ISIS activity prompts threat level increase at bases
CNN
By Barbara Starr, Pentagon Correspondent
Updated 12:35 PM ET, Fri May 8, 2015
Washington (CNN)
Security conditions at U.S. military bases were raised Thursday night because of growing concern of a jihadist threat in the U.S.
The move comes hours after FBI Director James Comey told reporters that there are thousands of ISIS, also known as ISIL, followers online in the U.S.
"We have a general concern, obviously, that ISIL is focusing on the uniformed military and law enforcement," Comey told reporters Thursday.
The order was signed by Admiral William Gortney, head of the U.S. Northern Command, which oversees all U.S. military installations in the continental U.S.
"We have the same concern about the potential threat posed by violent homegrown extremists," said Captain Jeff Davis, spokesman for the U.S. Northern Command, or NORTHCOM.
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Showing posts with label FBI investigation. Show all posts
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Friday, May 8, 2015
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Fort Meade NSA Police Officer Hospitalized After Strange Event
One shot dead at Fort Meade after trying to enter NSA gate
CNN
By Jim Sciutto, Evan Perez and Ashley Fantz
March 31, 2015
His passenger who remained hospitalized Tuesday has not been publicly identified. On Monday morning, Hall attempted to gain entry at the National Security Agency headquarters, Jonathan Freed, NSA director of strategic communications, said in a statement.
"The driver failed to obey an NSA Police officer's routine instructions for safely exiting the secure campus. The vehicle failed to stop and barriers were deployed." NSA police on the scene fired on the vehicle when it accelerated toward a police car, blocking its way, according to the NSA.
An NSA police officer was also hospitalized but not identified.
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CNN
By Jim Sciutto, Evan Perez and Ashley Fantz
March 31, 2015
Story highlights Two people tried to enter the main gate to enter the headquarters of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade. One died at the scene, and another was wounded, the NSA says.(CNN)The FBI publicly identified Tuesday the man who died Monday while trying to use an unauthorized vehicle tried to gain access to the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Maryland, as Ricky Shawatza Hall.
His passenger who remained hospitalized Tuesday has not been publicly identified. On Monday morning, Hall attempted to gain entry at the National Security Agency headquarters, Jonathan Freed, NSA director of strategic communications, said in a statement.
"The driver failed to obey an NSA Police officer's routine instructions for safely exiting the secure campus. The vehicle failed to stop and barriers were deployed." NSA police on the scene fired on the vehicle when it accelerated toward a police car, blocking its way, according to the NSA.
An NSA police officer was also hospitalized but not identified.
The two men who officials say tried to ram the main gate at NSA headquarters were dressed as women, according to a federal law enforcement official.
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Friday, March 20, 2015
Head of Charity For Military Families Under Investigation Committed Suicide
Just to give you some perspective here, what I do costs me a lot of time and little bit of money. While I do this and more stuff 7 days a week with at least 40 hours a week, I lose money every year. I had to go back to work for a paycheck at the same time I work from home because this is my passion and my vocation.
I used to be jealous of folks who were able to do the the work and still figured out how to find financial support to do it. How can they spend time that kind of time doing the work they promised to do and then raise such huge funds at the same time? Simple because most of the time they hire firms to do it and they get a huge chunk of the money people donate so even less goes to the purpose of the money donated.
The part that makes me want to toss my cookies on a regular basis is when they feel as if they deserve hundreds of thousands of dollars because they are worth it! Bullshit! Either they are in it to take care of the troops and veterans or they are in it for themselves. I've known too many great people that work harder than even I do and they are happy just breaking even. The cause is what matters to them not getting rich.
Can someone please tell me why anyone would actually deserve a six or seven figure income to get veterans to help each other when that is what they do on their own for free all the time?
Are folks really that nuts they just don't see it or are their hearts tugged to do something so that anything sounds good to them?
Rant over,,,,sorry, but when I read this article, it just made me sick to my stomach!
I used to be jealous of folks who were able to do the the work and still figured out how to find financial support to do it. How can they spend time that kind of time doing the work they promised to do and then raise such huge funds at the same time? Simple because most of the time they hire firms to do it and they get a huge chunk of the money people donate so even less goes to the purpose of the money donated.
The part that makes me want to toss my cookies on a regular basis is when they feel as if they deserve hundreds of thousands of dollars because they are worth it! Bullshit! Either they are in it to take care of the troops and veterans or they are in it for themselves. I've known too many great people that work harder than even I do and they are happy just breaking even. The cause is what matters to them not getting rich.
Can someone please tell me why anyone would actually deserve a six or seven figure income to get veterans to help each other when that is what they do on their own for free all the time?
Are folks really that nuts they just don't see it or are their hearts tugged to do something so that anything sounds good to them?
Rant over,,,,sorry, but when I read this article, it just made me sick to my stomach!
