Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Mueller: Revise telecom law to aid terror probes (AP)
• In blow to Obama, Guantanamo detainee trial delayed (Reuters)
• U.S. deports record number of illegal immigrants (Reuters)
• New program will boost security at military bases (AP)
• France warns of high terror risk in Britain (AP)
• US judge nixes star government witness in terror trial (AFP)
• Homeland Security touts record criminal removals (AP)
• US deportations of illegal immigrants at record levels: US (AFP)
• Europe Terror Threat: Caught Between Caution and Alarm (Time.com)
• France issues UK terror alert, Germany plays down threat (Reuters)
• AG confident of Guantanamo detainee's prosecution (AP)
• Pakistan Taliban attacks destroy more than 40 NATO vehicles (AFP)
• How Terrorism in Europe Could Derail U.S.-Pakistan Ties (Time.com)
• France warns travelers against UK terror threat (Reuters)
• Briton killed by drone in Pakistan 'was to be terror chief' (AFP)
• Germany sees no immediate terror attack threat (Reuters)
• Pakistan links drone strikes to Europe terror plot (AFP)
• Pakistan links drone strikes to 'Europe terror plot' (AFP)
• Faisal Shahzad, French terror arrests, and drone strikes: evidence of a working strategy? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Mueller: Revise telecom law to aid terror probes (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:49 PM PDT AP - FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday called for changes in federal law to help his agents with surveillance of communications in anti-terrorism and other criminal investigations.

In blow to Obama, Guantanamo detainee trial delayed (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:49 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. judge refused on Wednesday to let a key witness testify in the first criminal trial of a terrorism suspect from the Guantanamo Bay military prison, a setback for the Obama administration's effort to prosecute such cases.

U.S. deports record number of illegal immigrants (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:46 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. authorities deported a record 393,000 illegal immigrants in the 2010 fiscal year that ended last month, half of whom had committed a crime, Department of Homeland Security officials said on Wednesday.

New program will boost security at military bases (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:42 PM PDT AP - Nearly a year after a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the Pentagon is taking new steps to beef up security and surveillance programs at its bases, and will join an FBI intelligence-sharing program aimed at identifying future terror threats, U.S. officials said.

France warns of high terror risk in Britain (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:04 PM PDT AP - France's Foreign Ministry is warning French travelers of a high terrorism risk in Britain, asking them to be watchful in public transport and busy tourist areas across the English Channel.

US judge nixes star government witness in terror trial (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:48 PM PDT AFP - A judge Wednesday barred the star prosecution witness from testifying in the first civilian trial of an ex-Guantanamo inmate, in a blow to US administration plans for bringing terror suspects to justice.

Homeland Security touts record criminal removals (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:33 PM PDT AP - About half of the nearly 393,000 people removed from the country during the past year were criminals, according to Homeland Security Department statistics.

US deportations of illegal immigrants at record levels: US (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:27 PM PDT AFP - The United States deported a record 392,000 illegal immigrants over the past year, nearly half of them people with criminal convictions, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday.

Europe Terror Threat: Caught Between Caution and Alarm (Time.com) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:35 AM PDT Time.com - As the pace of terror-related news quickens, European security experts and officials have the tricky task of reacting to attack threats without over-dramatizing them

France issues UK terror alert, Germany plays down threat (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:23 AM PDT Reuters - A French terrorism alert about Britain and attacks on Europeans in Yemen added to Western security concerns on Wednesday, but Germany sought to calm nerves, saying too much public talk of risks would stir fear.

AG confident of Guantanamo detainee's prosecution (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:14 AM PDT AP - Attorney General Eric Holder says he is confident the Justice Department can successfully prosecute a Guantanamo Bay detainee in civilian court despite a setback the judge in the case has dealt to prosecutors.

Pakistan Taliban attacks destroy more than 40 NATO vehicles (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:40 PM PDT AFP - More than 40 NATO vehicles were destroyed in two separate Taliban attacks in Pakistan Wednesday as the militants stepped up their efforts to disrupt supply routes into Afghanistan.

How Terrorism in Europe Could Derail U.S.-Pakistan Ties (Time.com) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 06:55 AM PDT Time.com - A successful terrorist attack in Europe would compel the U.S. and its allies to sharply escalate operations inside Pakistan, putting that country on a collision course with NATO

France warns travelers against UK terror threat (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:16 AM PDT Reuters - The French government has warned citizens traveling to Britain to exercise caution due to a very high risk of terrorist action in the country that could target public transport and tourist sites.

Briton killed by drone in Pakistan 'was to be terror chief' (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:15 AM PDT AFP - A British terror suspect killed in a drone strike in Pakistan last month was being groomed to head a new Al-Qaeda splinter group in Britain tasked with attacking Europe, the BBC reported Tuesday.

Germany sees no immediate terror attack threat (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:38 PM PDT Reuters - German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Wednesday he saw no indications of any imminent terror attack on Germany even though the country is in general a target.

Pakistan links drone strikes to Europe terror plot (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 08:10 PM PDT AFP - Increased US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas are linked to a terror plot targeting Europe, Pakistan's US envoy said Wednesday, amid mounting fears that Al-Qaeda is planning a wave of attacks.

Pakistan links drone strikes to 'Europe terror plot' (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:43 PM PDT AFP - Increased drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas are linked to a suspected Al-Qaeda plot to target Europe, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States said Wednesday.

Faisal Shahzad, French terror arrests, and drone strikes: evidence of a working strategy? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:01 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In New York today, a smirking Faisal Shahzad was sentenced to life in prison for trying to bomb Times Square, while across the Atlantic in France, a counterterrorism operation resulted in the arrests of 12 men.

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