17 Air Force Officers Have Nuke Launch Keys Revoked
Hemera/Thinkstock(MINOT, N.D.) — An Air Force commander has temporarily stripped 17 officers of their authority to control and launch nuclear-armed Minuteman III missiles after he found their performance lacking during a recent inspection. The u…
Why Are Social Security Cards Still Easy To Fake?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHIGNTON) — A goal of the Senate in a new immigration bill is to make Social Security cards less venerable to fraud, but one of the most secure options for doing this faces some controversy.
The idea of creating a secure card …
FBI Searching Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect’s Home
Glenn DePriest/Getty Images(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — FBI agents returned Sunday to the Cambridge, Mass., apartment where deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev lived, searching the Norfolk Street home to learn as much as they can about …
FBI Searching Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect’s Home
Glenn DePriest/Getty Images(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — FBI agents returned Sunday to the Cambridge, Mass., apartment where deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev lived, searching the Norfolk Street home to learn as much as they can about …
Homeland Chair: Osama bin Laden’s Son-in-Law ‘Cooperating’
AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, has been “cooperating” and has already revealed “key intelligence” about the current status, personnel and finances of al Qaeda even before he was secretly spirited to New…
AG Holder: Homegrown Terrorists Threat Rivals Overseas
White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — After years of security briefings and thwarting terrorist plots, national security still keeps Eric Holder awake.”I still worry at night,” the U.S. attorney general told ABC’s Pierre Thomas in a wide-rangi…
Pentagon Announces New Medal for Drone, Cyber Warriors
DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey, US Air Force(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon’s keeping up with the times. Now that cyberwarfare and drone strikes are part of modern combat, Defense Secretary Panetta has approved a new Distinguished War…
Senate Intel Committee Probes Bin Laden Movie Torture Scenes
COLUMBIA PICTURES(WASHINGTON) — The Senate Intelligence Committee has launched a new probe to determine how much the CIA may have influenced the portrayal of torture scenes shown in Zero Dark Thirty, the Hollywood dramatization of the decade-long hunt…
Florida Terrorism Suspect Planned New York Attack, Feds Say
Broward County Sheriff Dept.(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — A Florida terrorism suspect arrested along with his brother last month was planning a lone wolf attack in New York City, according to Justice Department officials.At a detention hearing in Ft. Laud…
Former Roommate of Wanted Terrorist Among Two Charged in Terror Case
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Two men from Alabama have been arrested in a terrorism case, including the former roommate of a man on the FBI’s most wanted terrorist list.Randy Wilson, a.k.a. Rasheed Wilson, and Mohammad Abdul Rahma…
New Report: Zombies Partly to Blame for Government Waste?
Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — When it comes to the dilemma of government spending, a zombie apocalypse hasn’t been a part of the discussion – until now.In his latest report on government waste, “Safety at Any Price,&rdqu…
Two South Florida Men Charged in Alleged Terror Plot
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Two South Florida men were charged Friday with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, federal officials said.The suspects are brot…
American Rapping Jihadi Added to FBI’s Most Wanted
FBI(WASHINGTON) — An Alabama-born rapping jihadi fighting half a world away is among the new entries on the FBI’s infamous Most Wanted List, the bureau announced Wednesday.Omar Hammami, also known as Abu Mansoor al-Amriki, has been fighting with…
Student Handed Life Sentence for Attempted Bomb Plot
Comstock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A judge in Texas sentenced a Saudi Arabian man Tuesday for attempting to make bombs in an attempt to target several sites and former President George W. Bush.Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, a Saudi Arabian citizen living in L…
Pre-Trial Hearings for 9/11 Plotters End with Few Decisions
FBI/Getty Images(FORT MEADE, Md.) — A week’s worth of pre-trial motions hearings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 plotters at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, demonstrated just how complex and long the trial wil…
Airport Security: Body Scanners Moved to Less-Busy Cities
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Transportation Security Administration is taking so-called body scanners that use a specific type of technology out of major airports and moving them to less-busy ones. But it is not making the change because o…
Border Patrol Kills Rock-Thrower at Border Fence
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Local police have confirmed that one person is dead after a Border Patrol agent fired his gun at a crowd throwing rocks across the border fence in Nogales, Ariz., late last Wednesday night, and Mexican media report…
Satellite Images Appear to Show US Bin Laden Op Training Ground
AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A civilian satellite captured what appear to be clear, overhead images of the North Carolina mock-up of Osama bin Laden’s compound used by SEAL Team Six to train for the top secret mission to take out…
Abu Hamza and Four Other Terror Suspects Arrive in US for Trial
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, the man authorities said tried to set up a terrorist training camp on American soil, has arrived in the U.S. to stand trial after an eight-year delay. Hamza, the one-eyed and hook-handed…
Clinton: ‘No Information’ Amb. Stevens Was on Al Qaeda ‘Hit List’
William Ng/State Dept(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded today to reports that Ambassador Chris Stevens feared he was on an Al Qaeda “hit list” by saying that she had “absolutely no information or reason to be…