Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Officials: NY men being watched in terrorism probe (AP)
• Judge urges new policy for terrorism victims (AP)
• NY judge: CIA can keep 9/11 videotape info secret (AP)
• U.S. officials worry about homegrown terrorism plots (Reuters)
• Prison sought for 26 Americans in CIA case (AP)
• FBI to senators: Terror case wasn't damaged (AP)
• Italy seeks jail for U.S. spies in rendition trial (Reuters)
• Feds seize ammunition from NC terror suspect (AP)
• Supreme Court to decide terrorism support law (Reuters)
• High court to review parts of anti-terrorism law (AP)
• Alleged Terrorist Najibullah Zazi's Life in Colorado (Time.com)
• Feared Romanian Securitate chief Plesita dies (AP)
• Kadeer plans to sue Taiwan over terrorism claims: group (AFP)
• Al-Qaeda Hobbled by Improved Anti-Terror, Intelligence Efforts (Bloomberg)

Officials: NY men being watched in terrorism probe (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:39 PM PDT AP - A "handful" of men in New York are possible associates of the chief suspect in a suspected plot to use homemade bombs to attack New York City commuter trains, and investigators have them under heavy surveillance, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

Judge urges new policy for terrorism victims (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:06 PM PDT AP - Victims of terrorism supported by Iran are not getting justice from U.S. courts, a frustrated federal judge said Wednesday as he proposed that the president and Congress come up with a new policy to hold Tehran accountable.

NY judge: CIA can keep 9/11 videotape info secret (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:51 PM PDT AP - A New York City judge says he won't order the release of hundreds of documents the CIA has refused to make public regarding the destruction of videotapes of detainee interrogations following the Sept. 11 attacks.

U.S. officials worry about homegrown terrorism plots (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:36 PM PDT Reuters - Top Obama administration officials on Wednesday said recent arrests in alleged bombing plots highlight the challenges they face combating "self-radicalized, homegrown extremists" as well as foreigners in the United States determined to carry out attacks.

Prison sought for 26 Americans in CIA case (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:07 PM PDT AP - An Italian prosecutor in the first trial anywhere scrutinizing the CIA's extraordinary renditions asked a Milan court on Wednesday to sentence 26 Americans to jail terms ranging from 10 to 13 years for the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect.

FBI to senators: Terror case wasn't damaged (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:54 AM PDT AP - FBI Director Robert Mueller rejected suggestions Wednesday that poor coordination between the FBI and New York Police Department damaged the investigation of an Afghan immigrant charged with plotting a bomb attack in New York City.

Italy seeks jail for U.S. spies in rendition trial (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:24 AM PDT Reuters - An Italian prosecutor called on Wednesday for 26 Americans, all but one believed to be members of the CIA, to be jailed for between 10 and 13 years each for the kidnapping of a terrorism suspect in 2003.

Feds seize ammunition from NC terror suspect (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:07 AM PDT AP - Federal investigators have searched the home of a North Carolina terrorism suspect, seizing counterterrorism literature, ammunition and portable electronics.

Supreme Court to decide terrorism support law (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:10 AM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Wednesday it would hear an Obama administration appeal defending part of the Patriot Act, which has been criticized by civil liberties groups for giving the government broad powers.

High court to review parts of anti-terrorism law (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 07:13 AM PDT AP - The Supreme Court will consider whether portions of a law that makes it a crime to provide "material support or resources" to designated terrorist groups are unconstitutional.

Alleged Terrorist Najibullah Zazi's Life in Colorado (Time.com) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 06:20 AM PDT Time.com - The accused terrorist was an outlier in the close-knit Muslim community of Denver. Where, then, was he indoctrinated?

Feared Romanian Securitate chief Plesita dies (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:56 AM PDT AP - Gen. Nicolae Plesita, a die-hard Communist and ruthless chief of the Securitate secret police who arranged shelter in Romania for terrorist Carlos the Jackal, and was tried for the bombing of Radio Free Europe has died, news reports said Wednesday. He was 80.

Kadeer plans to sue Taiwan over terrorism claims: group (AFP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 10:05 PM PDT AFP - Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer plans to sue Taiwan's government for linking her organisation to terrorism, a Taiwanese group advocating independence from China said.

Al-Qaeda Hobbled by Improved Anti-Terror, Intelligence Efforts (Bloomberg) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 09:01 PM PDT Bloomberg - Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Al-Qaeda has failed to carry out major attacks in recent months because of improved counterterrorism efforts, better intelligence and a reduced ability to recruit terrorists, a senior United Nations Security Council official said.

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