Maine charity founder who committed suicide faced FBI fraud investigation
Portland Press
BY SCOTT DOLAN STAFF WRITER
March 18, 2015
Marcel Badeau of Gorham-based Operation Tribute is suspected of siphoning off large sums donated to buy holiday gifts for children in military families.Margo and Marc Badeau, seen working at their Gorham business in 2007, are now identified in court records as the targets of an investigation by multiple federal agencies.
Press Herald file photo/Jack Milton
The founder of a Maine charity that provided holiday gifts to the children of military families was under investigation for fraud when he committed suicide last month.
The investigation focused on whether Marcel “Marc” Badeau, chairman of the Gorham-based nonprofit Operation Tribute, siphoned off hundreds of thousands of dollars that he told donors would be spent on gifts for children.
Badeau and his wife, Margherita Badeau, are identified in court records unsealed Wednesday as the targets of an investigation by multiple federal agencies that started in July.
The accusations depicting Marcel Badeau as an ex-con scam artist stand in stark contrast to his public image as a selfless man, tirelessly devoting his time to support the children of military service men and women in New England, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Wednesday’s revelation surprised many people who supported Badeau, including Gov. Paul LePage and first lady Ann LePage, who both issued statements after his death Feb. 27.
In honor of the charitable group’s recognition of the sacrifices made by military families, LePage declared December 2012 Operation Tribute Month. The organization was also named Maine’s Outstanding Non-profit in 2011.
The court filings indicate the Badeaus used donated money for personal needs, including more than $230,000 in cash, $138,000 in mortgage payments, more than $25,000 for personal cars, nearly $24,000 for one of their children’s college tuition, and more than $7,000 at New Hampshire state liquor stores.
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Monday, February 2, 2015
Ex-Navy SEAL Accused of Scamming Other SEALS
Ex-Navy SEAL faces up to 12 years for scheme that ensnared brothers in arms
FoxNews.com
By Malia Zimmerman
Published February 02, 2015
A Navy SEAL who admitted he shattered the elite special force's code of brotherhood by stealing from his brethren to finance his luxurious lifestyle and gambling faces up to 12 years in prison, not to mention the scorn of men who served with him but now consider him “the most repugnant scum on Earth.”
Jason Mullaney, part of SEAL Team Five until 2003, convinced 11 SEAL team members and one civilian to invest a collective $1.2 million into his company, Trident Global Financial Holdings.
Named after the Trident SEAL symbol, Mullaney said his company would award loans to credit-challenged small businesses and individuals for high interest rates, secured with assets that covered the principal and profit. Investors would receive back their investment plus a 24 percent profit within a year, Mullaney pledged.
Instead, Mullaney ran a pyramid scheme, and, rather than repay investors, he spent their money on a new Mercedes Benz, an extravagant home and on gambling in Las Vegas, according to prosecutors. And even though Mullaney pleaded guilty to four charges on Sept. 8, 2014, including three counts of grand theft and one count of securities fraud, he has shown no remorse, and even tried to revoke his plea, a maneuver that was nixed by the judge last month.
The SEALs had no idea they were cheated until some tried to collect on their investment. Mullaney, they reported to the FBI and San Diego District Attorney on April 27, 2011, had vanished with their money.
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FoxNews.com
By Malia Zimmerman
Published February 02, 2015
A Navy SEAL who admitted he shattered the elite special force's code of brotherhood by stealing from his brethren to finance his luxurious lifestyle and gambling faces up to 12 years in prison, not to mention the scorn of men who served with him but now consider him “the most repugnant scum on Earth.”
Jason Mullaney, part of SEAL Team Five until 2003, convinced 11 SEAL team members and one civilian to invest a collective $1.2 million into his company, Trident Global Financial Holdings.
Named after the Trident SEAL symbol, Mullaney said his company would award loans to credit-challenged small businesses and individuals for high interest rates, secured with assets that covered the principal and profit. Investors would receive back their investment plus a 24 percent profit within a year, Mullaney pledged.
Former Navy SEAL Jason Mullaney tried to change his plea, but a judge would not allow him to.
(Courtesy: 10News ABC)
“Jason, I wish you the worst and hope that you rot in Hell for what you did to all of us – you are the most repugnant scum on Earth.”
- Former Navy SEAL Alexander Sonnenberg
Instead, Mullaney ran a pyramid scheme, and, rather than repay investors, he spent their money on a new Mercedes Benz, an extravagant home and on gambling in Las Vegas, according to prosecutors. And even though Mullaney pleaded guilty to four charges on Sept. 8, 2014, including three counts of grand theft and one count of securities fraud, he has shown no remorse, and even tried to revoke his plea, a maneuver that was nixed by the judge last month.
The SEALs had no idea they were cheated until some tried to collect on their investment. Mullaney, they reported to the FBI and San Diego District Attorney on April 27, 2011, had vanished with their money.
