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Posts Tagged FBI
Showdown In Nevada Between Rancher and the Feds
Posted by Brian in Law, Threat Watch on 9/Apr/2014 13:49
Armed federal agents from the FBI and Bureau of Land Management have surrounded a ranch in Nevada in order to protect an endangered tortoise.
From The Washington Free Beacon:
His wife, Carol Bundy, said that roughly 200 armed agents from the BLM and FBI are stationed around their land, located about 75 miles outside of Las Vegas. Helicopters circle the premises, and the airspace and nearby roads remain blocked.
As of Monday, officials have seized 234 of Bundy’s 908 cattle. Impounding the cattle alone could cost the government as much as $3 million.
When the priority of the government goes this far astray is when people get hurt. Let’s hope the situation is resolved in a just manner.
Local news report:
http://youtu.be/XbwjtZhygQQ
Malcolm Gladwell on the Tragedy of The Branch Davidians
From The New Yorker:
Outside the Mount Carmel complex, the F.B.I. assembled what has been called probably the largest military force ever gathered against a civilian suspect in American history: ten Bradley tanks, two Abrams tanks, four combat-engineering vehicles, six hundred and sixty-eight agents in addition to six U.S. Customs officers, fifteen U.S. Army personnel, thirteen members of the Texas National Guard, thirty-one Texas Rangers, a hundred and thirty-one officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety, seventeen from the McLennan County sheriff’s office, and eighteen Waco police, for a total of eight hundred and ninety-nine people. Their task, as they saw it, was to peel away the pretense—Koresh’s posturing, his lies, his grandiosity—and compel him to take specific steps toward a resolution.
Here is Gladwell discussing his piece and what got him interested in what happened in Waco:
FBI Changes Primary Function To National Security
Correct me if I’m wrong but don’t we have the NSA, CIA, DIA and all branches of the military for national security?
From Foreign Policy:
The FBI’s creeping advance into the world of counterterrorism is nothing new. But quietly and without notice, the agency has finally decided to make it official in one of its organizational fact sheets. Instead of declaring “law enforcement” as its “primary function,” as it has for years, the FBI fact sheet now lists “national security” as its chief mission. The changes largely reflect the FBI reforms put in place after September 11, 2001, which some have criticized for de-prioritizing law enforcement activities. Regardless, with the 9/11 attacks more than a decade in the past, the timing of the edits is baffling some FBI-watchers.
Coloring Book Sparks Muslim Outrage
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 15/Sep/2013 14:36
From Examiner.com:
Wayne Bell, the Publisher of Really Big Coloring Books, Inc., of Clayton, Missouri, says the company has seen a negative backlash against the coloring book “We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kids’ Book of Freedom.â€
Pakistani Senteced on Terrorism Charges
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 21/Jan/2013 02:40
From the FBI:
A Pakistani native who operated a Chicago-based immigration business was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist plot in Denmark and providing material support to Lashkar e Tayyiba, a terrorist organization operating in Pakistan that was responsible for the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India. The defendant, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, was convicted of the charges on June 9, 2011, following a three-week trial in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
Albanian Citizen Senteced on Terrorism Charges
Posted by Brian in Law, News, Threat Watch on 9/Jan/2013 18:30
From FBI:
Earlier today, at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, New York, Agron Hasbajrami, an Albanian citizen and Brooklyn resident, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to terrorists. Hasbajrami will be removed from the United States at the conclusion of his sentence.
Stopping a Suicide Bomber
Posted by Brian in Threat Watch on 8/Jan/2013 02:12
From FBI:
After months of consideration, a target was picked and a date was set: On February 17, 2012, Amine Mohamed El-Khalifi would strap on a bomb-laden vest and—in the name of jihad—blow himself up at an entrance to the U.S. Capitol. If anyone tried to stop him, he would shoot them with a MAC-10 assault weapon.
Background Checks Set Monthly Record
Posted by Brian in Law, News, Threat Watch on 2/Jan/2013 15:12
From Reuters:
The FBI said it recorded 2.8 million background checks during the month, surpassing the mark set in November of 2 million checks. The number was up 49 percent over December 2011, when the FBI performed a then-record 1.9 million checks.
Dismantling the Triangle Terror Group
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 19/Dec/2012 02:34
Dismantling the Triangle Terror Group
Inside the four-year investigation of a North Carolina man’s terrorism conspiracy. Details
San Diego Woman Sentenced for Providing Support to Foreign Terrorists
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 16/Dec/2012 08:18
From FBI:
Nima Yusuf, 25, received a custodial sentence of eight years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to provide material support to al Shabaab, a foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced today.
Cyber Crime Ring Dismantled
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 15/Dec/2012 08:16
The FBI and its international law enforcement partners have dismantled an international cyber crime ring linked to the Butterfly Botnet, which steals computer users’ credit card, bank account, and other personal identifiable information. Details
HSBC Bank Admits to Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Violations, Forfeits $1.256 Billion
From FBI:
HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC Group)—a United Kingdom corporation headquartered in London—and HSBC Bank USA N.A. (HSBC Bank USA) (together, HSBC)—a federally chartered banking corporation headquartered in McLean, Virginia—have agreed to forfeit $1.256 billion and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department for HSBC’s violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA).
Eco-Terrorist Surrenders
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 13/Dec/2012 02:51
From FBI:
After a decade as an international fugitive, Canadian citizen Rebecca Rubin turned herself over to the FBI last week for her alleged role in the largest eco-terrorism case in U.S. history. Two more fugitives are still at large.
Standard Chartered Bank Agrees to Forfeit $227 Million for Illegal Transactions with Iran, Sudan, Libya, and Burma
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 12/Dec/2012 03:48
From FBI:
Standard Chartered Bank, a financial institution headquartered in London, has agreed to forfeit $227 million to the Justice Department for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The bank has agreed to the forfeiture as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department and a deferred prosecution agreement with the New York County District Attorney’s Office for violating New York state laws by illegally moving millions of dollars through the U.S. financial system on behalf of sanctioned Iranian, Sudanese, Libyan, and Burmese entities. The bank has also entered into settlement agreements with the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.