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Terror charges are filed against 8

Federal authorities unsealed terrorism-related charges against eight men Monday, accusing them of recruiting at least 20 young Somali Americans from Minnesota to join an extremist Islamic insurgency in Somalia. The newly named suspects make up one of ...

From SPENCER S. HSU, The Washington Post,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  African Union,  Osama bin Laden,  US State Department

FBI to announce charges against al-Shabaab recruiters

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From SPENCER S. HSU, The Washington Post,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Al-Qaeda,  Todd Jones,  US State Department

Compensation urged as judge faults Army Corps of Engineers in Katrina floods

Louisiana officials called on the Obama administration Thursday to compensate residents after a federal judge's ruling that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for some of the worst flooding in and around New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. ...

From SPENCER S. HSU, The Washington Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Army Corps of Engineers,  Barack Obama,  Mary L. Landrieu,  Charles Melancon,  John McCain

Hasan's ties to radical imam raise questions of ÃÂself-radicalization'

"These armies are the defenders of apostasy," Anwar al-Aulaqi wrote in English on his Internet site July 15 from Yemen, according to the NEFA Foundation, a private South Carolina group that monitors extremist sites. "Blessed are those who fight against ...

From SPENCER S. HSU, The Washington Post,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  White House,  Center for Strategic and International Studies,  U.S. Congress,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

U.S.-Mexico task force seeks renewed ban on assault weapons

The recommendations are among a broad set of security, trade, development and environmental proposals that come as President Obama and his Mexicans counterpart, Felipe Calder贸n, move to deepen engagement on issues including economic recovery, climate ...

From SPENCER S. HSU, The Washington Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Council on Foreign Relations,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Congress,  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Conflict, mourning in wake of Fort Hood

WASHINGTON - As the nation mourned the 13 people shot dead last week at Fort Hood, Texas, finger-pointing in Washington intensified Tuesday about whether officials at several agencies had failed to coordinate as they tracked the suspect's activities or ...

From CARRIE JOHNSON AND SPENCER S. HSU, AZ Central.com,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  US Department of Defense,  Barack Obama,  Nidal Malik Hasan,  Walter Reed Hospital

Investigators' possible missteps in Fort Hood case debated

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended a somber memorial service at the sprawling Army post, where he spoke about each of those killed. "Their memory will be honored in the places they lived and by the people they touched," the ...

From CARRIE JOHNSON AND SPENCER S. HSU, The Washington Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michelle Obama,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  US Department of Defense,  Walter Reed Hospital

Homeland Security readies tracking plan

WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing a proposal to collect fingerprints or eye scans from all foreign travelers at US airports as they leave the country, officials said, a costly screening program that airlines have ...

From SPENCER S. HSU, Boston Globe,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Department of Homeland Security,  White House,  Janet Napolitano

Fort Hood suspect's links to imam under scrutiny

Hasan attended the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church in 2001, when its spiritual leader was Anwar al-Aulaqi, a figure who crossed paths with al-Qaeda associates, including two Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers, one senior U.S. official said. Since leaving ...

From SPENCER S. HSU AND CARRIE JOHNSON, The Washington Post,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

DHS readies plan to track foreigners flying from U.S.

The plan, which would take effect within two years, would collect fingerprints at airport security checkpoints, departure gates or terminal kiosks, allowing the government to track when roughly 35 million foreign visitors a year leave the country and ...

From SPENCER S. HSU, The Washington Post,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  White House,  Janet Napolitano,  Dianne Feinstein

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