way of justice? Federal Judge Garr M. King has to make that determination. Oregon Live reports that King has delayed ruling on whether the FBI improperly gathered evidence on Portland terrorism suspect…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More details are emerging in the case involving a 19-year- youth who was caught up in an FBI sting which involved him plotting to detonate a bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony last year in Portland, Ore. The Oregonian newspaper reports that the defense team for suspect Mohamed Mohamud stated…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Portland prosecutors in the 2010 attempted bombing of a Christmas tree lighting ceremony to hand over a faulty FBI battery and recording device used in the case, The Oregonian newspaper reported. The prosecution said it already had turned over 6,000 pages of documents. The defense…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Despite all the advances, human error can still trump modern technology. The Portland Oregonian reports that the FBI’s efforts last July to record Mohamed Mohamud first talking about taking part in a terrorist bombing plot in Portland failed because the tape recorder went dead. “Put simply,” the government wrote in court…
