INFORMATION
Daily Headline : Terrorism
01/07/2010 - The Department of Justice charged the 23-year-old Nigerian yesterday with trying to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day.
Beyond Print: Terrorism
12/23/2009 - U.S. organizations that handle certain hazardous chemicals above set quantities are now subject to DHS’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards and its Risk-Based Performance Standards. Read the standards online here, here, and here.
Daily Headline : Terrorism
12/17/2009 - A federal appeals court has ruled that a U.S. citizen who was wrongly accused and held for two weeks under suspicion of terrorism may not pursue his lawsuit against the government.
Daily Headline : Terrorism
12/16/2009 - This year saw both victories and setbacks in the fight against Islamist terrorism as al Qaeda suffered serious blows while Islamist terrorism rose dramatically in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Somalia, according to a new report from a U.S. security think tank.
Daily Headline : Terrorism
12/15/2009 - Lawmakers tried in vain today to get a clear answer to a controversial question with constitutional implications during a hearing on violent extremism: What pushes a person with extremist thoughts and beliefs to decide to engage in terrorism?
Daily Headline : Terrorism
12/10/2009 - Five young Muslim American men were arrested in Pakistan yesterday after police raided a house with alleged ties to Islamic militants, according to various media reports.
Daily Headline : Terrorism
12/08/2009 - One U.S. counterterrorism expert says LeT is making the leap, but press reports indicate the Pakistani group remains focused on Indian targets.
Daily Headline : Terrorism
12/08/2009 - A Chicago businessman already charged with plotting to attack a Danish newspaper has also been charged with helping to plot the Mumbai attacks last November.
Daily Headline : Terrorism
12/03/2009 - Home-based terrorists are currently inside the United States and are looking to strike American targets here and abroad, the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said in a speech last night.
Daily Headline : Terrorism
12/02/2009 - A recent terrorism plot foiled by federal and state law enforcement iilustrates the threat the United States faces from terrorists trying to export the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq to the homefront, said Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano during a speech yesterday.
Daily Headline : Terrorism
11/25/2009 - The U.S. Army installation at Fort Hood, Texas, has strengthened its security policies and procedures after the shooting rampage that killed 12 soldiers and a civilian, reports CNN.com.
International: Terrorism
11/23/2009 - One review of extremists' educational histories suggests they tend to study engineering, but critics caution about extrapolating too much from the data.
Daily Headline : Terrorism
11/23/2009 - One year after the Mumbai terror attacks, India has invested heavily in revamping its counterterrorism readiness.