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May 10, 2013
5/10/2013. Isikoff. NBC News. Unaware of Tsarnaev warnings, Boston counterterror unit tracked protesters
May 8, 2013
5/07/2013. McGregor. FT.com. US says China is stepping up cyber war
May 6, 2013
5/06/2013. Chang and Grisales. McClatchy. Student: Test fire of '3D-printed' handgun successful
May 4, 2013
5/04/2013. Gilson. MoJo. Photos: Stark Scenes From the Guantanamo Hunger Strike
April 23, 2013
4/30/2013. Gerard. ITT. West Blast Obliterates Safety Lie
February 14, 2013
2/14/2013 Rosenberg, McClatchy. Photo of Mecca mosque, FBI agent's memoirs seized at Guantanamo
February 3, 2013
2/03/2013 Stapleton, CNN. Ex-Navy sniper killed at Texas gun range
January 8, 2013
1/8/13 BBC, US Benghazi consulate attack: Sole suspect 'freed'
January 7, 2013
1/7/13 Rothschild & Pal, Progressive. Obama Appoints Dr. Drone to Head CIA
March 27, 2011
3/27/10 Mason, LA Times, Democrat urges investigation into federal security contractors
March 1, 2011
3/01/11, Murphy, MoJo, Meet the White Supremacist Leading the GOP's Anti-Sharia Crusade
August 25, 2010
8/25/10 BBC, Wikileaks Releases CIA 'Exporter of Terrorism' Report
July 17, 2010
7/17/10 Reuters, U.S. government told to review terrorist list decision
July 16, 2010
7/16/10 Gray, CNN, Release of Lockerbie bomber was a mistake, British government says
July 14, 2010
7/14/10 Censer, WP, Emergent set to announce anthrax vaccine contract
July 6, 2010
7/06/10 Salisbury, MoJo, Stage-Managing the War on Terror
June 25, 2010
6/25/10 Weir, CSM, Kyrgyzstan failure could boost Afghan drug trade, Islamist radicals
June 21, 2010
6/21/10 Youseff, McClatchy, Report finds U.S. tax money may be funding Taliban
June 16, 2010
6/16/10 BBC, Pakistan 'gave funds' to group on UN terror blacklist
June 13, 2010
6/13/10 BBC, Pakistani agents 'funding and training Afghan Taliban'
June 7, 2010
6/07/10 Kunichoff, TruthOut, News in Brief: Guantanamo Cost $500 Million and More
6/07/10 Kasinof, CSM, US cluster bombs in Yemen: The right weapon in Al Qaeda fight?
6/07/10 BBC, US intelligence analyst arrested over security leaks
June 4, 2010
6/04/10 DeYoung & Jaffe, WP, US 'Secret War' Expands Globally as Special Operations Forces Take larger Role
May 23, 2010
5/23/10 Beaumont, Guardian, US appoints first cyber warfare general
May 20, 2010
5/20/10 Rotella & Linzer, ProPublica, Times Square Bombing Investigation Focuses on Suspected Role of Pakistani Army Major
5/20/10 CNN, Report questions TSA's program for spotting terrorists
May 14, 2010
5/13/10 topol, CSM, Yemen: Never mind Anwar al-Awlaki, the economy is a bigger threat
May 11, 2010
5/11/10 Schulman, MoJo, What Did the FBI Know About Faisal Shahzad?
May 9, 2010
5/09/10 Reuters, U.S. says Pakistani Taliban behind bomb attempt
5/09/10 BBC, 'Pakistan Taliban' behind Times Square bomb plot
May 7, 2010
5/07/10 Jenkins, Rand, Would-Be Warriors: Incidents of Jihadist Terrorist Radicalization in the United States Since September 11, 2001
May 4, 2010
5/04/10 Scahill, Rebel Reports, Were US Special Forces Involved in the Arrest of Faisal Shahzad?
