Yahoo! News: Terrorism

UK's top anti-terror officer resigns after blunder (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:05 PM PDT

AP - Britain's top counter-terrorist police officer resigned Thursday after he was photographed carrying clearly visible secret documents about an operation against an alleged al-Qaida plot by Pakistani nationals to launch an attack in Britain.

Officials: Pirates, terrorists not linked directly (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:05 PM PDT

AP - U.S. officials have found no direct ties between East African pirates and terrorist groups but continue to search for signs of links between the two factions in the wake of the Indian Ocean hostage incident. It was not clear whether officials were specifically scrutinizing the Somali pirates who boarded the Maersk Alabama on Tuesday and fled in a lifeboat after taking hostage the cargo ship's captain.

Britain swoops on 'major terrorist plot': PM (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 03:42 PM PDT

AFP - British police moved to stop a "major terrorist plot" by arresting 12 mostly Pakistani suspects linked to Al-Qaeda across northwest England, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.

Obama sending advisers heading to US-Mexico border (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 01:11 PM PDT

AP - The White House says President Barack Obama is dispatching a Cabinet member and a top Homeland Security adviser to visit communities on the U.S. border with Mexico.

CIA 'no longer' using secret prisons: director (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 12:34 PM PDT

AFP - The CIA is "no longer" operating secret prisons used by the intelligence agency to interrogate terror suspects, and plans to shut all remaining "black sites," the spy agency's director said Thursday.

CIA says shuttering detention "black sites" (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 11:39 AM PDT

Reuters - The CIA will decommission the infamous "black sites" where terrorism suspects were interrogated with harsh techniques that included waterboarding, agency director Leon Panetta said on Thursday.

Damaged NYC organ to play for 1st time since 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 10:46 AM PDT

AP - A New York City organ damaged on Sept. 11, 2001, will be played on Good Friday for the first time since the terrorist attacks.

Spy satellite agency boss resigns (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 10:32 AM PDT

Reuters - The head of the U.S. spy satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, has announced his resignation, a spokesman said on Thursday.

UK's top anti-terrorism officer quits over blunder (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 10:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain's top counter-terrorism officer quit on Thursday after his security blunder forced police to bring forward a major operation to thwart a suspected al Qaeda plot involving Pakistani nationals.

11 suspects in British anti-terror raids Pakistani (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 07:34 AM PDT

AFP - Eleven out of 12 suspects arrested in a major anti-terror operation in Britain are Pakistani nationals, the head of Greater Manchester Police said Thursday.

Action Photo: How a Scotland Yard Slip Forced Terrorism Raids in Britain (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Apr 2009 07:05 AM PDT

Time.com - A photo of secret plans for antiterrorism raids forced police to act early. Meanwhile, video of police at the G-20 is raising concerns. Both show how technology is changing not just the way we see news but news itself