TagsTagsThe FBI has served more than 40 search warrants in the investigation of the cyberattacks against several major financial institutions. 'Anonymous' is finding out how un-anonymous they really are. The F.B.I. investigation is part of a larger international inquiry into a loose confederation of hackers calling itself “Anonymous” that coordinated the ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Security, Secrecy, DoS Attack, Anonymous, Crime, FBI
The Smoking Gun has details on an FBI affidavit detailing part of their criminal investigation of 'Operation Payback', leading to a raid on a Texas business called Tailor Made Services. DECEMBER 29--As part of an international criminal probe into computer attacks launched this month against perceived corporate enemies of WikiLeaks, ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Security, Secrecy, DoS Attack, Anonymous, Crime, FBI
Here’s a disturbing article by Frank Schaeffer on the extreme apocalyptic ideology that drives groups like the “Hutaree” militia; keep in mind as you read that Schaeffer was once part of the inner circle of the religious right, and knew many of these people personally: The Evangelical ‘Mainstream’ Insanity Behind ...
Michigan, Militia, FBI, Hutaree, Extremism, Domestic Terrorism, End Times, Frank Schaeffer
The FBI has issued an intelligence note about a letter received by more than 30 US governors, telling them to resign within three days. Washington (CNN) — A domestic extremist group has sent letters to more than 30 U.S. governors demanding they resign, the Department of Homeland Security and the ...
Several people have emailed to point out that the recently arrested leader of the “Hutaree” militia was described as a “fanatic Ron Paul supporter.” Imagine my shock. My surprise, if you will. Adam Holland has a good post on David Brian Stone’s attraction to Dr. Paul, the current support Stone is getting ...
Michigan, Militia, FBI, Hutaree, Extremism, Domestic Terrorism, End Times, Ron Paul, Antisemitism
Details are emerging today about the weekend’s FBI/DHS raids on a Christian militia group in Michigan’s Lenawee County. The group, “Hutaree,” was allegedly planning to murder a member of local law enforcement, then attack the resulting funeral procession with improvised explosive devices — earning them federal indictments for seditious conspiracy ...
Michigan, Militia, FBI, Hutaree, Extremism, Domestic Terrorism, End Times
A “small army” of FBI and DHS agents descended on Michigan’s Lenawee County yesterday, in an apparent crackdown on militia activity in the area: ADRIAN, Mich. (WXYZ) - The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Joint Terrorism Task Force are all involved in raids around Adrian that may ...
Michigan, Militia, FBI, Hutaree, Extremism, Domestic Terrorism
The FBI is investigating a cut propane gas line at the home of the brother of pro-health bill Rep. Tom Perriello’s (D-Va.), after the address was posted on the web by tea party “activists.” Lee Catlin, community relations director for the Albemarle County Fire Marshal, said in a statement to ...
Tea Party, Virginia, Bad Craziness, Threats, Vandalism, FBI, Domestic Terrorism
This is the Associated Press video report on an FBI raid in the Detroit area that resulted in a shootout, in which the leader of an extremist Sunni group was killed. [Video] UPDATE at 10/29/09 9:44:34 am: A more detailed video from CNN: Hearing set for suspects tied to group seeking Islamic state. [Video] UPDATE ...
In Illinois, another plot to commit mass murder foiled long in advance by authorities: Alleged would-be bomber described as humble, polite. Over the two years that authorities tracked Michael C. Finton, accused Thursday of trying to bomb Springfield’s federal courthouse, they gave Finton plenty of chances to drop the idea. ...
A 19-year old Jordanian citizen was arrested yesterday in Dallas, after planting an inactive car bomb near a skyscraper; the authorities were on to him long before he tried to carry out his plot: Man arrested in alleged attempt to bomb Dallas skyscraper. Hosam Maher Husein Smadi has repeatedly voiced ...
White supremacist radio host/blogger Hal Turner, recently arrested for urging readers of his blog to kill Chicago judges, says (through his lawyer) that he was a paid informant for the FBI. Hal Turner, the blogger and radio personality, remains jailed pending charges over his recent online rants, which prosecutors claim ...