5/04/10 CNN, Bomb plot suspect arrested trying to catch flight to Dubai
5/04/10 BBC, Barack Obama renews US-Syria sanctions
May 3, 2010
5/03/10 Gall, NYT, Video Shows U.S. Attack Did Not Kill Top Militant
May 1, 2010
5/01/10 BBC, US embassy warns of terror attack threat in Delhi
April 30, 2010
4/30/10 Shahzaf, AsiaTimes, How Iran and al-Qaeda made a deal
April 19, 2010
4/19/10 Talley, AP, Oklahoma City marks 15 years since bombing
April 10, 2010
4/10/10 Miller, NYT, U.S. officials say Pakistani spy agency released Afghan Taliban insurgents
April 7, 2010
4/07/10 BBC, Yemenis urged to probe alleged breaches of laws of war
April 6, 2010
4/06/10 BBC, Scores of Indian soldiers killed in Maoist ambushes
March 30, 2010
3/30/10 Douglas, ITT, The Unanswered Question
March 29, 2010
3/29/10 ITT, Why Do They Want to Do Us Harm? [Part One]
March 23, 2010
3/23/10 Bhadrakumar, AsiaTimes, A spy unsettles US-India ties
March 16, 2010
3/16/10 AL Jazeera, Somalia signs deal with militia
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 BBC, Singapore boosts security over threat to oil tankers
3/05/10 Gettleman, NYT, U.S. Aiding Somalia in Its Plan to Retake Its Capital
March 1, 2010
3/01/10 Markoff, NYT, U.S. to Reveal Rules on Internet Security
3/01/10 Barnes, CSM, Saudi Arabia and India address terrorism in a rare meeting
February 28, 2010
2/28/10 CNN, Suspected CIA suicide bomber calls American team 'gift from God'
February 24, 2010
2/24/10 BBC, Oil spill reaches Italy's River Po after 'sabotage'
February 18, 2010
2/18/10 CNN, Report: Officers lose 243 Homeland Security guns
February 17, 2010
2/17/10 Laessing, Reuters, Yemen's Water Crisis Eclipses al Qaeda Threat
2/17/10 Carvaljo, Reuters, Group to reveal laundering, terror funding blacklist
2/17/10 Drogan, LAT, In a doomsday cyber attack scenario, answers are unsettling
February 13, 2010
2/13/10 Pincus, WP, Under plan, intelligence agencies would be consulted before reading of rights
February 12, 2010
2/12/10 Weir, CSM, 20 insurgents killed as Jihadist attacks rise in Russia's Caucasus
January 29, 2010
1/29/10 Reuters, Bin Laden urges abandoning dollar: Al Jazeera tape
January 28, 2010
1/28/10 Ross, PublicRecord, Howard Zinn: "Largest Lie" Was US War On Terrorism
January 27, 2010
1/27/10 Ghobari, Reuters, Yemen plans U.S.-funded militant rehab centre
1/27/10 Priest, WP, US Military Teams, Intelligence Deeply Involved in Aiding Yemen on Strikes
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Taylor, McClatchy, Obama Quietly Continues to Defend Bush's Terror Policies
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Reuters, U.S. warns against having same airport security systems
January 20, 2010
1/20/10 Miller, LAT, American ex-convicts suspected of link to Yemen militants
January 16, 2010
1/16/10 Finn & Warrick, WP, In Afghanistan attack, CIA fell victim to series of miscalculations about informant
1/16/10 Nossiter, NYT, Lonely Trek to Radicalism for Terror Suspect
January 15, 2010
1/15/10 Bumiller & Shane, NYT, Pentagon Report on Fort Hood Details Failures
January 11, 2010
1/11/10 NYT, In Hasan Case, Superiors Ignored Their Own Worries
January 10, 2010
1/10/10 Beaumont, Guardian, Violence, fear and confusion: welcome to the Horn of Africa
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 Batty, Guardian, Killer of CIA agents in Afghanistan calls for revenge
1/09/10 Rudin, BBC, UK 'paid Afghan warlord $2m to find Osama Bin Laden'
1/09/10 BBC, US warns of attacks on Uganda-Sudan planes
1/09/10 Harris, Guardian, CIA bomber's 'martyrdom' video urges more US attacks
January 8, 2010
1/08/10 Landler, NYT, U.S. Has Few Resources to Face Threats in Yemen
1/08/10 Labott & Dougherty, CNN, State Department failed to confirm terror suspect's visa
January 7, 2010
1/07/10 CNN, White House denies new details on suspect emerged during flight
1/07/10 Bumiller, NYT, Many Ex-Detainees Said to Be Engaged in Terror
January 6, 2010
1/06/10 Rotella, LAT, U.S. learned intelligence on airline bomb suspect while he was en route
January 5, 2010
1/05/10 Labott, CNN, U.S. lowers threshold for inclusion on no-fly lists
January 4, 2010
1/04/10 BBC, CIA bomber was a 'Jordanian informant', US media say
January 3, 2010
1/03/10 Syal & Townsend, Guardian, How a radical student joined the global terror network
1/03/10 CNN, U.S., Britain close embassies in Yemen
January 2, 2010
1/02/10 BBC, Saudi Arabia asks Iran to free Bin Laden daughter
December 31, 2009
12/30/09 Reynolds, BBC, Security reforms on the way following 'jet bomber' case
December 30, 2009
12/30/09 England, FT, Social pressures help to spur jihad
12/30/09 BBC, US aware 'Nigerian' prepared for terror attack
12/30/09 Tran, Guardian, Body scanners blocked by US 'could have prevented attempted plane attack'
12/30/09 McGreal et al, guardian, US plots retaliatory strikes against al-Qaida in Yemen over plane bomber
December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Nichols, Nation, Lieberman: How About Another War?
