Tag: Terrorism

‘Core’ Al Qaeda Gathering in Yemen

Thomas Joscelyn · April 16, 2014 2:42 pm

UK lawmakers slam lax security in Taliban attack

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2014 9:52 am

Shot in Yemen, the video shows Nasir al-Wuhayshi, the No. 2 leader of al Qaeda globally and the chief of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, out in the open, greeting other members with kisses and handshakes. Â (Screenshot from the video)

State Department: Hard to discern al Qaeda strength from ‘one video’

Susan Crabtree · April 16, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, the Tea Party darling and possible 2016 presidential hopeful, gave a foreign policy speech sponsored by various groups at the University of Texas. (Graeme ÃÂ Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Marco Rubio: Terrorists training in Syria may strike U.S.

Associated Press · April 16, 2014 4:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks at the LBJ Presidential Library, Thursday, April 10, 2014, in Austin, Texas, during the Civil Rights Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Obama honors victims of Boston Marathon bombing, one year later

Meghashyam Mali · April 15, 2014 4:00 am

A Boston Police honor guard is posted outside the Forum restaurant, the site of the second of two bombs that exploded near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in Boston. Three were killed and more than 260 injured in last year's explosions near the finish line of the race. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

National Security

Tributes planned to mark Boston Marathon bombing

Denise Lavoie · April 15, 2014 4:00 am

A crowd gathers at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston for a Sports Illustrated photo shoot before the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, Saturday, April 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Beltway Confidential

Obama statement recognizes ‘tragedy’ in Boston; no mention of terrorism

Charles Hoskinson · April 15, 2014 4:00 am

A sign promoting the nationwide "If you see something, say something" campaign is seen at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia in July 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Deputizing everyone isn’t producing results against terrorism, but officials keep trying

Gene Healy · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2013 pool file photo reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, one of Guantanamo Bay's two courthouses is seen through a broken window at Camp Justice at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. On Monday, April 14, 2014 a judge in Guantanamo will open a hearing into the sanity of prisoner Ramzi Binalshibh, whose courtroom outbursts about alleged mistreatment in Camp 7 have halted the effort to try five men in the Sept. 11 attacks, all of whom are held there. (AP Photo/Toronto Star, Michelle Shephard, Pool, File)

National Security

Window opens on secret camp within Guantanamo

Ben Fox · April 13, 2014 11:34 pm

National Security

Boston police chief: Plan for worst-case scenarios

Nick Tabor · April 11, 2014 11:11 pm

Bail denied for Real IRA man linked to Omagh bomb

Shawn Pogatchnik · April 11, 2014 3:40 pm

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, asks a questions on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, during the committee's hearing about the Boston Marathon Bombings leading up to the year anniversary of the attack. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Report: No missed opportunities in Boston attack

Eileen Sullivan · April 11, 2014 8:10 am