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Thursday, January 8, 2015
VA Dr. Timothy Fjordbak Remembered For What He Did For Veterans
Look at all the reporters and cameras! Wouldn't it have been wonderful if they paid this much attention to a VA psychologist who could tell the difference between PTSD and TBI? Wouldn't it have been wonderful if they actually spent some time on all the people working for the VA throughout the entire nation doing the best they can for veterans? Guess it is just a lot easier for them to pay attention when it is too late. Lord only knows what possessed the veteran to shoot him or what he went through.
Doctor killed at El Paso VA remembered as being committed to veterans' mental wellbeing
El Paso Times
By Aaron Martinez
POSTED: 01/07/2015
El Paso FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas Lindquist, center, speaks during a news conference Wednesday. (photos by VICTOR CALZADA — EL PASO TIMES)
The doctor shot and killed Tuesday at the El Paso Veterans Affairs Health Care System clinic was described as a great psychologist who was committed to helping veterans.
Timothy Fjordbak, 63, left a successful private psychology practice after the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, to focus on helping returning soldiers, said FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas Lindquist.
Fjordbak was a mental and behavioral health psychologist at the VA clinic.
He had 33 years experience as a psychologist and was licensed to practice in Florida, Georgia and New Mexico, according to medical records.
He earned a doctoral degree of psychology from the University of Denver. Fjordbak had a practice in Macon, Ga., where he specialized in neuropsychology, clinical neuropsychology and clinical psychology, according to medical records.
Fjordbak left a lasting impact on his patients, said Michael Rushton, a U.S. Air Force veteran who was treated by Fjordbak in late November.
"His main thing was that he could differentiate between symptoms of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and traumatic brain injury," said Rushton, who suffered a severe traumatic brain injury about a year ago and was also being treated for PTSD. "It was a five-hour appointment and it was a very comprehensive series of tests. He was amazing and an excellent guy."
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Monday, September 22, 2014
Afghanistan soldiers caught at the famed Rainbow Bridge
Found! Missing Afghan Soldiers Caught Trying to Enter Canada
NBC News
The three Afghanistan National Army officers who disappeared this weekend during a training exercise on Cape Cod have been found trying to cross the border into Canada near Niagara Falls, officials said Monday.
A top Massachusetts law enforcement officials told NBC News that the three were caught at the famed Rainbow Bridge. It was unclear what the process will be to return them to Joint Base Cape Cod or if they will be returned somewhere else.
The Massachusetts State Police later said in a statement that the men were being interviewed by federal authorities, and there was "no information that suggests the three men committed any crimes."
The three arrived 11 days ago with 200 soldiers and civilians from several countries for training at Camp Edwards on Joint Base Cape Cod. They were last seen Saturday at a shopping mall in Hyannis during a day off. Massachusetts State Police, with the help of the FBI and the Guard, had been trying to find them.
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NBC News
The three Afghanistan National Army officers who disappeared this weekend during a training exercise on Cape Cod have been found trying to cross the border into Canada near Niagara Falls, officials said Monday.
A top Massachusetts law enforcement officials told NBC News that the three were caught at the famed Rainbow Bridge. It was unclear what the process will be to return them to Joint Base Cape Cod or if they will be returned somewhere else.
The Massachusetts State Police later said in a statement that the men were being interviewed by federal authorities, and there was "no information that suggests the three men committed any crimes."
The three arrived 11 days ago with 200 soldiers and civilians from several countries for training at Camp Edwards on Joint Base Cape Cod. They were last seen Saturday at a shopping mall in Hyannis during a day off. Massachusetts State Police, with the help of the FBI and the Guard, had been trying to find them.
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Sunday, May 11, 2014
Military criminal investigators raided Marine Corps defense counsel offices
Marine Corps to review raid on law offices
By Associated Press
Published: May 9, 2014
SAN DIEGO — Military criminal investigators raided Marine Corps defense counsel offices at Camp Pendleton, opening files during a 2½-hour search and potentially compromising scores of cases, the attorney who oversees Marine defense lawyers in the region said Friday.
Investigators raided the offices May 2 in search of a cellphone tied to a case being tried at the base, north of San Diego, Lt. Col. Clay Plummer told The Associated Press.
“This is just unacceptable,” said Plummer, the Marine Corps’ regional defense counsel for the West. “Just think of the U.S. federal Marshals or FBI raiding a public defender’s office, that’s what this is the equivalent to. It’s crazy.”
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By Associated Press
Published: May 9, 2014
Lawyers in the offices are handling cases for offenses ranging from an unauthorized absence to murder. One of the most prominent cases handled by defense lawyers at Camp Pendleton is that of Lawrence Hutchins III, a Marine sergeant who is being retried in an Iraq war crimes case on charges that include murder and obstruction of justice.
SAN DIEGO — Military criminal investigators raided Marine Corps defense counsel offices at Camp Pendleton, opening files during a 2½-hour search and potentially compromising scores of cases, the attorney who oversees Marine defense lawyers in the region said Friday.
Investigators raided the offices May 2 in search of a cellphone tied to a case being tried at the base, north of San Diego, Lt. Col. Clay Plummer told The Associated Press.
