Kudos To The NYPD And The FBI For The Capture Of Ahmad Rahami

The New York Post editorial board gives credit to the NYPD and the FBI for the swift capture of terrorism bombing suspect Ahmad Rahami.

Kudos to the NYPD and its partners, from the FBI to the Linden, NJ, cops who actually nailed him: Less than 50 hours after the first bomb went off Saturday, they had Ahmad Rahami in custody. It’s hard to imagine finer police work.

Yes, luck played a role: The carnage would have been greater had those two “if you see something, take it” passersby not apparently disabled the 27th Street bomb. And by tossing the contents of their new piece of luggage, they also allowed law enforcement to gather more clues — including, apparently, both the flip-phone-trigger that traced to Rahami and a fingerprint.

But diligent work was also key, including what NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller called a “surge” of personnel to review video footage from the entire multi-block area, giving the authorities a clear read on the whole sequence of events.

You can read the rest of the editorial via the below link:

http://nypost.com/2016/09/19/kudos-to-the-nypd-and-fbi-for-the-fast-capture-of-ahmad-rahami/

The Cyber Threat: Snowden—Ultimate Insider Threat Missed By NSA Security

Veteran national security reporter Bill Gertz offers a piece on NSA leaker and traitor Edward Snowden and the NSA for the Free Beacon

Security officials today use the politically correct term “insider threat” to describe what were once called traitors, and no one was more aggressive in pursuing them than counterintelligence types at the National Security Agency.

Thus many intelligence officials saw more than a tinge of irony in NSA contractor Edward Snowden making off with 1.5 million highly classified NSA intelligence documents in May 2013 and handing them over to several anti-American journalists who seemed more interested in inflicting as much damage as possible on America’s premier electronic spying and code-breaking agency than exposing alleged wrongdoing.

Until Snowden, the NSA had a reputation as one of the intelligence organizations most dedicated to protecting secrets. But the case exposed gaping holes at the agency, and a House intelligence report says gaps persist years after Snowden fled the country and holed up in Moscow.

Sure, the super-secret agency whose name itself was once classified had its share of Cold War spies, but nothing quite like Snowden.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/cyber-threat-snowden-insider-threat-at-nsa/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=1dd6da9f89-WFB_Morning_Beacon_09_20_169_19_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-1dd6da9f89-45599609

The Seventh Man? Letter Reveals New 1950s Cambridge Spy Suspect But Judge Rules He Can't Be Named - As He Is Still Alive

Steve Doughty at the British newspaper the Daily Mail offers a piece on a British judge ruling that the possible "seventh man" in the 1950s Cambridge spy ring named in a letter cannot be revealed.

(In the above photo, the "third man," the late Kim Philby, meets with reporters).

A man connected to Britain’s most notorious spy scandal cannot be named, a judge has ruled. 

His identity must remain secret even though historians say he could be the ‘seventh man’ in the 1950s Cambridge spy network that included traitor Kim Philby.

Judge Peter Lane ruled that the suspect’s name cannot be revealed as he is still alive and it was ‘quite possible that personal relationships could be jeopardised’, and there was no pressing need to identify Cold War defectors.

The man is named in a letter held in the National Archives in Kew, South West London.

Its existence was traced by historian Andrew Lownie but he was denied the right to see the letter following a Freedom of Information request. That decision was upheld in the publication yesterday of Judge Lane’s first-tier tribunal ruling.

Historians criticised the ruling, saying possible social embarrassment was no reason for shielding a traitor from exposure.

You can read the rest of the piece and view the photos of the known spies via the below link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3797379/The-seventh-man-Letter-reveals-new-1950s-Cambridge-spy-suspect-judge-rules-t-named-alive.html

Old Navy

Suspect In Chelsea, Seaside Park Explosions In Custody, Linden Police Say: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, Was Wanted For Questioning In Both Incidents

CBS New York reports on the capture of the suspect in the New York and New Jersey explosions.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A suspect wanted in the bombings thatrocked Chelsea and Seaside Park, New Jersey was captured Monday after an intense manhunt that ended in a gun battle with Linden police.

The arrest came just hours after the FBI, NYPD and New Jersey StatePolice issued bulletins and photos of Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan with an address in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

You can read the rest of the piece and watch video clips via the below link:

 http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/09/19/chelsea-blast-suspect/

An Interview With Poet And Former Philadelphia Inquirer Books Editor Frank Wilson

The North of Oxford website offers an interview Frank Wilson, my friend and former editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Poet Frank Wilson has been reviewing books for over fifty years. He began in college, worked for a weekly paper and as an editor for a book publisher. He served as Books Editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer, publishes Books Inq., a popular blog and wrote a weekly column for When Falls the Coliseum.

You can read the interview via the below link:

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2016/09/18/an-interview-with-frank-wilson/

You can also visit Frank Wilson's blog via the below link:

http://booksinq.blogspot.com

'Pure Chaos' On Sansom Street In Philadelphia As Killer Goes On Rampage

Aubrey Whelan a the Philadelphia Inquirer offers a piece on the pure chaos that a killer caused when he shot police officers and bystanders.

Nicholas Glenn strode up Sansom Street just before midnight with a 9mm Ruger in his hand. 

In his back pocket was an envelope with a feverish, rambling letter inside, and two words scrawled on front.

"DOOMED PEOPLE." 

It was Friday night, and down the street at the Maximum Level Lounge, the door was open and the drinks were flowing. A few blocks away, a young woman and her boyfriend pulled up to her apartment. Philadelphia Police Sgt. Sylvia Young, a 19-year veteran of the force, parked her squad car at the corner of 52nd and Sansom. Her shift was almost over. 

Glenn, a man with a long criminal record and an apparent grudge against law enforcement officers, walked up to Young's squad car and fired 18 rounds into the window.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160918__Pure_chaos__on_Sansom_Street_as_killer_goes_on_rampage.html