Terror arrests spur warning to police about US extremists getting training, coming homeWASHINGTON — Antiterrorism officials are increasingly concerned about American-bred extremists who travel abroad for terror training and then return home, sometimes quietly recruiting followers over the years. Homeland Security chief tours Olympics security center in Washington state ahead of 2010 gamesBELLINGHAM, Wash. — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano got a tour Monday of a $4 million Olympics Coordination center that in six months should be a bustling hub of counterterrorism and security operations for the 2010 Winter Games in nearby British Columbia. Anti-terror FBI agents arrest 6 in Raleigh, NCWASHINGTON — Officials have charged a North Carolina man with supporting terrorism by recruiting people to fight overseas. EU nations support expanded anti-terror bank data sharing deal with USBRUSSELS — European Union nations on Monday unanimously supported expanding the bloc’s anti-terror cooperation with the United States to stop the transfer of funds supporting terror groups. EU nations support expanding anti-terror bank data sharing deal with USBRUSSELS — European Union nations support expanding a deal sharing more anti-terror banking data with the United States. AP Interview: Karzai offers peace to Taliban who renounce violence; seeks new rules for troopsKABUL — A confident President Hamid Karzai on Monday offered peace talks to Taliban militants if they renounce violence and called for a new relationship with the West if he wins a second term in next month’s presidential election. Top US commander in Middle East says US will support anti-terror fight in Yemen, regionSAN’A, Yemen — The official Yemeni news agency says the top U.S. commander in the Middle East is pledging American support to fight terrorism in the troubled Arabian peninsula country. Case of US al-Qaida recruit may point terrorism fight toward civilian legal systemNEW YORK — When the American-born al-Qaida recruit Bryant Neal Vinas was captured in Pakistan late last year, he wasn’t whisked off to a military prison or a secret CIA facility in another country to be interrogated. Pakistan arrests pro-Taliban cleric Sufi Muhammad who brokered Swat peace deal that fell apartPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani police on Sunday arrested pro-Taliban cleric Sufi Muhammad, who brokered a peace deal between the government and militants in the Swat Valley that has since faltered. AP Sources: American informant was ‘gold mine’ of al-Qaida secretsNEW YORK — When the American-born al-Qaida recruit Bryant Neal Vinas was captured in Pakistan late last year, he wasn’t whisked off to a military prison or a secret CIA facility in another country to be interrogated. Bush considered sending US troops into Buffalo suburb to arrest terror suspects, paper saysWASHINGTON — The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have been a nearly unprecedented use of military power, The New York Times reported. Homeland Security Department to conduct first nationwide terror prevention exerciseWASHINGTON — The government is conducting its first-ever nationwide exercise Monday aimed at preventing a terrorist attack. US-born Al-Qaida recruit trained as suicide bomber, given explosives training before captureNEW YORK — An American-born terrorist-in-training learned how to shoot rockets and assault rifles and construct a suicide bomber’s vest at al-Qaida camps in Pakistan, according to documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Law enforcement officials: US-born Al-Qaida recruit trained as suicide bomber before captureNEW YORK — An American-born al-Qaida recruit trained to become a suicide bomber before he was captured in Pakistan last year, law enforcement officials said Thursday. AP sources: Osama bin Laden’s son Saad may have been killed, but US not 100 percent sureWASHINGTON — Saad bin Laden, a son of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, may have been killed in a U.S. airstrike, U.S. officials said Thursday. Feds: US man trained by al-Qaida, then turned as top informant in terror casesNEW YORK — An American-born al-Qaida recruit has become one of the counterterrorism world’s most valuable informants, giving investigators a rare look at al-Qaida’s day-to-day operations in a lawless region bordering Pakistan which U.S. officials have struggled to infiltrate, investigators say. Group uses FOIA lawsuit to crack secrecy surrounding possible crimes by intelligence agenciesWASHINGTON — A public interest group is trying to use the Freedom of Information Act to crack more than three decades of secrecy surrounding how the government deals with wrongdoing by intelligence agencies. Report: Cyber expert shortage may hinder government in protecting Web sites, internal systemsWASHINGTON — Federal agencies are facing a severe shortage of computer specialists, even as a growing wave of coordinated cyberattacks against the government poses potential national security risks, a private study found. Report says immigration officials entered homes illegally, violated rights in raids in NY, NJNEW YORK — Immigration agents raiding homes for suspected illegal immigrants violated the U.S. Constitution by entering without proper consent and may have used racial profiling, a report analyzing arrest records found. Amnesty criticizes Saudi Arabia for rights abuses in terror fight, reprimands rest of worldCAIRO — Saudi Arabia is holding more than 3,000 people in secret detention and has used torture to extract confessions in its anti-terrorism crackdown since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Amnesty International said in a report Wednesday. Malaysian fugitive terror mastermind aspires to lead regional al-QaidaJAKARTA, Indonesia — Southeast Asia’s most wanted Muslim militant is said to be a masterful bomb-maker and aspiring regional commander for al-Qaida, who has eluded capture for nearly a decade. As search for clues continues, 1st funeral held for Jakarta bomb blast victimsJAKARTA, Indonesia — The first of the Jakarta hotel bombings’ seven victims was buried Monday — just days after he again became a father. Indonesian police say explosives in Jakarta bombings ‘identical’ to Bali attacksJAKARTA, Indonesia — Explosive material recovered from the scene of two suicide bombings at hotels in the Indonesian capital is “identical” to that used by the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah in earlier attacks, police said. Governors say they don’t want added federal expenses for health care, secure driver’s licensesBILOXI, Miss. — Many of the nation’s governors said Sunday they don’t want Congress to force states to pick up extra expenses, from health care to national security. Ukraine, Georgia look to Biden’s visit for expanded US support, amid tensions with MoscowKIEV, Ukraine — Vice President Joe Biden is visiting Georgia and Ukraine starting Monday, meeting leaders eager for further reassurance that Washington still supports their joining NATO and that its effort to warm relations with Russia won’t come at their expense. Clinton says India, US can devise breakthrough plan to fight climate changeNEW DELHI — India and the United States can jointly devise a breakthrough plan for fighting climate change that will generate massive new investments and millions of jobs, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday. Clinton, returning to world stage, defends US demands for wider anti-terror actionMUMBAI, India — Off the injured list and back on the world stage, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday gave an impassioned defense of American demands that India and other countries do more to tackle terrorism and global warming. US official says at least 8 Americans wounded in Jakarta blasts, a reminder of threatWASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday said a pair of suicide bombings in luxury American hotels in the Indonesian capital were proof of the need to remain vigilant against terror groups. But officials said they do not see the attacks as a sign that violent extremism is on the rise again in Indonesia. Judge dismisses Texas group’s suit against feds for putting planned biolab in KansasWASHINGTON — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Texas consortium protesting the Homeland Security Department’s choice of Kansas for a multimillion-dollar biodefense lab. Suicide blasts kill 8, wound 50 at Jakarta luxury hotels; end 4-year lull in Indonesia attacksJAKARTA, Indonesia — Two days ago, they checked into room 1808 at the swank J.W. Marriott Hotel — smuggling explosives past metal detectors and security guards. Behind the closed door, investigators say the suicide attackers then assembled the bombs set off Friday at the Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton next door. |
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