Tag: FBI

Categories
Fiction Science Club

‘Men in Black’ saga turns into a cause for celebration

The 1947 Maury Island UFO incident is commemorated in a mural on display in Des Moines, Wash. (Explore Seattle Southside Photo)

Even the Men in Black need their day in the sun. And they’re getting it this week, in the place where those classic characters in UFO tales made their debut.

Roswell may be the nation’s best-known UFO capital — but you can make a good argument that the Seattle area served the true birthplace of the Men in Black and helped inspire shows including  “The X-Files,” “Project Blue Book” and yes, “Men in Black.”

Steve Edmiston — a lawyer, film writer and producer who’s one of the organizers of the Men in Black Birthday Bash — can make an especially good argument.

“It’s like almost the original X-File, if you think about it,” he says in the latest episode of the Fiction Science podcast.

https://radiopublic.com/fiction-science-GAxyzK/s1!39c62

Continue reading “‘Men in Black’ saga turns into a cause for celebration”
Categories
GeekWire

Case closed: FBI says plane thief acted alone

A video by John Waldron shows the stolen Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 turboprop plane passing overhead on Aug. 10. (John Waldron via KING5 / Twitter)

After a three-month investigation, the FBI has concluded that Horizon Air employee Richard Russell acted alone when he crept into a secure area of Sea-Tac International Airport, stole an airplane and took it on an joyride.

Investigators also said today that Russell crashed the empty Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 turboprop plane intentionally on remote Ketron Island, southwest of Seattle in Puget Sound. About six seconds before impact, Russell pushed the plane’s control column forward to hasten the end, the FBI said.

Cause of death was ruled as suicide.

Get the full story on GeekWire.

Categories
GeekWire

Can FBI check 650K emails? Snowden says yes

How hard is it to check hundreds of thousands of emails? Not that hard. (© Gajus via Fotolia)

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and his supporters are questioning whether the FBI could have sifted through 650,000 emails quickly enough to clear his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, just nine days after they were discovered.

But the FBI and cybersecurity experts say it can be done with database scanning software – and one of those experts is none other than Edward Snowden, the fugitive whistleblower who’s hoping to get a presidential pardon.

The debate unfolded today in the wake of FBI Director James Comey’s announcement that a search through a laptop used by Clinton aide Huma Abedin turned up nothing to change “our conclusions that we expressed in July with respect to Secretary Clinton.”

In other words, the FBI investigation into Clinton’s emails remains closed, with no charges sought.

Get the full story on GeekWire.

Exit mobile version