UPDATE: Sunday 12:45 a.m. FBI Arrests Father and Son in Terror Probe (NY Times) The FBI is expected to run down counterterrorism leads and check them out thoroughly. And that’s what the agency seems to be doing in this case. But it’s still not clear how big of a deal this was. BY James Gordon…
The FBI and other agencies are learning that trying to remove al Qaeda in one or two countries won’t destroy the movement. It’s one thing to kill people, it’s another to kill a movement. By Kevin Johnson USA Today WASHINGTON — In the eight years since the 9/11 attacks, FBI Director Robert Mueller has spent…
It took five years of hard work by Justice Dept. attorneys, but it has paid off with a guilty plea from an al-Qaeda collaborator. Sentencing is set for July 9th, where he could get over 12 years for working with terrorists. By Elizabeth Stawicki Minnesota Public Radio ST. PAUL, Minn. — A former Minneapolis man…
The ghost of Sept. 11 will forever leave a indelible mark on this country. Can jurors truly set aside the event when sitting on a jury involving suspected terrorists? That’s the question of the day down in Miami. By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press MIAMI – Finding lingering emotions from the Sept. 11 terror attacks emerged…
Like in the world of computers and video games, there’s always something new and improved about to come out. Could that be true in the terrorism world? Is the India terror group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, the new and improved al Qaeda? BY JAMES GORDON MEEK DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON – U.S. intelligence was caught off-guard by…
There is slow justice and then there is very very slow justice. Here is the latter. By Craig Whitlock Washington Post Foreign Service SOUTH LITTLETON, England — Soon after al-Qaeda bombed two U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998, a U.S. federal judge issued a warrant for Khalid al-Fawwaz, an accused conspirator in the attacks…
Facebook may be the playground for everyone from entertainers to acne-faced kids. But the Jihadists in the world want to add to the mix. Could Bin Laden one day ask to be your Facebook friend? By Noah Shachtman Wired Blog Network Online jihadists have already used YouTube, blogs and other social media to spread their…
