Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• U.S. House votes to block Guantanamo transfer (Reuters)
• Experts: Terror suspect could have killed scores (AP)
• Homeland Security to hire up to 1K cyber experts (AP)
• US to add up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts (AFP)
• Lawmakers Preparing to Debate Movement of Gitmo Detainees (CQPolitics.com)
• Najibullah Zazi: His Denver, New York, Pakistan Roots (Time.com)
• Handguns, terrorism law on US Supreme Court docket (AFP)
• Supreme Court to review ban on certain aid to terrorist groups (The Christian Science Monitor)

U.S. House votes to block Guantanamo transfer (Reuters) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 03:33 PM PDT Reuters - In a blow to President Barack Obama, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to prohibit his administration from transferring terrorism suspects from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to face prosecution in the United States.

Experts: Terror suspect could have killed scores (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 01:29 PM PDT AP - The Afghan immigrant accused of buying large quantities of hair dye and nail polish remover to make explosives had the goods to kill scores of people in New York — a devastating attack on a scale with the transit bombings in London and Madrid, according to documents and interviews with former FBI experts.

Homeland Security to hire up to 1K cyber experts (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 01:16 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration has given a green light to the Homeland Security Department to be more competitive and choosey as it hires up to 1,000 new cyber experts over the next three years, the first major personnel move to fulfill its vow to bolster security of the nation's computer networks.

US to add up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts (AFP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:06 PM PDT AFP - US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday that her department has received the green light to hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts over the next three years.

Lawmakers Preparing to Debate Movement of Gitmo Detainees (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 10:52 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - When negotiators meet to finalize a fiscal 2010 Homeland Security appropriations bill, they are expected to drop a border security fence provision and debate an amendment restricting the movement of Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Najibullah Zazi: His Denver, New York, Pakistan Roots (Time.com) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 10:00 AM PDT Time.com - Najibullah Zazi has denied charges he conspired to bomb targets in the U.S., but government officials are confident they've got their man. How the terrorism suspect's background in Pakistan, New York City and Denver shaped him

Handguns, terrorism law on US Supreme Court docket (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 06:06 PM PDT AFP - The US Supreme Court will rule next year on a new constitutional challenge over gun rights, reviving debate over one of America's most divisive issues, and examine a law banning "material support to terrorism" groups.

Supreme Court to review ban on certain aid to terrorist groups (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - One of the government's prime legal weapons in the effort to root out terror suspects and sympathizers within the United States is set to come under the scrutiny of the US Supreme Court.

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