12/29/09 Van Auken, WSWS, In wake of airline incident: Drumbeat for US war in Yemen
12/29/09 Mount, CNN, Former Gitmo detainees investigated in airline bombing plot
12/29/09 BBC, Western counter-terrorism help 'not enough for Yemen'
December 28, 2009
12/28/09 Schmidt & Worth, Times, US Widens Terror War to Yemen
12/28/09 McGreal, Guardian, Barack Obama pledges to take fight to terrorists behind jet bomb plot
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 Schmitt & Worth, NYT, U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, a Qaeda Bastion
December 26, 2009
12/26/09 CNN, Sources: Terror suspect is son of bank executive, attended college
12/26/09 Al Jazeera, Raids follow US plane bombing bid
12/26/09 Reuters, Taliban planned to use Americans in Pakistan attacks
12/26/09 CNN, Device was on fire in terror suspect's lap, plane passenger says
December 25, 2009
12/25/09 Rostello, LAT, Jet passengers overpowered would-be bomber
December 24, 2009
12/24/09 Raghavan, WP, Yemeni air strike kills 30, targets home of cleric linked to Ft. Hood attack
December 23, 2009
12/23/09 BBC, India visa move brings complaints
12/23/09 BBC, Eritrea hit with UN sanctions for 'aiding insurgents'
12/23/09 Walberg, IntelDaily, What Really Happened This Decade
12/23/09 Peterson, CSM, Osama bin Laden's family in Iran: new strain on Saudi-Iran ties
December 20, 2009
12/20/09 BBC, US repatriates 12 Guantanamo men, including 6 Yemenis
December 19, 2009
12/19/09 Reuters, U.S. helped Yemen with hardware, intelligence: report
December 18, 2009
12/18/09 Shanker & Landler, NYT, U.S. Aids Yemeni Raids on Al Qaeda, Officials Say
December 16, 2009
12/16/09 Yusuf, CSM, India: Was Mumbai suspect a double agent for US?
December 13, 2009
12/23/09 BBC, Islamists flee Philippines prison after militants' raid
December 12, 2009
12/12/09 Al Jazeera, US Iraq jail an 'al-Qaeda school'
December 6, 2009
12/06/09 Slevin & Finn, WP, Illinois prison likely to house detainees
12/06/09 BBC, No Bin Laden information in years, says Gates
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 BBC, BBC obtains Pakistan's charges against Mumbai accused
November 25, 2009
11/25/09 AP, UN report: Congo rebel network spans 25 countries
November 18, 2009
11/18/09 O'Neill, times Online, Radical change needed to beat terrorism and organised crime, says Sir Hugh Orde
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Macaskill, Guardian, US mosques and New York skyscraper seized over alleged Iran links
11/13/09 CNN, Official: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, others to face trial in New York
November 12, 2009
11/12/09 Examiner, CIA fails in attempt to link Ft. Hood shooter to al Qaeda, Iran exhales
November 6, 2009
11/06/09 DeepJournal, The Real Intelligence Failure
October 19, 2009
10/19/09 Whitlock, WP, Flow of terrorist recruits increasing
October 13, 2009
10/13/09 Spotts, CSM, CERN physicist accused of terror links. What access did he have?