“This is just unacceptable,” said Plummer, the Marine Corps’ regional defense counsel for the West. “Just think of the U.S. federal Marshals or FBI raiding a public defender’s office, that’s what this is the equivalent to. It’s crazy.”
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Saturday, May 3, 2014
Vietnam vet fatally gunned down over TV
Former Birmingham firefighter, Vietnam vet fatally gunned down over TV
AL.com
By Carol Robinson
May 02, 2014
HUEYTOWN, Alabama - A retired Birmingham firefighter and two-tour Vietnam Veteran was fatally gunned down during a break-in at his Hueytown home earlier this month.
Authorities today are expected to announce charges against two men in the April 23 slaying of 66-year-old Howard Arthur McKee. Hueytown Police Chief Chuck Hagler will be joined by the Birmingham police, U.S. Marshals and FBI at a press conference scheduled for noon. Both men are in custody.
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AL.com
By Carol Robinson
May 02, 2014
HUEYTOWN, Alabama - A retired Birmingham firefighter and two-tour Vietnam Veteran was fatally gunned down during a break-in at his Hueytown home earlier this month.
Authorities today are expected to announce charges against two men in the April 23 slaying of 66-year-old Howard Arthur McKee. Hueytown Police Chief Chuck Hagler will be joined by the Birmingham police, U.S. Marshals and FBI at a press conference scheduled for noon. Both men are in custody.
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Saturday, March 15, 2014
Fake phishing scam traced back to Army commander's test
Fake phishing scam traced back to Army commander's test
The Washington Post
By Lisa Rein and Eric Yoder
Published: March 15, 2014
An ominous e-mail message landed in the inboxes of a small group of U.S. Army employees last month, warning of a security breach in their federal retirement plans (Google cache of page) and urging them to log in and check their accounts.
The e-mail was a fake — a classic spear phishing expedition looking for unwitting victims willing to share their personal financial information.
But the perpetrator was not a criminal hacker. It was an Army combat commander, acting on his own authority to test whether anyone on his staff would fall for the trick. In the process of sussing out internal vulnerabilities, though, the commander sowed panic across the government: Employees forwarded the e-mail to thousands of friends and colleagues at the Defense Department, the FBI, Customs and Border Protection, the Labor Department and other agencies.
Even the Pentagon’s Chief Information Office, which oversees computer networks across the military, was unaware of the phony e-mail.
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The Washington Post
By Lisa Rein and Eric Yoder
Published: March 15, 2014
An ominous e-mail message landed in the inboxes of a small group of U.S. Army employees last month, warning of a security breach in their federal retirement plans (Google cache of page) and urging them to log in and check their accounts.
The e-mail was a fake — a classic spear phishing expedition looking for unwitting victims willing to share their personal financial information.
But the perpetrator was not a criminal hacker. It was an Army combat commander, acting on his own authority to test whether anyone on his staff would fall for the trick. In the process of sussing out internal vulnerabilities, though, the commander sowed panic across the government: Employees forwarded the e-mail to thousands of friends and colleagues at the Defense Department, the FBI, Customs and Border Protection, the Labor Department and other agencies.
Even the Pentagon’s Chief Information Office, which oversees computer networks across the military, was unaware of the phony e-mail.
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Saturday, February 15, 2014
FBI investigates white powder found at Michigan VA Hospital
FBI investigates white powder at Saginaw Veterans Affairs hospital
MLIVE
By Brad Devereaux
February 14, 2014
SAGINAW, MI — Police and firefighters were alerted when a staff member at the Saginaw Veterans Affairs hospital found a bag containing an unknown white powder, according to police and fire officials.
Staff at Aleda E. Lutz Veterans Affairs Medical Center called the on-site police department about 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, when an employee found the small baggy containing white powder in the hospital's radiology department, Chief of Police Nicholas Amen said.
The department followed county protocol for when a white powder is found, Amen said, and notified Saginaw County Central Dispatch. Police also notified the radiology department and infection control department at the hospital, he said.
The FBI was called as part of the county protocol, and agents planned to come to the facility on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 15, Amen said.
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MLIVE
By Brad Devereaux
February 14, 2014
SAGINAW, MI — Police and firefighters were alerted when a staff member at the Saginaw Veterans Affairs hospital found a bag containing an unknown white powder, according to police and fire officials.
Staff at Aleda E. Lutz Veterans Affairs Medical Center called the on-site police department about 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, when an employee found the small baggy containing white powder in the hospital's radiology department, Chief of Police Nicholas Amen said.
The department followed county protocol for when a white powder is found, Amen said, and notified Saginaw County Central Dispatch. Police also notified the radiology department and infection control department at the hospital, he said.
The FBI was called as part of the county protocol, and agents planned to come to the facility on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 15, Amen said.
