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• US official in Libya said he wanted more security

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A top State Department security official in Libya told a congressional investigator that he had argued unsuccessfully for more security in the weeks before Ambassador Chris Stevens …

• Egyptian-born terror suspect pleads not guilty

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — An Egyptian-born preacher pleaded not guilty Tuesday to conspiring with Seattle men to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon, three days after he and …

• 2 suspects appear before NY judge in terror case

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Two men brought from England to face terrorism charges have made their first appearance before the New York judge who will oversee their trial. Khaled al-Fawwaz …

• Cousin: Oklahoma bomb plot suspect mentally ill

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A 23-year-old Illinois man accused of planning to attack dozens of churches in Oklahoma with Molotov cocktails has struggled with mental illness, substance abuse and grief, … 1

• 3 NY terrorism defendants set for court appearance

  October 8, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — An Egyptian-born preacher and two men brought from England to New York to face terrorism charges are returning to court. Abu Hamza al-Masri will appear in …

• Ill. man faces terrorism charge in Okla. bomb plot

  October 8, 2012 in Nation/World OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Illinois man with a long history of mental illness has been charged with plotting to attack dozens of churches after a hotel maintenance worker in …

• NY court considers: Is gang member a terrorist?

  October 8, 2012 in Nation/World ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In 2002, a New York City street gang crashed a christening party, shouted out their superiority, confronted a rival and started a fight that left a … 1

• 5 terror suspects from UK appear in US courts

  October 6, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — An extremist Egyptian-born preacher entered a U.S. courtroom Saturday for the first time to face multiple terrorism charges, complaining that his prosthetic hooks, medication and special …

• Extradited terrorism suspects appear in US courts

  October 6, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A partially blind extremist Egyptian-born preacher charged in multiple terrorism plots entered a U.S. court for the first time Saturday without the use of his arms, …

• 2 terrorism suspects plead not guilty in NYC

  October 6, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri (AH’-boo HAHM’-zuh ahl MAHZ’-ree) and two other terrorism suspects who fought for years to avoid facing charges in the United States …

• 5 terrorism suspects extradited from UK to US

  October 6, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — An ailing extremist Egyptian-born preacher and four other terrorism suspects arrived in the United States from England early Saturday under tight security to face trial, and …

• 2 extradited to US to appear in Conn. court

  October 6, 2012 in Nation/World NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Five terror suspects were extradited from Britain after losing their lengthy fight to avoid facing charges in the U.S., and officials say at least two …

• Abu Hamza extradited to US after UK ruling

  October 5, 2012 in Nation/World LONDON (AP) — Radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other terror suspects were extradited from the U.K. after Britain’s High Court ruled they had no more grounds for appeal …

• Suit: Fired staffer doubted 9/11 memorial safety

  October 5, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A former manager at the Sept. 11 memorial was fired for raising health and security concerns at one of the most security-conscious places in the world, …

• Suit: Man fired for doubting 9/11 memorial safety

  October 5, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A former manager at the Sept. 11 memorial was fired for raising health and security concerns at one of the most security-conscious places in the world, …

• FBI came to Benghazi and left in past 24 hours

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of FBI agents arrived in Benghazi, Libya, to investigate the assault against the U.S. Consulate and left after about 12 hours on the ground as …

• FBI came and went to Benghazi in past 24 hours

  October 4, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of FBI agents arrived in Benghazi, Libya, to investigate the assault against the U.S. Consulate and left after about 12 hours on the ground as … 2

• Lawmakers divided on counterterror effort

  October 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Stinging criticism from Congress about a counterterrorism effort that improperly collected information about innocent Americans is turning up the heat on the Obama administration to justify the …

• State Dept opens Benghazi consulate attack probe

  October 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Past investigations into attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions have blamed both the administration and Congress for failing to spend enough money to ensure that the overseas facilities …

• Intelligence effort named citizens, not terrorists

  October 2, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A multibillion-dollar information-sharing program created in the aftermath of 9/11 has improperly collected information about innocent Americans and produced little valuable intelligence on terrorism, a Senate report …

• White House widening covert war in North Africa

  October 2, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Small teams of special operations forces arrived at American embassies throughout North Africa in the months before militants launched the fiery attack that killed the U.S. ambassador … 1

• Prosecutors: Minn. man steered recruits to Somalia

  October 2, 2012 in Nation/World MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who worked as a janitor at a Minneapolis mosque directed young Somali expatriates back to their war-torn homeland to fight as part of a pipeline …

• House committee: Security requests denied in Libya

  October 2, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite two explosions and dozens of other security threats, U.S. officials in Washington turned down repeated pleas from American diplomats in Libya to increase security at the …

• US officials explain Libya attack intelligence

  September 28, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials sought to explain Friday why the Obama administration’s understanding of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is “evolving.” Facing a … 1

• Panetta: Terrorists behind attack on US in Libya

  September 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday there can be no doubt that terrorists had planned and carried out the attack on the U.S. Consulate in eastern Libya …

• White House: Obama views Libya attack as terrorism

  September 26, 2012 in Nation/World ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama considers the deadly assault on the U.S. consulate in Libya a terrorist attack. White House … 2

• Romney: Benghazi a ‘terrorist attack’

  September 25, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says the attack on the American consulate in Libya was an act of terrorism and says the United States must use …

• Obama to urge UN to confront roots of Muslim rage

  September 25, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — Campaign politics shadowing every word, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will challenge the world to confront the root causes of rage exploding across the Muslim world, …

• Obama at the UN, in shadow of campaign politics

  September 25, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — Campaign politics shadowing every word, President Barack Obama will step before the world and declare that anti-American rage and riots among Muslims abroad will never force …

• Military-style tactics seen in US Consulate siege

  September 22, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The heavily armed extremists who laid siege to the U.S. Consulate in Libya used military-style tactics that may have steered Americans toward a waiting ambush, U.S. officials …

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