U.S. knew of terror suspect
An official briefed on the attack on a Detroit airliner said Saturday the U.S. has known for at least two years that the suspect in the attack could have terrorist ties.The official told The Associated...
View ArticlePentagon gunman killed, officers hurt
A gunman coolly drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at a security checkpoint into the Pentagon on Thursday in a point-blank attack that wounded two police officers before the suspect was...
View ArticlePassenger causes plane to make a detour landing
U.S. officials say an American citizen on a flight from Paris to Atlanta claimed to have a fake passport and said he had explosives in his luggage.The officials say federal air marshals are on the...
View ArticleBomb suspect made flight reservation on way to JFK
U.S. government officials say the man accused of driving a bomb-laden SUV into Times Square made his flight reservation on the way to the airport and paid for his ticket in cash.Officials, briefed on...
View ArticleAP sources: Intelligence director to resign
Dennis Blair, President Obama's national intelligence director, is resigning after a 16-month tenure marked by turf wars among the country's spy agencies.Blair, a retired admiral, is the third director...
View ArticleNational intelligence director resigning
National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said Thursday he is resigning, ending a tumultuous 16-month tenure marked by intelligence failures and turf wars among the country's spy agencies.Blair, a...
View ArticleState dinner crashers stopped near White House
The White House party crashers, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, were stopped in a limo near the White House Wednesday evening as President Barack Obama was holding his second official state dinner.The limo...
View ArticleSource: Unlikely 2 men were plotting terror
A U.S. government official says the FBI's investigation of two Yemeni men detained in Amsterdam is finding that it's unlikely they were on a test run for a future terror attack, even as Dutch...
View ArticleObama: Explosives found, bound for U.S.
President Barack Obama declared Friday that authorities had uncovered a "credible terrorist threat" against the United States following the overseas discovery of U.S.-bound packages containing...
View ArticleSaudi tip thwarts delivery of explosive packages
Intelligence officials say a tip from Saudi Arabia led to the discovery of explosive packages bound for the U.S.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive security...
View ArticleAmid al-Qaida fears, more packages investigated
Yemeni authorities are checking dozens more packages in the search for terrorists who tried to mail bombs to Chicago-area synagogues in a brazen plot that heightened fears of a new al-Qaida terror...
View ArticleU.S. issues new security rules for air cargo
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says new security rules are in place banning all cargo from Yemen and Somalia and prohibiting the transport of printer toner and ink cartridges weighing...
View ArticleAl-Qaida threatens to attack U.S. during holidays
Counterterrorism officials are warning about threats to the U.S. from al-Qaida and affiliated groups during this holiday season.The FBI and Homeland Security Department are alerting state and local law...
View ArticleColor-coded terror warnings red-lighted
By the end of April, terror threats to the U.S. will no longer be described in shades of green, blue, yellow, orange and red, The Associated Press has learned.The nation's color-coded terror warning...
View ArticleKing defends past IRA support, terror hearings
Rep. Peter King, who will hold hearings this week on Islamic radicalism, is defending his support in the 1980s and 1990s of the Irish Republican Army's political wing.The New York Republican says the...
View ArticleWhite House: Counterterrorism agency chief resigns
The White House says its top counterterrorism agency chief is resigning after nearly five years at his post.The president called National Counterterrorism Center director Michael Leiter, "a trusted...
View ArticleTSA introduces new technology to protect privacy
The Transportation Security Administration says it's installing new technology in some U.S. airports so when a traveler goes through checkpoint security, a generic outline of a person's body will be...
View ArticleAP source: Specific, unconfirmed threat received
Counterterrorism officials said Thursday they are investigating a credible but unconfirmed terror threat involving New York or Washington.The threat was so specific, and coming at a time of already...
View ArticleNYPD eyed U.S. citizens in intel effort
The New York Police Department put American citizens under surveillance and scrutinized where they ate, prayed and worked, not because of charges of wrongdoing but because of their ethnicity, according...
View ArticleDenver shootings suspect ID’d
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement officials say the suspect in Friday's deadly shooting in Colorado is James Holmes, a 24-year-old white American.Officials believe Holmes killed a dozen people...
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