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Saturday, January 11, 2014
FBI and ATF standoff with Gulf War Veteran "driven over the edge"
PTSD Could Be a Cause Behind The Alleged Flour Bluff Attack
KRISTV 6 News
by Caroline Flores
Posted: Jan 10, 2014
CORPUS CHRISTI - Bond has been set at $60,000 for the gulf war veteran who was arrested yesterday for attacking his roommate. 49-year old David Michael McDonald was arrested yesterday morning at his home on Bramling Court.
CCPD, ATF, and FBI agents showed up at his home after the victim claimed McDonald had weapons and explosives inside. Officers searched his home and found several weapons, but no explosives.
Yesterday, friends of Mcdonald told us the army veteran suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Today, a local doctor agreed PTSD could have been the reason behind the alleged assault.
Neighbors of McDonald describe him as the type of person who kept to himself. They say he seemed to always be in a state of paranoia or delusion.
"There used to be a big RV right there. And, uh, he would literally be on top of the RV and he would have a flashlight and a cell phone talking to no one," said neighbor Justin Wojciechowski.
One local doctor says this type of behavior is a sign of PTSD. In McDonald's case, while we may not know what led up to the alleged assault.
One doctor has an idea of what's going on.
"That has driven him to the edge. They can endure to some extent but if it goes beyond a certain edge, then they lose control," said Dr. Umamaheswara Maruvada with the South Texas Psychiatric Associates.
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KRISTV 6 News
by Caroline Flores
Posted: Jan 10, 2014
CORPUS CHRISTI - Bond has been set at $60,000 for the gulf war veteran who was arrested yesterday for attacking his roommate. 49-year old David Michael McDonald was arrested yesterday morning at his home on Bramling Court.
CCPD, ATF, and FBI agents showed up at his home after the victim claimed McDonald had weapons and explosives inside. Officers searched his home and found several weapons, but no explosives.
Yesterday, friends of Mcdonald told us the army veteran suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Today, a local doctor agreed PTSD could have been the reason behind the alleged assault.
Neighbors of McDonald describe him as the type of person who kept to himself. They say he seemed to always be in a state of paranoia or delusion.
"There used to be a big RV right there. And, uh, he would literally be on top of the RV and he would have a flashlight and a cell phone talking to no one," said neighbor Justin Wojciechowski.
One local doctor says this type of behavior is a sign of PTSD. In McDonald's case, while we may not know what led up to the alleged assault.
One doctor has an idea of what's going on.
"That has driven him to the edge. They can endure to some extent but if it goes beyond a certain edge, then they lose control," said Dr. Umamaheswara Maruvada with the South Texas Psychiatric Associates.
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Monday, September 23, 2013
Ex-FBI bomb tech to plead guilty to leaking and child porn?
Ex-FBI bomb expert offers guilty plea for leaking Yemen bomb plot
NBC News
By Pete Williams
Chief Justice Correspondent
September 23, 2013
A former FBI bomb technician has offered to plead guilty to leaking classified information about a foiled Yemen bomb plot against a U.S.-bound commercial jetliner to the Associated Press.
Donald J. Sachtleben, a 25-year veteran of the FBI who retired in 2008 but continued working as a contractor, has filed a petition to plead guilty to violating national security laws, according to court documents filed Monday. Sachtleben, of Carmel, Ind., also will plead guilty to child pornography distribution charges resulting from an unrelated investigation, the documents said.
"I am deeply sorry for my actions,” Sachtleben said in a statement issued by his attorneys, Larry Mackey and Kathleen Sweeney. ‘While I never intended harm to the United States or to any individuals, I do not make excuses for myself. I understand and accept that today’s filings start the process of paying the full consequences of my misconduct, and I know that the justice system I once served so proudly will have its say."
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NBC News
By Pete Williams
Chief Justice Correspondent
September 23, 2013
A former FBI bomb technician has offered to plead guilty to leaking classified information about a foiled Yemen bomb plot against a U.S.-bound commercial jetliner to the Associated Press.
Donald J. Sachtleben, a 25-year veteran of the FBI who retired in 2008 but continued working as a contractor, has filed a petition to plead guilty to violating national security laws, according to court documents filed Monday. Sachtleben, of Carmel, Ind., also will plead guilty to child pornography distribution charges resulting from an unrelated investigation, the documents said.
"I am deeply sorry for my actions,” Sachtleben said in a statement issued by his attorneys, Larry Mackey and Kathleen Sweeney. ‘While I never intended harm to the United States or to any individuals, I do not make excuses for myself. I understand and accept that today’s filings start the process of paying the full consequences of my misconduct, and I know that the justice system I once served so proudly will have its say."
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Washington Navy Yard Day From Hell
Live updates: Navy Yard shooter 'had a pattern of misconduct'
LA Times
By Richard Simon, David S. Cloud and Brian Bennett
September 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — The 34-year-old former Navy electrician’s mate identified as the gunman who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had been discharged from the service in 2011 after multiple disciplinary infractions, a Navy officer said Monday.
Aaron Alexis “had a pattern of misconduct,” the official said.
Law enforcement officials have identified Alexis as the shooter who went on a two-hour rampage at the sprawling naval base in Washington, but have not yet said what they believe was his motive.
