By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com How’s this for a Catch-22? To be a linguist for the FBI, you typically need to spend a few years in a foreign country, creating ties with the residents and learning the language. But living and developing ties in some foreign countries can raise red flags within the FBI, sometimes delaying…
By Del Quentin Wilber Bloomberg Business Week WASHINGTON — Federal agent Frank Hunter grabbed a cup of coffee, sat down at his kitchen table and fired up his laptop computer to begin his daily hunt for modern-day war criminals. It didn’t take him long to come across a propaganda video posted by Islamic State. Hunter watched…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Davis, a 25-year veteran of the FBI who headed the Denver office and served in Afghanistan and Iraq, said the brutal interrogation techniques outlined by the Senate’s torture report were appropriate to keep the U.S. safe. “In the FBI, we build relationships on a rapport with the detainees that’s built…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man who attacked an NYPD officer last month with a hatchet was inspired by terrorists and black separatism, NBC4 New York reports. “There is no doubt it was terrorism,” Comey said during a news conference at the Newark FBI offices. Comey said the suspect, Zale Thompson, was politically motivated and…
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson worries about the threat posed by lone wolf terrorists.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ORLANDO, Fla. — FBI Director James B. Comey delivered the key note address Monday at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Orlando, warning of the potential dangers of the “travelers” from around the world who are joining ISIS in battle. He also raised concerns domestically about the challenges…
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI New York Times The hostages were taken out of their cell one by one. In a private room, their captors asked each of them three intimate questions, a standard technique used to obtain proof that a prisoner is still alive in a kidnapping negotiation. James Foley returned to the cell he shared with…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, expressed concern Sunday with attacks in Canada and New York City by alleged Muslim radicals. The self-radicalized Muslims are “one of the greatest threats” to the U.S., he said. The Islamic State is trying to radicalize Americans using the Internet,…
