"Christmas Tree" bomber thwarted by feds

A Somali born naturalized citizen attempted to detonate a van bomb at a tree lighting ceremony in Portland Oregon on Friday.
Mohamed Osman Muhamud (whose name will be only reluctantly given by most of the press) believed that he had a van full of explosives that would be set off by cell phone.
When he dialed the number, waiting FBI agents arrested him.
He was yelling "Allahu Akbar!" as he was taken away.
Muhamud came to the FBI's attention when he began communicating with an "associate" located in Pakistan via e-mail.
The FBI pretended to be another associate of the first contact and took over communication with Muhamud, eventually providing him with fake explosives and watching him for many months prior to the arrest.
One damning act by this Yahoo is the stereotypical Jihad video he made.
Instant confession.

SEIU head under FBI scrutiny

I am not holding my breath waiting for the FBI to actually charge or arrest Andy Stern, but I can dream.
The SEIU is the current poster child for lying and thuggish behavior when it comes to unions.
They are quite likely the most militant socialist organization in America today.
The FBI is investigating them for corruption and Stern is part of the investigation, although he apparently has no direct links to the alleged wrongdoing.
Of course not.
He isn't dumb enough to be close to this kind of stuff.
That is why he hires minions.

FBI cheating on tests?

I used to have a lot of respect for the FBI.
They were the Boy Scouts of law enforcement.
They have to have a 4 year degree (for agent positions).

Later I saw them more as hidebound bureaucrats that stepped on local law enforcement's toes while throwing their weight around.

Now they are accused of widespread cheating.
FBI agents had utilized computer based training for years, but it was not graded or pass/fail.
Now that the results actually count, there are accusations of group testing, open book testing, and (my favorite) agents finishing "unusually" fast.