Alexis, a native of New York, who served in the Navy from 2007 to 2011 as an aviation electrician’s mate 3rd class, entered the base early Monday morning, authorities said, perhaps using another man’s identification card to pass through the gates.
Once inside, officials said, he headed for the massive Building 197, the headquarters of the Navy Sea Systems Command. Armed with three weapons, including an AR-15 assault rifle, he went to the building’s fourth floor, according to officials. About 8:15 a.m., according to witness accounts and police dispatch recordings, the gunman began shooting down into a crowded atrium that houses an employee cafeteria.
Washington police and Navy security officials engaged in “multiple” exchanges of fire with Alexis over the next two hours, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier told reporters, eventually shooting and killing him.
Witness: "He aimed his gun at us" and fired
Maintenance worker tried to warn others in D.C. Navy Yard rampage
Timeline of Navy Yard shooting developments
Commander saw man shot in head
LA Times
By Richard Simon, David S. Cloud and Brian Bennett
September 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — The 34-year-old former Navy electrician’s mate identified as the gunman who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had been discharged from the service in 2011 after multiple disciplinary infractions, a Navy officer said Monday.
Aaron Alexis “had a pattern of misconduct,” the official said.
Law enforcement officials have identified Alexis as the shooter who went on a two-hour rampage at the sprawling naval base in Washington, but have not yet said what they believe was his motive.
Alexis, a native of New York, who served in the Navy from 2007 to 2011 as an aviation electrician’s mate 3rd class, entered the base early Monday morning, authorities said, perhaps using another man’s identification card to pass through the gates.
Once inside, officials said, he headed for the massive Building 197, the headquarters of the Navy Sea Systems Command. Armed with three weapons, including an AR-15 assault rifle, he went to the building’s fourth floor, according to officials. About 8:15 a.m., according to witness accounts and police dispatch recordings, the gunman began shooting down into a crowded atrium that houses an employee cafeteria.
Washington police and Navy security officials engaged in “multiple” exchanges of fire with Alexis over the next two hours, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier told reporters, eventually shooting and killing him.
From 2008 until his discharge in 2011, Alexis was a member of an aviation support squadron based in Fort Worth, Texas, where he worked on C-40s, a military version of the Boeing 737 that the Navy uses as a cargo plane. Law enforcement officials said that he was more recently working as a military contractor. read more here
13 killed in Navy Yard shooting rampage
Dead suspect identified
CNN
By Barbara Starr. Catherine E. Shoichet and Pamela Brown
updated 5:02 PM EDT, Mon September 16, 2013
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: DC mayor: "We don't have any reason at this stage to suspect terrorism"
13 people now are confirmed dead in the shooting
The FBI seeks the public's help tracking down information about the suspect
Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old military contractor, is the dead suspect, the FBI says
Washington (CNN) -- The FBI has identified the dead suspect in Monday's shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard as Aaron Alexis, 34, a military contractor from Texas.
The suspect was positively identified using fingerprints and ID, the Washington FBI Field Office said, asking members of the public for assistance tracking down information about Alexis.
"No piece of information is too small," said Valerie Parlave, assistant director in charge of the office.
"We are looking to learn everything we can about his recent movements, his contacts and associates."
Authorities said at least 13 people -- including the suspect -- were killed and about a dozen others were injured in the shooting, which put government buildings on lockdown and sent police SWAT teams rushing to the scene.
Witness: "He aimed his gun at us" and fired
Maintenance worker tried to warn others in D.C. Navy Yard rampage
Timeline of Navy Yard shooting developments
Commander saw man shot in head
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Ex-Marine Brian Brimager Accused Of Killing Girlfriend In Panama
Yvonne Baldelli's Bones Found
Ex-Marine Brian Brimager Accused Of Killing Girlfriend In Panama
The Huffington Post
By Emily Thomas
Posted: 08/29/2013
The partial remains of a missing California woman were found off the coast of Panama inside a zippered bag, the FBI reports.
DNA analysis positively identified the skull and bones as belonging to Yvonne Baldelli, 42, who has been missing since November 2011.
According to Fox News, a Panamanian resident found the remains inside a green “military-style” backpack and turned them over to authorities.
Her boyfriend at the time of her disappearance, Brian Brimager, 37, of Vista, Calif., is accused of killing her and staging an elaborate cover-up of her death, officials say.
Brimager, a former marine, was indicted in San Diego in June on 10 charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements to feds about Baldelli’s murder.
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Ex-Marine Brian Brimager Accused Of Killing Girlfriend In Panama
The Huffington Post
By Emily Thomas
Posted: 08/29/2013
The partial remains of a missing California woman were found off the coast of Panama inside a zippered bag, the FBI reports.
DNA analysis positively identified the skull and bones as belonging to Yvonne Baldelli, 42, who has been missing since November 2011.
According to Fox News, a Panamanian resident found the remains inside a green “military-style” backpack and turned them over to authorities.
