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A Single Tip Now Lands
You on Terror Watch List

THANKS, UNDERWEAR BOMBER

Dec 30, 2010 12:22 PM CST

A Single Tip Now Lands You on Terror Watch List

Officials change criteria in Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's wake

(Newser) - Be careful: The feds learned a lesson from the underwear bomber , and now all it takes is a single tip to land you on the terrorist watch list. Concerns were raised after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab wasn’t placed on the list, despite his father informing US officials of his son’...

Amid $31M Bank Probe, Vatican Creates Financial Watchdog

Dec 30, 2010 11:53 AM CST

Amid $31M Bank Probe, Vatican Creates Financial Watchdog

New laws will also fight terrorist financing

(Newser) - The Vatican today created a financial watchdog agency and issued new laws to fight money laundering and terrorist financing in a major effort to shed its image as a tax haven that for years has been mired in scandal and secrecy. The decrees, which go into effect April 1, were...

Ammo Caps Explode
at Miami Airport

Dec 29, 2010 1:20 AM CST

Ammo Caps Explode at Miami Airport

Bomb squad moves in as primer caps blow up when worker unloads bag

(Newser) - Hundreds of bullet detonation caps exploded in a passenger's luggage at Miami International Airport yesterday, triggering a terror scare. A 37-year-old man was arrested and charged with transportation of hazardous materials after the caps blew up as a baggage handler unloaded the suitcase from the Boston plane onto the tarmac....

Brit Terror Suspects Targeted
US Embassy, Big Ben

Dec 28, 2010 1:19 AM CST

Brit Terror Suspects Targeted US Embassy, Big Ben

Reconnaissance notes found among belongings of 9 men charged in ring

(Newser) - Suspected terrorists charged yesterday in a British court were targeting the US embassy in London—as well as the London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and the London Stock Exchange—for a bomb attack in the days before Christmas, according to prosecutors. Reconnaissance notes for the sites and al-Qaeda propaganda...

Expert: Screen-Dodging Overflights Pose Security Risk

Planes That Fly Over US
Pose Security Threat: Expert

Dec 27, 2010 7:00 AM CST

Planes That Fly Over US Pose Security Threat: Expert

Flights passing over, not landing in nation could house 'dirty bomb'

(Newser) - The thousands of cargo and passenger flights that fly over but don't land in the US each week aren't subject to full security screenings—and pose a potentially deadly risk to Americans, reports the Washington Post . The cargo aboard these flights isn't screened to federal standards, and passenger names aren't...

UK Charges 9
After Terror Raids

Dec 27, 2010 5:51 AM CST

UK Charges 9 After Terror Raids

Young men nabbed in 'significant' plot; 3 released

(Newser) - Following terror raids last week across several British cities, nine men have been charged with conspiring to cause explosions and preparing for terrorism, the BBC reports. Three others were let go without charges. The men, whose ages span from 19 to 28, are from Cardiff, East London, and Stoke-on-Trent. They...

Amid Heightened Security,
Pope Ushers In Christmas

Dec 24, 2010 5:04 PM CST

Amid Heightened Security, Pope Ushers In Christmas

Pontiff heralds holiday without incident

(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas Eve with an evening Mass today amid heightened security concerns following the package bombings at two Rome embassies and Christmas Eve security breaches at the Vatican the past two years running. Benedict made his way down the central aisle of St. Peter's Basilica at...

New al-Qaeda Terror Plot: Poison US Buffets

Dec 21, 2010 10:25 AM CST

New al-Qaeda Terror Plot: Poison US Buffets

Homeland Security uncovers plans to spike food with ricin, cyanide

(Newser) - Homeland Security has uncovered a terrorist plot to spread ricin and cyanide into American salad bars and buffets, CBS reports. Select corporate security officers from the restaurant and hotel industries have already been briefed on the threat, which a major intelligence source described as “credible.” The terrorists appear...

Brit Terror Suspects
Targeted Holiday Shoppers

Dec 21, 2010 8:45 AM CST

Brit Terror Suspects Targeted Holiday Shoppers

Arrests 'absolutely necessary': police

(Newser) - The 12 men arrested yesterday across Britain sought to attack holiday shoppers in multi-city, synchronized bombings. The raids marked the first discovery of an alleged terrorist plot by people of Bangladeshi origin, the Independent notes. Bangladesh has become a terror training site since travelers to Pakistan began facing tighter security....

Napolitano: Homeland Security Is Working '24/7/364'

Dec 21, 2010 7:37 AM CST

Napolitano: Homeland Security Is Working '24/7/364'

We'd better find out which day the department's taking off

(Newser) - The head of Homeland Security wants Americans to know her team is working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 364 days a year to protect us. So Janet Napolitano told Diane Sawyer in an interview last night, raising an important question: Which day is our anti-terror forces taking...