September 25, 2009
9/25/09 Guardian, Prosecutor: US terror suspect wanted to carry out attack on 9/11 anniversary
9/25/09 CNN, Spate of terrorism arrests not connected, analysts say
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 Starr, CNN, U.S. may have killed al Qaeda target in Somalia, officials say
9/14/09 Times Online, New bin Laden audio tape released
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 Shah, McClatchy, Terror group builds big base under Pakistani officials' noses
9/13/09 Brumitt, AP, Pakistan outsources part of terror war to militia
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 BBC, SAS training Libya, paper claims
September 5, 2009
9/05/09 PublicRecord, BP Heavily Involved In Deal to Release Lockerbie Bomber
August 28, 2009
8/28/09 McCullagh, CNET, Bill would give president emergency control of Internet
August 20, 2009
8/20/09 Fisher, IPS, POLITICS-US: Court Reins in Terror Finance Policy
August 18, 2009
8/18/09 Schmitt, NYT, F.B.I. Agents' Role Is Transformed by Terror Fight
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Cratty, CNN, Feds to tour Michigan prison where Gitmo detainees could go
8/12/09 BBC, FBI man testifies in Mumbai trial
August 6, 2009
8/06/09 Hsu & Warrick, WP, Obama's Battle Against Terrorism To Go Beyond Bombs and Bullets
August 1, 2009
8/01/09 Markoff & Shanker, CNN, Halted '03 Iraq Plan Illustrates U.S. Fear of Cyberwar Risk
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Reuters, Homeland Secretary to Reveal Security Plans: Report
July 17, 2009
7/17/09 CNN, Police say Jakarta hotel bombers were guests
June 21, 2009
6/21/09 Nawaz, Guardian, A chilling return to the land where once I sowed hate
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Scahill, RebelReports, "The Responsible Left:" Funding Obama's Expanding Wars $100 Billion a Vote
June 13, 2009
6/12/09 BBC, US 'kept Guantanamo deal from UK'
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Pelofsky, Reuters, U.S. war funding bill brims with unrelated extras
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 CNN, Cheney: No link between Saddam Hussein, 9/11
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Hook, LAT, Obama's extra war funding wins House approval
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 Baldor, AP, Terrorists moving from Afghan border to Africa
April 8, 2009
4/08/09 Gorman, WSJ, Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies
April 6, 2009
4/06/09 Nelson, TimesOnline, India to cut off 30 million mobile phones
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 Hussain & Page, TimesOnline, Taleban: we will launch attack on America that will amaze world
March 29, 2009
3/29/09 Borger & Fuchs, Guardian, Spanish judge to hear torture case against six Bush officials
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Wilson & Kaman, WP, 'Global War on Terror' Is Given New Name
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Macalister, Guardian, New generation of nuclear power stations 'risk terrorist anarchy'
March 14, 2009
3/14/09 Ahlers, CNN, GAO: Fake passports easy to get
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 Buchanan, Scoop, A Word From Afar: Leashing the Watchdogs
February 22, 2009
2/22/09 Morris, BBC, India's home-grown terror dilemma
February 18, 2009
2/18/09 Ahlers, CNN, New nuclear plants to protect against jet strikes
February 16, 2009
2/16/09 Hedges, Truthdig, Bad News From America's Top Spy
February 14, 2009
2/14/09 Schwartz, NYT, Job Losses Pose a Threat to Stability Worldwide
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 BBC, Pakistan admits India attack link
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 Robertson, CNN, 'Jihadi rehab' is a possibility for post-Gitmo
1/27/09 Whitlock, WP, E.U. Willing to Help U.S. on Guantanamo
January 24, 2009
1/24/09 CNN, Security experts skeptical on Gitmo detainee report
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Wielaard, AP, Pending EU deal to take Iran group off terror list
1/22/09 Worth, NYT, Freed by U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 IntelDaily, Pentagon report warns of Mexico "collapse"
January 13, 2009
1/13/09 Reuters, Pentagon: 61 ex-Guantanamo inmates return to terrorism
January 8, 2009
1/08/09 Miller, Fox, NYPD Eyes Disrupting Cell Phones in Event of Terrorist Attack
January 7, 2009
1/07/09 Kravets, Wired, Terror, Anthrax, Explosives and More in Free, Downloadable 'Counterterrorism Calendar'
January 5, 2009
1/06/09 BBC, Singh accuses Pakistan on Mumbai