Her boyfriend at the time of her disappearance, Brian Brimager, 37, of Vista, Calif., is accused of killing her and staging an elaborate cover-up of her death, officials say.
Brimager, a former marine, was indicted in San Diego in June on 10 charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements to feds about Baldelli’s murder.
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
FBI says Iraq veteran tried to hire KKK hitmen
Iraq veteran from Munford tried to hire KKK hit men to kill black neighbor, FBI officials said (updated)
AL News
By Carol Robinson
August 26, 2013
A Munford man is in federal custody after authorities say he tried to hire the Ku Klux Klan to kill his black neighbor.
FBI agents arrested Allen Wayne "Big Dad" Morgan, 29, about 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Econo Lodge in Oxford, said FBI spokesman Paul Daymond. Morgan is charged with murder-for-hire, and also under investigation for possible hate crimes.
Authorities said Morgan, and Iraq veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, thought he was hiring the KKK to kill neighbor Clifford Maurice Mosley. They said he spelled out in detail how he wanted the man killed.
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AL News
By Carol Robinson
August 26, 2013
A Munford man is in federal custody after authorities say he tried to hire the Ku Klux Klan to kill his black neighbor.
FBI agents arrested Allen Wayne "Big Dad" Morgan, 29, about 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Econo Lodge in Oxford, said FBI spokesman Paul Daymond. Morgan is charged with murder-for-hire, and also under investigation for possible hate crimes.
Authorities said Morgan, and Iraq veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, thought he was hiring the KKK to kill neighbor Clifford Maurice Mosley. They said he spelled out in detail how he wanted the man killed.
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Marine busted by FBI over Facebook posts goes to court
Judge refuses to dismiss suit against Feds who arrested former Marine for his controversial Facebook posts
Raw Story
By Techdirt
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Almost exactly a year ago, former Marine Brandon Raub was taken from his home by federal agents and involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward, all because of some controversial postings to his Facebook account, including some 9/11 conspiracy-related articles and violent song lyrics.
On August 16, 2012, Raub was visited by local police, FBI agents and Secret Service personnel who questioned him about his Facebook posts. Raub was cooperative and discussed his activity with the officers, despite their not having a warrant. At some point, one of the agents made a call to Michael Campbell, a psychotherapist retained by the county who decided, despite having never met or observed Raub, that the former Marine was "potentially dangerous" and should be detained.
At that point, the collected officers cuffed Raub and took him to the local jail before having him committed to the mental hospital. Government officials later claimed Raub wasn't arrested, but the video taken of his "not being arrested" looks for all the world to the un-government-trained eye like an arrest.
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Raw Story
By Techdirt
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Almost exactly a year ago, former Marine Brandon Raub was taken from his home by federal agents and involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward, all because of some controversial postings to his Facebook account, including some 9/11 conspiracy-related articles and violent song lyrics.
On August 16, 2012, Raub was visited by local police, FBI agents and Secret Service personnel who questioned him about his Facebook posts. Raub was cooperative and discussed his activity with the officers, despite their not having a warrant. At some point, one of the agents made a call to Michael Campbell, a psychotherapist retained by the county who decided, despite having never met or observed Raub, that the former Marine was "potentially dangerous" and should be detained.
At that point, the collected officers cuffed Raub and took him to the local jail before having him committed to the mental hospital. Government officials later claimed Raub wasn't arrested, but the video taken of his "not being arrested" looks for all the world to the un-government-trained eye like an arrest.
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Monday, August 5, 2013
Future uncertain for family of Marine accused of killing Iraqi
Future uncertain for family of Marine accused of killing Iraqi
Los Angeles Times
By Tony Perry
Published: August 4, 2013
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — While her Marine husband was in prison at Fort Leavenworth for killing an unarmed Iraqi, Reyna Hutchins got a call from the FBI: her name was on a "hit list" of a suspected American terrorist, an Al Qaeda sympathizer.
"As much as they tried to reassure me that I was safe, I was still scared," she said.
She worried each time she started her car that a bomb might be attached. She kept her curtains closed, fearing that she would become a target of a sniper. When she ventured out, she was constantly looking over her shoulder.
"I wasn't comfortable being in the house, unable to protect our daughter," she said. She sent their daughter to live with her grandparents.
The fear would last for months as the federal government investigated, arrested and convicted Paul Rockwood Jr., a convert to Islam and onetime employee of the National Weather Service in Alaska, on a charge of domestic terrorism for his plan to kill "enemies of Islam."
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Los Angeles Times
By Tony Perry
Published: August 4, 2013
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — While her Marine husband was in prison at Fort Leavenworth for killing an unarmed Iraqi, Reyna Hutchins got a call from the FBI: her name was on a "hit list" of a suspected American terrorist, an Al Qaeda sympathizer.
"As much as they tried to reassure me that I was safe, I was still scared," she said.
She worried each time she started her car that a bomb might be attached. She kept her curtains closed, fearing that she would become a target of a sniper. When she ventured out, she was constantly looking over her shoulder.