US Agencies Link Up
to Spy on ... You

INVESTIGATION

Dec 20, 2010 3:31 PM CST

US Agencies Link Up to Spy on ... You

Thousands deemed 'suspicious' appear on giant database: WaPo probe

(Newser) - Aiming to fight home-grown terrorism, the US is linking local, state, FBI, and military resources to gather information about American citizens: It’s “the largest and most technologically sophisticated” domestic intelligence system the country has ever assembled, write Dana Priest and William Arkin after a Washington Post investigation that’...

12 Busted in Terror Raids
in England, Wales

Dec 20, 2010 7:20 AM CST

12 Busted in Terror Raids in England, Wales

Pre-dawn raids believed to have foiled attack

(Newser) - Police believe a series of pre-dawn raids in England and Wales this morning may have foiled a major terrorist plot. Twelve men were arrested in Birmingham, Cardiff, London, and Stoke-on-Trent as part of what police described as a "large scale, pre-planned and intelligence-led operation," the Guardian reports.

DC Subway Plans
Random Bag Checks

Dec 17, 2010 4:30 AM CST

DC Subway Plans Random Bag Checks

Follows Boston, NYC in long-planned move

(Newser) - Following the lead of Boston and New York City, the Washington, DC, subway system will begin random bag inspections, the AP reports. The move isn’t a reaction to any particular danger; it’s been planned for years, said an official. The past few months, however, have seen a few...

Stockholm Attacker Had
3 Sets of Bombs

Dec 13, 2010 9:52 AM CST

Stockholm Attacker Had 3 Sets of Bombs

Taimour Abdulwahab probably intended to do more damage

(Newser) - The suicide bomber who killed himself in Stockholm carried three sets of bombs and had sent threats referring to "jihad" in an email shortly before his death, a prosecutor said today. Prosecutor Tomas Lindstrand identified the suicide bomber behind Saturday's blasts as 28-year-old Taimour Abdulwahab, a Swedish citizen with...

YouTube to Users:
Flag Videos Backing Terror

Dec 13, 2010 7:46 AM CST

YouTube to Users: Flag Videos Backing Terror

Facing government pressure, site says it can't screen everything

(Newser) - Under government pressure to remove videos that promote terrorism, YouTube is calling on users to decide what fits the bill, the Los Angeles Times reports. Officials like Sen. Joe Lieberman have urged the site to remove such material, but YouTube, concerned about protecting First Amendment rights, has refused to screen...

1 Killed, 2 Injured
in Stockholm Blasts

Dec 12, 2010 5:23 AM CST

1 Killed, 2 Injured in Stockholm Blasts

Police investigate two explosions as 'terror crimes'

(Newser) - A pair of explosions in central Stockholm yesterday killed one and injured two, the Guardian reports. A Swedish news agency was warned of the blasts minutes before they occurred; an email linked the attacks to Sweden’s military presence in Afghanistan, as well as a Swedish artist’s cartoons of...

Why Bother Putting Terrorists on Trial?

OPINION

Dec 10, 2010 12:24 PM CST

Why Bother Putting Terrorists on Trial?

...Since we're not going to release them

(Newser) - Why does the Obama administration insist on trying terrorists when it has no intention of freeing them? In October, the federal judge in the trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, an alleged conspirator in two US embassy bombings, complained that even if Ghailani were found innocent, the government could continue detaining...

FAA Not Sure Who Owns Thousands of US Planes

Dec 10, 2010 8:46 AM CST

FAA Not Sure Who Owns Thousands of US Planes

Chaos prompts terror fears; agency calls for re-registration

(Newser) - The FAA lacks key information on who owns some 119,000 private and commercial aircraft in the US, prompting concerns that terrorists or drug traffickers could use the paperwork mess to their advantage—something the latter group is already doing. The FAA is calling for all owners to re-register the...

Are Suicide Bombers
Just ... Suicidal?

Dec 10, 2010 8:32 AM CST

Are Suicide Bombers Just ... Suicidal?

Controversial studies suggest some are simply depressed

(Newser) - Suicide bombers are thought of as fundamentalists driven by ideology to make the ultimate statement. But what if they—or at least some of them—are just depressed individuals looking for a way out? In the Boston Globe , Paul Kix examines studies that have been done over the years highlighting...

25% of Freed Gitmo Detainees Returned to Terror

Dec 8, 2010 8:56 AM CST

25% of Freed Gitmo Detainees Returned to Terror

New report offers first look at what happened to former prisoners

(Newser) - About one-quarter of former Guantánamo Bay detainees have been linked to terrorist activities since being released, according to a government report. Of the 598 men transferred out of the prison, 81 are confirmed to have taken part in terrorism or insurgency; 69 more are suspected of taking part in...