Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Terror suspect described as quiet, suburban father (AP)
• Judge: LA terror plot cooperator broke probation (AP)
• Saudi prince backs moving planned NYC mosque (AP)
• Top US lawmakers vow cuts in US spy budget (AFP)
• UK figures show fall in terrorism arrests (AP)
• UK spy boss defends secrecy, nukes key threat (Reuters)
• Mysteries abound in shootings of D.C.-area military buildings (The Christian Science Monitor)

Terror suspect described as quiet, suburban father (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:37 PM PDT AP - Farooque Ahmed, the Pakistani-born Virginia man accused of plotting to bomb Washington-area subway stations, lived in middle-class suburban comfort with his wife and their infant son. They held steady jobs in northern Virginia's technology industry and mostly kept to themselves.

Judge: LA terror plot cooperator broke probation (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - A terrorist convicted in a plot to blow up Los Angeles International Airport violated his prison release rules by possessing a gun, according to a judge who also faulted the government for letting him live in a crime-infested housing complex where prostitutes and drugs flourished.

Saudi prince backs moving planned NYC mosque (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 02:49 PM PDT AP - A Saudi prince who has aided the imam spearheading a proposed Islamic center near New York's ground zero is appealing for another site not associated with the "wound" of the Sept. 11 attacks, a report said Thursday.

Top US lawmakers vow cuts in US spy budget (AFP) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 01:31 PM PDT AFP - Two key lawmakers vowed Thursday to make cuts in US intelligence spending, saying they would target waste in a budget that has swollen to unaccceptably high levels since the September 11th attacks.

UK figures show fall in terrorism arrests (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:38 AM PDT AP - Britain's Home Office says no one searched by police using anti-terrorism powers in the last year went on to be arrested over terrorism offenses.

UK spy boss defends secrecy, nukes key threat (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:02 AM PDT Reuters - Britain's top spy, in the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief, said on Thursday terrorists might hit the West again "at huge human cost" but nuclear proliferation by states was a more far-reaching danger.

Mysteries abound in shootings of D.C.-area military buildings (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:14 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - It is a mystery that is vexing â€" and troubling â€" security officials at the Pentagon, local law enforcement, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force: What is motivating someone to shoot at US military buildings?

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