Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• CIA records: Cuban exile informed on colleagues (AP)
• Holder worried about lawmakers' Gitmo objections (AP)
• Holder: NY plot was one of most serious since 9/11 (AP)
• Obama: US 'making real progress' fighting terror (AP)
• Detained immigrants could be categorized by risk (AP)
• AP sources: NY suspect had senior al-Qaida contact (AP)
• 3 UK men accused of providing aid to aircraft plot (AP)
• Tough to meet Guantanamo closing deadline: Holder (Reuters)
• Three more in British court over transatlantic bomb plot (AFP)
• McCain: Al-Qaida, Taliban must be seen as partners (AP)
• 48% Say American Muslims Should Speak Out Against Terrorist Attacks (Rasmussen Reports)
• President meets with lawmakers on Afghan policy (AP)
• Geithner: Be vigiliant of terror financing risk from Iran banks (The Christian Science Monitor)
• New York to fight terrorism with more street-corner cameras (The Christian Science Monitor)

CIA records: Cuban exile informed on colleagues (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:45 PM PDT AP - Recently released CIA files from the mid-1960s show Cuban exile and accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles informed on violent Miami-based efforts to attack Fidel Castro's fledgling Cuban government even as he was deeply involved in helping them.

Holder worried about lawmakers' Gitmo objections (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:21 PM PDT AP - Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he is worried that lawmakers' opposition to bringing terrorist suspects held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to U.S. prisons could hurt the effort to close the detention center.

Holder: NY plot was one of most serious since 9/11 (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:03 PM PDT AP - Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday the alleged terror plot disrupted in New York was "one of the most serious in the United States since Sept. 11, 2001" — but he gave no indication when more arrests might be made.

Obama: US 'making real progress' fighting terror (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday thanked counterterrorism employees who work to prevent attacks on the United States and its allies, crediting them with "making real progress" in disrupting al-Qaida and other extremist networks.

Detained immigrants could be categorized by risk (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:15 PM PDT AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano promised immigration enforcement would continue even though her agency is considering new ways to house nonviolent immigrants who have not committed crimes.

AP sources: NY suspect had senior al-Qaida contact (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:01 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is touting the case of an al-Qaida-linked Afghan immigrant who allegedly plotted an attack in New York as proof the U.S. intelligence community is making progress in the struggle to defeat the terror group.

3 UK men accused of providing aid to aircraft plot (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 01:56 PM PDT AP - A British prosecutor accused three men Tuesday of conspiring with the mastermind of a plot to kill thousands of airline passengers by blowing up their trans-Atlantic flights using liquid explosives.

Tough to meet Guantanamo closing deadline: Holder (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 01:35 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that it would be tough to meet the fast-approaching January deadline to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that houses terrorism suspects.

Three more in British court over transatlantic bomb plot (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:46 PM PDT AFP - Three alleged Islamist extremists went on trial Tuesday accused of conspiring with the jailed ringleader of a plot to blow up transatlantic jets in 2006.

McCain: Al-Qaida, Taliban must be seen as partners (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:12 AM PDT AP - Sen. John McCain says Obama administration policy decisions in Afghanistan shouldn't be based on viewing the insurgent Taliban and the al-Qaida terrorist network as separate and distinct issues.

48% Say American Muslims Should Speak Out Against Terrorist Attacks (Rasmussen Reports) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:09 AM PDT Rasmussen Reports - Forty-eight percent (48%) of Americans nationwide believe that it is the responsibility of American Muslims to speak out against terrorist attacks on the United States.

President meets with lawmakers on Afghan policy (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:21 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama keeps his attention on global terror and security matters on Tuesday, as he continues a series of meetings with advisers and others on Afghanistan.

Geithner: Be vigiliant of terror financing risk from Iran banks (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

New York to fight terrorism with more street-corner cameras (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - On the heels of breaking up an alleged bomb terror plot, New York is planning to place high-tech security cameras, license plate readers, and "weapons sensors" in midtown Manhattan.

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