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Chicago Man Faces Prison Time on Terrorism Charge

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Chicago man accused of traveling to Somalia to become a suicide bomber for a terrorist group tied to al-Qaida faces nearly 10 year in prison, the Chicago Tribune reports. Shaker Masri, 28, agreed to plead guilty to one count of attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization in exchange…

Ex-FBI Agent Cites High Level Dysfunction Over 9/11 in His Book

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By Scott Shane New York Times WASHINGTON — In a new memoir, a former F.B.I. agent who tracked Al Qaeda before and after the Sept. 11 attacks paints a devastating picture of rivalry and dysfunction inside the government’s counterterrorism agencies. The book describes missed opportunities to defuse the 2001 plot, and argues that other attacks…