Pulse nightclub shooter’s wife was aware of plot — and did nothing

The wife of Omar Mateen, who committed a massacre in the Pulse nightclub last year, reportedly told the FBI that she was knew about the plot beforehand — and did nothing to stop it. via Pulse nightclub shooter’s wife was aware of plot — and did nothing | New York Post. ... Read more

Atlanta Airport Blackout Sends Message to Terrorists: America Is Unprepared

If a terrorist wanted to find the most vulnerable point in America’s airport network they could not have hoped for a better guide than what just happened at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson. Just after 1 p.m. Sunday the whole airport, the world’s busiest, went dark. Thousands of flights were disrupted. For many hours nobody in authority attempted ... Read more

NYC ‘terrorist attack’ video shows explosion in Manhattan

A Bangladeshi national in his 20s has been taken into custody with serious injuries after a suspected pipe bomb he was carrying malfunctioned and exploded prematurely inside a Midtown Manhattan subway station Monday morning.   The explosion happened around 7:20am, in an underground tunnel linking the Port Authority Bus Terminal to Times Square. The underground tunnel ... Read more

Air traffic controller busted for possession of WMD

Authorities say an air traffic controller at a North Carolina airport has been arrested on charges of possessing a weapon of mass destruction. Local media outlets report that the FBI says 30-year-old Paul George Dandan was arrested Friday in Charlotte. The FBI is assisting Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police with the investigation but said federal charges aren’t expected ... Read more

Terror suspect in NYC truck attack had pledged allegiance to ISIS

The driver who plowed into a group of people on Tuesday, killing 8, left behind handwritten notes pledging loyalty to ISIS along with an image of an ISIS flag inside his vehicle. Sayfullo Saipov, 29, had the notes written in Arabic inside his Home Depot rental truck along with a picture of the ISIS flag, ... Read more

Jihadi bride and ISIS executioner son killed by drone strike

The world’s most wanted woman — a former punk rocker who left Britain to join ISIS — has been killed in Syria by a US drone strike, according to a report. “The Americans zapped her trying to get away from Raqqa. Quite frankly, it’s good riddance,” a British government official told the Sun about Sally Jones, ... Read more

Girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter is met by the FBI at LAX

This is the moment the girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, who killed 58 people and wounded 527 others over the weekend, was met by federal investigators after landing at LAX airport in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Marilou Danley, who authorities described as a ‘person of interest’ following Sunday’s shooting massacre, arrived in ... Read more

Police say ammonium nitrate found in Vegas gunman’s car

Ammonium nitrate was found inside the Las Vegas gunman’s car, local authorities said Monday evening. The chemical compound can be used to make explosives. Las Vegas police also said 16 guns were found inside Stephen Paddock’s hotel room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. via Ammonium nitrate found in Vegas gunman’s car: cops | ... Read more

Details about Las Vegas shooting suspect Stephen Paddock

The man suspected of opening fire at concertgoers attending a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night was a local resident with no prior criminal convictions in the state of Nevada. Stephen Paddock, 64, lived just 90 minutes outside Las Vegas in the city of Mesquite, where he purchased a home in a ... Read more

Lone gunman kills 59, injures hundreds, in Las Vegas concert attack

A retiree armed with multiple assault rifles strafed an outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas from a high-rise hotel window on Sunday, slaughtering at least 59 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history before killing himself. The barrage of gunfire from the 32nd-floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel into a crowd ... Read more