The family of murdered American journalist James Foley says it was threatened by a U.S. official who warned that family members could be charged with supporting terrorism if they paid a ransom to his Islamist captors, ABC News reported on Friday.
The FBI reportedly interviewed Mikhail Allakhverdov, perhaps better known as "Misha," an Armenian teacher suspected of radicalizing Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev before he allegedly plant bombs, killing three people and injuring over 200, CNN reported. Allakhverdov denies he ever encouraged a violent take on Islam, and that he taught Tamerlan anything at all, according to a New York Review of Books writer who says he interviewed him.
A college student committed suicide in a dorm at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, and authorities found explosives and guns in the room early Monday. This led to an evacuation of hundreds of students and cancellation of classes in the morning.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued confidential internal disciplinary quarterly reports, which were obtained by CNN, as a way to deter misconduct among personnel.
On Monday afternoon, FBI agents in Midland City, Alabama stormed in an underground bunker, and freed 5-year-old, Ethan. The standoff ended with Ethan's kidnapper dead, identified as Jimmy Lee Dykes and Ethan reportedly "doing fine."
