Tag: Terrorism

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, emerges from a closed-door Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Lawmaker: China clearly behind ‘the most significant breach of federal networks in U.S. history’

Sean Higgins · June 7, 2015 4:21 pm

This image made from a militant video posted on YouTube on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, purports to show an armored vehicle of the Islamic State group firing ammunition in Jezel oil fields near Palmyra, Syria. The militant video purportedly showed Islamic State group fighters battling Syrian government forces around the Jezel oil field near Palymra. (Militant video via AP)

Gen. McChrystal: We have to halt the spread of ISIS in people’s minds

Barbara Boland · June 7, 2015 3:07 pm

Islamic State militants pass by a convoy. (Militant website via AP)

National Security

General: If Iraq airstrike hit civilians, blame ISIS

Tara Copp · June 5, 2015 7:50 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain is taking aim at the $49 million the National Guard spent on sports sponsorships in 2014. (AP Photo)

National Security

Will Obama blow his last chance to close Gitmo?

Susan Crabtree · June 5, 2015 4:01 am

The Islamic State has set up a caliphate in a large swath of Iraq and a part of Syria since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. (Militant website via AP)

National Security

ISIS ‘moron’ selfie leads to airstrike

David Brown · June 4, 2015 9:53 pm

Pamela Geller to CNN: ‘They’re Going To Come For You Too’

Becket Adams · June 4, 2015 9:31 pm

Col. Michael Midkiff, 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and officer-in-charge of the 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) Logistics Advise and Assist Team from Fort Bragg, N.C., helps an Iraqi soldier unwrap an M16A2 rifle he received as part of the fielding of combat brigade sets supplied to Iraqi Security Forces in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve May 25, 2015, at Camp Taji, Iraq. (Capt. A. Sean Taylor, 310th A&A, CJTF-OIR Public Affairs)

National Security

U.S. delivers weapons directly to Iraqi forces for first time

Tara Copp · June 4, 2015 1:20 pm

Pope Francis and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting at the Vatican, Nov. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Pope Francis and Vladimir Putin to meet June 10

Kelly Cohen · June 4, 2015 11:43 am

In this Oct. 12, 2010 photo, Rep. Cedric Richmond speaks at a debate for Louisiana's 2nd district House seat in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

National Security

Watch: DHS rejects Dem who asked if U.S. is ‘fueling’ ISIS attacks

Pete Kasperowicz · June 3, 2015 7:21 pm

Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a site believed to be one of the largest weapons depot on the outskirts of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday June 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

National Security

U.S. official: More than 10,000 jihadists killed in airstrikes

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2015 4:14 pm

Obama's polling on Islamic State contributed to an overall drop in Obama's approval rating. (AP Photo)

Obama’s handling of ISIS plunges to record low

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2015 12:48 pm

This Feb. 19, 2015 photo shows Referee Module No. 2 of the Whole System Live Agent Test at Dugway Proving Ground in Dugway, Utah. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating that aspect of what went wrong at Dugway Proving Ground, the Army installation in Utah that sent the anthrax to government and commercial labs in nine states across the U.S. and to an Army lab in South Korea. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP)

America not ready for a bioterror attack: Experts

Robert King · June 3, 2015 4:01 am