"I wasn't comfortable being in the house, unable to protect our daughter," she said. She sent their daughter to live with her grandparents.
The fear would last for months as the federal government investigated, arrested and convicted Paul Rockwood Jr., a convert to Islam and onetime employee of the National Weather Service in Alaska, on a charge of domestic terrorism for his plan to kill "enemies of Islam."
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Ohio Former VA director indicted on 36 counts of conspiracy, bribes and kickbacks
Former Veterans Affairs director indicted on 36 counts accusing him of conspiracy, accepting bribes and kickbacks
The Plain Dealer
By James F. McCarty
June 19, 2013
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A federal grand jury today returned a 36-count indictment against William Montague, the former director of the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center.
The 51-page indictment accuses Montague, 61, of accepting bribes and kickbacks, and of conspiring to defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs in league with convicted electrical contractor Michael Forlani, the former owner of Doan Pyramid Electric.
Montague accepted gifts, money and other things of value from Forlani in exchange for favorable information that helped Forlani to receive VA contracts over competitors, and used his influence to steer companies to lease office space from Forlani, the indictment states.
The indictment comes about three weeks after FBI agents searched Montague's home in Brecksville.
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The Plain Dealer
By James F. McCarty
June 19, 2013
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A federal grand jury today returned a 36-count indictment against William Montague, the former director of the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center.
The 51-page indictment accuses Montague, 61, of accepting bribes and kickbacks, and of conspiring to defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs in league with convicted electrical contractor Michael Forlani, the former owner of Doan Pyramid Electric.
Montague accepted gifts, money and other things of value from Forlani in exchange for favorable information that helped Forlani to receive VA contracts over competitors, and used his influence to steer companies to lease office space from Forlani, the indictment states.
The indictment comes about three weeks after FBI agents searched Montague's home in Brecksville.
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
Hundreds of angels filled the field after Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville
'A field of angels'
Author to host book signing in Jackson for memoir on 9/11 and United Airlines Flight 93
Jackson Sun.com
June 6, 2013
Lillie Leonardi was one of hundreds of law enforcement personnel, including FBI agents and other first responders who gathered in a field near Shanksville, Pa., only hours after United Airlines Flight 93 plowed into the ground there on Sept. 11, 2001. Like everyone that day, she saw the devastation of the plane crash and the loss of human life.
She also saw what she has described many times as hundreds of angels appear on the field near the crash. Despite the shock of the aircraft crash and the angelic vision, the former community outreach specialist performed her duty along with everyone else sent to the site.
“It took me a moment to get a grip. I sucked it up, and I did what I had to do,” she said in an interview with The Jackson Sun. For 13 days, amid myriad other duties, she served on and off site as liaison between the FBI and the United Airlines Humanitarian Team.
The events of that day became in her mind “a film that repeatedly rewinds and plays back time and time again.” Diagnosed with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), she retired from her position with the FBI in 2008. In addition to writing books, which sprang from personal journals she started keeping as a part of the healing process, Leonardi is a regular blogger for the website Huffington Post.
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Author to host book signing in Jackson for memoir on 9/11 and United Airlines Flight 93
Jackson Sun.com
June 6, 2013
Lillie Leonardi was one of hundreds of law enforcement personnel, including FBI agents and other first responders who gathered in a field near Shanksville, Pa., only hours after United Airlines Flight 93 plowed into the ground there on Sept. 11, 2001. Like everyone that day, she saw the devastation of the plane crash and the loss of human life.
She also saw what she has described many times as hundreds of angels appear on the field near the crash. Despite the shock of the aircraft crash and the angelic vision, the former community outreach specialist performed her duty along with everyone else sent to the site.
“It took me a moment to get a grip. I sucked it up, and I did what I had to do,” she said in an interview with The Jackson Sun. For 13 days, amid myriad other duties, she served on and off site as liaison between the FBI and the United Airlines Humanitarian Team.
The events of that day became in her mind “a film that repeatedly rewinds and plays back time and time again.” Diagnosed with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), she retired from her position with the FBI in 2008. In addition to writing books, which sprang from personal journals she started keeping as a part of the healing process, Leonardi is a regular blogger for the website Huffington Post.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
FBI investigating police shooting at VA Nursing facility
Gunman scare at VA hospital in North Hills
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Carlos Granda
News Team
NORTH HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- LAPD officers searched the VA hospital in North Hills on Tuesday after a report of a man with a gun, but after searching the facility all morning, no gunman was found.
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Carlos Granda
News Team
NORTH HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- LAPD officers searched the VA hospital in North Hills on Tuesday after a report of a man with a gun, but after searching the facility all morning, no gunman was found.
While that search was going on, VA police saw a man they say appeared suspicious going into a nursing facility at the other end of the campus.
"[The man] had barricaded himself in a bathroom. The officers engaged the subject and we had an officer-involved shooting. No persons were injured," said VA Police Chief Ed Casey.
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