Two Killers Eluded FBI Hunt for 'Lone Wolves'

Pols told to leave office in 3 days or they will be removed

(NEWSER) - The FBI has warned police around the country that there may be violence in the coming days inspired by ominous letters sent by an extremist group. Thirty sitting governors have received letters telling them that if they don’t leave office within 3 days they will be removed, according to an intelligence note, reports the AP . The letters don’t threaten any violence, but the FBI fears others will use their message “as a justification for violence or other criminal acts.” More»

(NEWSER) - Police discovered child pornography on a computer during a search of the home of suspected Holocaust Museum gunman James von Brunn, the Washington Post reports. FBI agents would not detail the amount or type of material discovered in the 88-year-old's Annapolis apartment. They also found a rifle, a handwritten will, and what seems to be a painting of Hitler and Jesus. More»

Anti-government extremist movement 'has absolutely exploded'

(NEWSER) - "Sovereign citizens" believe local, state, and federal laws don't apply to them; some don't believe in police authority, and are willing to use force to escape it. That has resulted in the killings of six police officers since 2000, including two in a shootout in 2010 that killed four people. Now the FBI is zeroing in on what it calls an "extremist antigovernment" movement, the Los Angeles Times reports. "We are focusing our efforts because of the threat of violence," says an official. More»

Without much 'real' terrorism, FBI targets government critics

(NEWSER) - The FBI has combed through Scott Crow's email, phone records, and garbage, installed a camera across the street from his home, and infiltrated his political meetings with at least five informants. His crimes? A few trespassing charges stemming from political demonstrations. But in the wake of 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing, the FBI has increasingly turned its attentions to domestic political activists. Crow, a 44-year-old vegan and self-proclaimed anarchist who earns $32,000 a year at a recycling plant, acquired his 440-page FBI file through the Freedom of Information Act, discovering many sections labeled "Domestic Terrorism." More»

They passed the background check and everything

(NEWSER) - Guns were legally sold to 247 people on the government's terror watch list last year—and that's after all of them passed a background check, according to FBI figures. That's because it's not illegal to sell guns to people on the terror watch list, the AP explains. Since February 2004, 1,453 people on the watch list have attempted to buy firearms or explosives, and 90% of them have been successful. More»