2010年1月20日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Intel chief concedes errors in Christmas bomb case (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST

FBI Director Robert Mueller, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. At right is Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The nation's intelligence chief on Wednesday conceded missteps in the government's handling of the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt, but his comments about the failure to use a special federal interrogation team may have amounted to a misstep of his own.


Muslim scholars critical of US policy can return (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:29 PM PST

In this Dec. 2, 2009 file photo, Islam expert Tariq Ramadan arrives for a meeting with a Parliamentary panel at France's National Assembly in Paris. Ramadan is one of two prominent Muslim scholars who has cleared the way for the return to the United States by the U.S. State Department, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 who was once accused of having ties to terrorism. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)AP - Two prominent Muslim scholars once accused of having ties to terrorism can reapply to travel to the United States now that the State Department has concluded they pose no danger to the country, federal spokesmen said Wednesday.


U.S. team should have questioned Nigerian: spy chief (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:55 PM PST

Reuters - The top U.S. intelligence officer said on Wednesday that a group set up to interrogate terrorism suspects should have been used when a Nigerian man was arrested in Detroit on suspicion of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner.

IG: FBI circumvented law to get phone records (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:41 PM PST

FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The FBI used a variety of informal methods, from requests by e-mail to Post-it notes, that circumvented the law to obtain thousands of phone call records for terrorism investigations, the Justice Department's inspector general said in a report Wednesday.


U.S. counterterror agency lacks "Google-like" search (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:30 PM PST

Reuters - A senior counterterrorism official said on Wednesday his agency lacks "Google-like" search capability that could have identified the suspect in the attempted Christmas Day airline bombing.

Airlines May Face More U.S. Fees After Terror Attempt (Bloomberg)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:51 AM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Added safety measures after last month’s failed attempt to blow up a jetliner may make it harder for U.S. airlines to thwart a security-fee increase the Obama administration has been seeking.

U.S. wins 9 out of 10 terrorism cases since 2001 (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:42 AM PST

Reuters - The United States has won convictions in 89 percent of cases involving terrorism charges brought since the September 11, 2001 attacks, a study by New York University's Center on Law and Security found on Wednesday.

Britain suspends direct flights to Yemen (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:27 AM PST

AP - Britain's government said Wednesday it would create a new terrorist no-fly list, target specific airline passengers for tougher security checks and suspend some international flights in response to a growing terrorism threat posed by Yemen and Somalia.

Obama's TSA pick withdraws after Republican roadblock (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:00 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama's pick to head the Transportation Security Administration, Erroll Southers, withdrew on Wednesday because of Republican concerns he would try to unionize the security force and doubts about the veracity of testimony he gave to the U.S. Senate.

Napolitano Hints at 'Budget Implications' of Boost to Aviation Security (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:52 AM PST

CQPolitics.com - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano asked lawmakers Wednesday for their support in addressing the "budget implications" of the failed Christmas airline bombing attempt, although administration officials said some decisions on spending and personnel have been made internally.

Report: FBI improperly got phone records from 2003 to 2006 (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:46 AM PST

Reuters - The FBI broke the law by improperly obtaining thousands of telephone records in terrorism investigations from 2003 to 2006, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said on Wednesday.

Spain: EU Parliament to vote on EU-US bank data (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:39 AM PST

AP - Spain's Europe minister says the European Parliament will get to vote on a controversial deal to transfer banking data to U.S. authorities to help them track down terrorist financing.

Intel chief faults questioning of bomb suspect (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:26 AM PST

AP - The nation's top intelligence official says the Christmas Day airline bombing suspect should have been treated as a high-value terror suspect when the plane landed. That would have meant questioning by special interrogators rather than civilian law officers.

Gates: Terror groups aim to destabilize South Asia (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:15 AM PST

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, center, and his wife Becky Gates take a tour of the historic monument Taj Mahal in Agra, India, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Gates, his wife and traveling party flew Wednesday on Indian military planes to the city of Agra for an afternoon visit of the monument. The excursion came after he held meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other top Indian officials. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - A syndicate of terror groups affiliated with al-Qaida might try to start a new war between rivals India and Pakistan as part of an organized effort to sow upheaval across South Asia, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.


US intel chiefs admit failure in Christmas attack (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:15 PM PST

National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about the domestic terror threat on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, in 2009. Top US intelligence chiefs took full blame Wednesday for failing to stop a botched Christmas Day plane bombing, admitting that they missed a slew of warning signs.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - Top US intelligence chiefs took full blame Wednesday for failing to stop a botched Christmas Day plane bombing, admitting that they missed a slew of warning signs.


Airlines May Face Higher U.S. Security Fee After Terror Attempt (Bloomberg)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Added safety measures after last month’s failed attempt to blow up a jetliner may make it harder for U.S. airlines to thwart a security-fee increase the Obama administration has been seeking.

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