The FBI has released its full 207-page report on the deceased “Brother Leader” of Libya. (h/t Gawker)
More views of the suspects, including some close-up.
Hey so the FBI has suspects in Boston so turns out abbyjean’s panopticon question was totally reasonable. Reuters has a live feed.
The previous post, in photo form.
Surveillance video of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, released by the FBI. Anyone recognize these people? (ht @AntDeRosa)
Contrary to widespread reporting, no arrest has been made in connection with the Boston Marathon attack. Over the past day and a half, there have been a number of press reports based on information from unofficial sources that has been inaccurate. Since these stories often have unintended consequences, we ask the media, particularly at this early stage of the investigation, to exercise caution and attempt to verify information through appropriate official channels before reporting.FBI response to rumors of an arrest in connection with the Boston Marathon attack. (via digg)
An arrest of a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing case is imminent, a law enforcement source said Wednesday, with the suspect to be brought to court soon, the Associated Press reported.
The AP reports comes as several news sources report that investigators have identified images of a suspect seen delivering one of the explosive devices that killed 3 people and injured more than 170 at the finish line of the marathon.
CNN reported that the arrest has already taken place, but that could not be independently confirmed.
A promising development in the investigation which has followed Monday’s shocking act of terrorism at the Boston Marathon. Let’s hope they’ve got the right person, and that those most affected by Monday’s attack will have an opportunity to move forward with their lives as soon as possible.
Public service is not supposed to be a shortcut to self-enrichment. At the very least, public officials should obey the law. As alleged, these defendants did not obey the law; they broke the law and the public trust. There is a price to pay for that kind of betrayal.George Venizelos, assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation • Discussing the arrest of two New York politicians who are alleged to have made efforts to rig the 2013 NYC mayoral election. State Sen. Malcolm A. Smith, a Democrat who became the chamber’s first black president ever, is alleged to have bribed City Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III in an effort to gain Republican backing for a party switch in a campaign to replace the retiring Michael Bloomberg. Smith denies the charges, while Christine Quinn is probably laughing off the idea this scheme would have actually led to her defeat at the polls.
In my mind, the story continues: “Scooter store executives then fled using their own products as getaway vehicles, leading authorities on an anticlimactic, low speed chase, which came to an abrupt end when the batteries died on their Jazzy PowerChairs.”
Purported power chair pursuit nonwithstanding - this actually happened: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2013/02/fbi-declares-war-scooter-store/62383/. Those commercials always irked me anyway - knowing that it’s my tax dollars paying for them.
…and that the “inventor’s” name was tom cruise.
Hoverround is fine right? That thing too me to the statue of liberty and the grand canyon.
Dear enterprising Tumblr-based illustrator, please take this story and draw pictures of what happened during the raid so we can all celebrate the awesomeness of the idea that The Scooter Store got raided by the FBI.
Washington (CNN) — A law enforcement official confirms members of the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its controversial practice of picketing military funerals, participated in training for law enforcement officials at Quantico Marine Base in Virginia.
The sessions were discontinued this spring after Tom Browne, assistant director for the FBI, voiced strong opposition to bringing the group to a military facility. [more]
This is one of those times where you wince and shake your head. (EDIT: Worth noting this story is a year and a half old. Still wince-worthy.)
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Tumblr this morning. [h/t anne]
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Wrote a thing.
Hat tip to this headline writer.
Here’s the shirtless photo of Frederick Humphries, the FBI agent who set the wheels in motion on the Petraeus thing. (The Seattle Times deserves 1000% credit for the find.) Apparently, it was a joke that he sent to his buddies. Well, that’s a lot less exciting than we expected. $20 says he’s a never-nude.
It didn’t start with Petraeus, but in the course of the investigation they stumbled across him. We were stunned. …People think that because it’s the C.I.A. director, it must involve bigger issues. Think of a small circle of people who know each other.An anonymous Congressional official • Explaining to the New York Times, based on a briefing from the FBI, the lead-up to the bureau’s discovery of an affair between David Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell. The official said it was a complaint filed months ago regarding harassing emails sent to a woman (who they said to be not a government official or member of family) by Broadwell that drew the gaze of the FBI. When they ultimately gained access to her emails, some of those sent between her and Petraeus revealed they were having an affair. That in and of itself isn’t a legal issue, but the investigation ultimately raised security conerns regarding Petraeus’ email account. Petraeus resigned from his position as CIA director yesterday, citing “extremely poor judgment” in his extra-martial affair. source
The suspect, 21-year-old Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, is a Bangladeshi national who came to the U.S. on a student visa in January for the specific purpose of launching a terror attack here, authorities said. He allegedly told an undercover agent last month that he hoped the attack would disrupt the presidential election, saying “You know what, this election might even stop,” according to the criminal complaint against him.
Authorities say Nafis bought what he thought were explosives from who he thought was “an al-Qaida facilitator.” It was actually an FBI agent, and Nafis was arrested by the bureau after parking a truck full of the “explosives” next to the New York City Federal Reserve building and attempting to detonate it with a cell phone. A statement praising “our beloved Sheikh Osama bin Laden” and claiming responsibility for attack was found on a thumb drive on his body. source
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