By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has monitored 20-year-old Christopher Lee Cornell for months because of troubling posts he made on social media about violent jihad. Then agents swept in Wednesday, arresting him in Cincinnati on allegations that he was about to hatch a horrifying attack at the U.S. Capitol, detonating pipe bombs and then…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is expected to plead guilty soon to charges of lying to the FBI and deleting information from his computer, the Associated Press reports. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Khairullozhon Matanov plans to enter guilty pleas as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A radical American-born Muslim who trained to fight the “evil” ways of western civilization spent thousands of dollars on prostitutes in the U.S., the Daily Mail reports, citing leaked FBI records. Anwar al-Awlaki, a married father of five who the Daily Mail says inspired the terrorists behind the Charlie Hebdo attacks…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Islamic State supporters are calling on lone-wolf attacks in areas where law enforcement is distracted by unrest in the wake of the Ferguson grand jury decision, HSToday.com reports. The supporters are using social media to spread the message. In one tweet, Al Nusra Al Maqdisiyya, a popular group of pro-ISIS activists,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two young Minnesota residents are accused of conspiring to join the radical group Islamic State and provide it with “material support,” Minnesota Public Radio reports. Abdullah Yusuf, 18, and Abdi Nur, 20, are facing federal conspiracy charges. Both were charged with “conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Massachusetts man who is on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List is believed to be in Syria and may be employing computer science skills he learned in his American education to assistant ISIS, WCVB.com reports. “Here is a guy that went to terrorist training camps, that expressed his desire to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is searching for a Northeastern University graduate who is accused of trying to recruit ISIS members using social media, WHDH reports. Ahmad Abousamra, who is believed to be in Syria, has been added to the FBI’s met wanted terrorist list. Authorities fear Abousamra may be waging an aggressive social…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A few days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Anas al Libi was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list. The reward – $25 million, the same amount offered for the capture of Osama bin Laden. On Saturday, authorities finally captured al Libi in Libya, accusing him of being one of the…
