Tag: Terrorism

National Security

Why the Pentagon is keeping a close watch on the U.S.-Africa summit

Susan Crabtree · August 6, 2014 1:40 pm

Afghan soldier kills US general, wounds about 15

faiezlolita-baldor, robert-burnsrahim · August 6, 2014 12:23 am

This undated handout photo provided by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) shows the a box a redacted files with names of suspected terrorists. Decades ago, names of suspected terrorists were kept in a rolodex and in notebooks, according to redacted government photographs. The Associated Press has learned that a U.S. government database of known or suspected terrorists doubled in size in recent years. The National Counterterrorism Center says there were 1.1 million people in the database at the end of 2013. Of those, 25,000 are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. There were about 550,000 people in the database in March 2010. The Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, called "TIDE," is a huge, classified database of people who are known to be terrorists, are suspected of having ties to terrorism, or in some cases related to or are associates of known or suspected terrorists. It feeds to smaller lists that restrict peoples' abilities to travel on commercial airlines to or within the U.S. (AP Photo/NCTC)

National Security

US terrorism database doubles in recent years

Eileen Sullivan · August 5, 2014 9:40 pm

Lebanese army soldiers flash victory signs while in an armored personnel carrier as reinforcements arrive to the outskirts of Arsal, a predominantly Sunni Muslim town near the Syrian border in eastern Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Thousands of Lebanese civilians and Syrian refugees packed cars and pickup trucks Monday, fleeing an eastern border town that was overrun by militants from neighboring Syria as Lebanese troops fight to liberate the area. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese army agrees to 24-hour truce in town

Bassem Mroue · August 5, 2014 5:19 pm

In this photo provided by Nick Arnold, a military fighter jet is seen near a passenger jet as it comes in to land at Manchester airport, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Police say they have arrested a man on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat after Qatar Airways Flight 23 landed with a military fighter escort at Britain's Manchester Airport. (AP Photo/Nick Arnold)

UK: Man arrested on suspicion of bomb hoax

Danica Kirka · August 5, 2014 3:59 pm

Jimmy Carter: Hamas a ‘Legitimate Political Actor’

Jeryl Bier · August 5, 2014 12:02 pm

FILE - This Nov. 9, 2011, file artist rendering by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. military, shows Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri during his military commissions arraignment at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Guantanamo, Cuba. Nashiri, accused of orchestrating the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, is pressing his demand for documents detailing his treatment while he was held for several years in secret CIA prisons. His lawyers are asking a U.S. military judge Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, to set a deadline for prosecutors to turn over the documents. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, File)

US judge in Cole bombing case refuses to step down

David Dishneau · August 5, 2014 12:13 am

Israeli forces' flares light up the night sky of Gaza City on Tuesday. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

National Security

When Hamas succeeds, innocent people die in Israel and Gaza

Melanie Sturm · August 2, 2014 10:00 am

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. and its allies have made great strides to stem the flow of money to terrorist organizations. And their enemies have responded by diversifying their portfolios.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Beltway Confidential

As banks crack down, terrorists update their fundraising tactics

Blake Seitz · July 31, 2014 6:40 pm

A 13-year-old cassette tape recently recovered by Sky News reveals former President Bill Clinton admitted during remarks in Australia on Sept. 10, 2001, that he passed on an opportunity to kill terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Bill Clinton on 9/10/01: ‘I could have killed’ Osama bin Laden

Kevin Daley · July 31, 2014 6:30 pm

An Israeli activist waves the Israeli flag in support of Israel's operation in Gaza, during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, in this file photo taken Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

An American living in Israel: Numbers don’t tell the true story about Israel in Gaza

Eliana Rudee · July 31, 2014 4:13 pm

This April 18, 2013 file photo shows an aerial view of the remains of a fertilizer plant and an apartment complex to the left, destroyed by an explosion in West, Texas. The government has failed to inspect virtually all of the chemical facilities that it considers to be at high risk for a terror attack, numbering in the thousands, and has underestimated the threat to densely populated cities, congressional investigators say. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Terror threats at chemical plants underestimated

Hope Yen · July 30, 2014 9:06 pm