Hal Turner, Extremism, Radio, Paleocon, White supremacism, FBI, Crime
Some Somali Muslims in Minneapolis are figuring out that CAIR is not on their side. Relatives, friends and neighbors of a Minneapolis teen killed in Somalia pressed their argument Thursday that a Muslim civil rights group is hampering a federal investigation into the disappearances of dozens of Twin Cities Somali ...
CAIR, Council on American Islamic Relations, Hamas, Radical Islam, Propaganda, FBI, Minneapolis, Somali
The Associated Press has more details (including the militant Islam angle they were shying away from yesterday) on the suspects arrested in New York for plotting to bomb a synagogue and shoot Stinger missiles at military aircraft: NYC police: Terror suspects wanted to commit jihad. NEW YORK — Four men ...
New York, Terrorism, FBI, Bombing, Antisemitism, Militant Islam
Four US citizens have been arrested in upstate New York after an FBI sting operation; I had to search Google News for information on the suspects because most US media are concealing the fact that they’re Muslims connected to a mosque in Newburgh: Four Arrested Over ‘Plot To Bomb Synagogue’. ...
New York, Terrorism, FBI, Bombing, Antisemitism, Militant Islam
The Investigative Project has new details on the FBI’s decision to sever its ties to the Hamas-linked radical Islamic front group CAIR: FBI Explains Its CAIR Cut Off. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is not “an appropriate liaison partner” for the FBI because of evidence linking the organization and ...
CAIR, Council on American Islamic Relations, Hamas, Radical Islam, Harassment, Propaganda, FBI
Since people continue to rant about the Department of Homeland Security’s report on “right wing extremism,” saying things like: I won’t hold my breath waiting for a “left wing extremist” report. ... here are two more DHS reports on “left wing extremism,” available through Wikileaks, and just like the “right ...
The newest addition to the FBI’s “most wanted” list: a left wing extremist. WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, an accused domestic terrorist is being added to the FBI’s list of “Most Wanted” terror suspects. Daniel Andreas San Diego, a 31-year-old computer specialist from Berkeley, Calif., is wanted for the ...
All you folks seething and yelling about the DHS report on “right wing extremism,” make sure to save some of your anger for the FBI, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division, the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, because they’re in on the ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Veterans, FBI
An editorial in the Washington Times is a perfect example of what I’ve been calling the “distortions” about the DHS report on right wing extremism: Smearing veterans. The whole piece is full of overheated accusations like this: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has defended her department’s outrageous claim that veterans are ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Posse Comitatus, Veterans, FBI, Washington Times
The revelation that the FBI’s investigation of white supremacists and militia groups included a focus on veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan has prompted another round of outrage from the right wing blogosphere and talk radio—who seem completely unwilling to admit there could be a point to the investigation, and ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Posse Comitatus, Veterans, FBI
Yes, it’s another scandal involving an Obama appointee: FBI raids office of D.C. CTO, Obama appointee. Federal agents this morning are searching the office of Washington, D.C.’s Chief Technology Officer. The search of the office at 1 Judiciary Square is part of “an ongoing investigation,” said a spokeswoman for the FBI’s ...
Barack Obama, Scandal, CTO, Bribery, FBI
At long last, the FBI has finally cut off contacts with the Hamas-linked Council on American Islamic Relations. Since LGF has been targeted by CAIR in “hate speech” complaints to the FBI, this is very welcome news. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has cut off contacts with the Council ...
Council on American Islamic Relations, CAIR, Holy Land Foundation, Hamas, Radical Islam, FBI
The Investigative Project on Terrorism asks a simple question: For the Record: Seriously, What is the FBI Doing? In February, we exposed the latest FBI (and CIA) outrage, advertising for recruits in a pro-terrorist, anti-American magazine, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Both of our top national security agencies ...
Unbelievable. The worst example of wrong-headed “outreach” yet: Looking Under a Rock: FBI and CIA Hit New Low in Recruitment Drive. In a frightening and bizarre turn, the two chief agencies tapped with safeguarding America’s national security have started advertising in a publication that can only be described as objectively ...
LGF, FBI, CIA, Recruitment, WRMEA, Antisemitism, Saudi Arabia, Radical Islam, Sami Al-Arian