Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• How Suspected Terrorist Zazi Could Aid U.S. Intelligence (Time.com)
• U.S. warns citizens about al Qaeda threat to Germany (Reuters)
• Senate Democrats propose surveillance law changes (AP)
• US lowers 'state secrets' shield (AFP)
• Senate condemns release of Lockerbie bomber (AP)
• Proof of CIA kidnapping 'indisputable': Italian prosecutor (AFP)
• Guantanamo closure uncertain four months from deadline (AFP)
• UN chief challenges world leaders to change (AP)
• Prosecutors: rendition 'damaged terror fight' (AP)
• Obama to Ask UN for Global Cooperation to End Terrorism, Poverty (Bloomberg)
• NYPD source's role fuels questions about raids (AP)
• Al Qaeda releases new 9/11 video showing Zawahri (Reuters)
• NYPD Denies It Botched the Zazi Terrorism Probe (Time.com)
• US releases new letter from 9/11 defendants (AP)
• Attorney representing terror suspect getting help (AP)

How Suspected Terrorist Zazi Could Aid U.S. Intelligence (Time.com) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT Time.com - If he is linked to terrorist plots, the Afghan-born airport-shuttle-bus driver could be a goldmine of information on how al-Qaeda operates today

U.S. warns citizens about al Qaeda threat to Germany (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 02:56 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. State Department warned American citizens on Wednesday to be aware of a threat by al Qaeda that it would attack Germany around the time of its federal election on Sunday.

Senate Democrats propose surveillance law changes (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 02:01 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration, for a second straight day, frustrated Democratic lawmakers Wednesday by declining to say whether it backs their demands for more civil liberties safeguards in anti-terrorism surveillance and property seizures.

US lowers 'state secrets' shield (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 12:43 PM PDT AFP - Facing calls to roll back sweeping "war on terror" spy powers, the US Department of Justice on Wednesday unveiled plans to make it harder to suppress alleged abuses on national security grounds.

Senate condemns release of Lockerbie bomber (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 10:32 AM PDT AP - The Senate has unanimously condemned the release of the Libyan terrorist convicted in Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie and called upon Libya to apologize for celebrating his return.

Proof of CIA kidnapping 'indisputable': Italian prosecutor (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 10:21 AM PDT AFP - A top Italian prosecutor Wednesday made his case against 26 US secret agents accused of snatching a terror suspect from a Milan street and sending him home to Egypt where he claims he was tortured.

Guantanamo closure uncertain four months from deadline (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 06:49 AM PDT AFP - With just four months left before his self-imposed deadline to close the "war on terror" prison here, US President Barack Obama still faces tough decisions on how to deal with the 226 men left in detention.

UN chief challenges world leaders to change (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 08:11 AM PDT AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon challenged world leaders on Wednesday to cleanse the globe of nuclear weapons, tackle the threat of catastrohic climate change and combat growing poverty from the global financial crisis.

Prosecutors: rendition 'damaged terror fight' (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 06:58 AM PDT AP - The kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric damaged the fight against terrorism, prosecutors said Wednesday during closing arguments in the trial of 26 Americans and seven Italians charged with orchestrating a CIA-led abduction.

Obama to Ask UN for Global Cooperation to End Terrorism, Poverty (Bloomberg) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 03:00 AM PDT Bloomberg - Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama, in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, will urge global cooperation on issues from terrorism to climate change.

NYPD source's role fuels questions about raids (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 08:39 PM PDT AP - If Najibullah Zazi had any doubts he was a prime suspect in a terror investigation, authorities say, they were quickly erased by a local imam.

Al Qaeda releases new 9/11 video showing Zawahri (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 07:31 PM PDT Reuters - Al Qaeda's number two Ayman al-Zawahri appeared on Tuesday in a new video apparently marking the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks against the United States, according to a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring service.

NYPD Denies It Botched the Zazi Terrorism Probe (Time.com) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 07:25 PM PDT Time.com - Reports suggest New York's mishandling cost FBI an opportunity to gather evidence and intelligence

US releases new letter from 9/11 defendants (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 06:21 PM PDT AP - Alleged terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed calls the Sept. 11 attack a "noble victory" and President Barack Obama a liar in a letter released by the military's war crimes court Tuesday.

Attorney representing terror suspect getting help (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:53 PM PDT AP - The attorney representing a Colorado man at the center of a terror probe into an alleged train bombing plot plans to add lawyers to his team after a judge questioned his federal court experience.

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