2011年9月9日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


NY, Washington, aware of terror threat, not afraid (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 05:11 PM PDT

A New York police officer examines the rear section of a truck at a vehicle check point on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 in New York. The city is deploying additional resources and taking other security steps in response to a potential terror threat before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. U.S. counterterrorism officials are chasing a credible but unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to use a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York or Washington. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)AP - Undaunted by talk of a new terror threat, New Yorkers and Washingtonians wove among police armed with assault rifles and waited with varying degrees of patience at security checkpoints Friday while intelligence officials scrambled to nail down information on a possible al-Qaida strike timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11.


Hackers send fake terror alerts from NBC's Twitter (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT

AP - A hacker broke into the Twitter account of NBC News and sent out a handful of false tweets about a suspected hijacking and a plane attack at ground zero just days before the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

An intel Q&A: How the US gets it, where it goes (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:55 PM PDT

FILE - This is a 1979 file photo of CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., seen from an aerial view. U.S. intelligence in the struggle against terrorism comes in many forms, maddeningly general, improbably precise, a game of sorts with vast consequences for winner and loser.  (AP Photo, File)AP - U.S. intelligence in the struggle against terrorism comes in many forms, maddeningly general, improbably precise, a game of sorts with vast consequences for winner and loser.


Obama's 9/11 speech: national unity, personal loss (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:25 PM PDT

One World Trade Center towers over the site, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 in New York. Sunday will mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks of September 11. The foundation for the transportation hub is lower center, and the foundation for Two World Trade Center is lower right. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Searching for unity long vanished since the day terrorists astonished America, President Barack Obama will hail national resilience and remember hurting families when he gives the main speech of his Sept. 11 commemorations.


Judge dumps suit for info on use of drones to kill (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:18 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit that sought government information about the reported use of unmanned drones to kill suspected terrorists.

9/11 Commission chair: US safer now than in 2001 (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:02 PM PDT

AP - The United States is safer now than it was when terrorists attacked New York and Washington 10 years ago, yet terrorism remains a significant threat, Tom Kean Sr., the chairman of the 9/11 Commission, said Friday

NY man denies helping terror group in fight plot (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 02:11 PM PDT

AP - A man accused of seeking to travel to Pakistan so he could die as a martyr by fighting against U.S. forces pleaded not guilty Friday.

TSA chief: optimist about everything but terror (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 01:11 PM PDT

In this Sept. 7, 2011, photo, Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole speaks at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance conference in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. Pistole, who for decades as an FBI agent breezed past airport security checkpoints, is the faceless bane of air travelers who must remove belts, endure an intimate pat-down or are instructed to throw away a perfectly good 6-ounce bottle of shampoo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Each day, dozens of U.S. intelligence officials crowd around a conference table in a small, windowless room in a government building across the street from a shopping mall in northern Virginia. At the head of the table sits the man who perhaps more than anyone else affects Americans most tangibly in the sprawling fight against terrorism since the 2001 attacks.


Napolitano urges vigilance for 9/11 anniversary (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 12:57 PM PDT

AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is asking the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious activity to authorities as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approaches.

Terror threat darkens Pentagon 9/11 ceremony (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 12:46 PM PDT

AP - Several hundred military and civilian workers gathered at the Pentagon Friday for a somber 9/11 ceremony in the courtyard, near where Flight 77 slammed into the building, even as concerns were raised about another potential threat.

Factbox: The 10-year toll since September 11 in dollars, lives (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Reuters - Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has added at least $3.7 trillion to its national debt for war and homeland security spending, and at least 236,500 people have been killed, most of them civilians, according to the "Costs of War" study by the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University in Rhode Island.

U.S. faces tough choices on defense budget (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 12:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Ten years after the United States embarked on a war against terrorism in the rubble of the September 11 attacks, the country finds itself financially exhausted and facing hard strategic choices as it grapples with new budget realities.

Sept 11 crash spared, transformed small Pennsylvania town (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Dale and Ronda Dittrick of Dayton, Ohio, read a sign at the temporary memorial for Flight 93 outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania September 8, 2011. REUTERS/Jason CohnReuters - Before the September 11 attacks, the arrival of a car with out-of-state license plates was all it took to capture the attention of residents in Shanksville, a close-knit rural community in southwestern Pennsylvania.


In search of the next big attack, long after 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 12:19 PM PDT

Armed Capitol Police stand at the entrance to the House of Representatives at the Capitol, in Washington, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The question has never stopped being asked since the morning of Sept. 11, 2001: What next?


Getting Married on 9/11: The Terrorism Discount (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Some couples choose to wed on this day because the good venues are not only available -- they're often cheaper too

Hillary Clinton: US won't shy away from force (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a speech on counterterrorism at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 in New York. Her visit comes amid heightened security due to a credible but unconfirmed terror threat against New York and Washington, just before the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - America won't shy away from using military force against terrorist groups, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday in New York, where authorities were on guard amid a new threat ahead of Sept. 11 anniversary events.


House passes intelligence bill for next year (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 12:49 PM PDT

AP - The House overwhelmingly approved a bill Friday spelling out policy for the nation's spy agencies, rejecting White House requests that would have expanded an intelligence community that's been growing exponentially since Sept. 11, 2001.

Bag searches, checkpoints in NY amid threat report (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 09:33 AM PDT

A couple of police officers ride the shuttle between New York's Times Square and Grand Central Station, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. Just days before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. counterterrorism officials are chasing a credible but unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to use a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York City or Washington. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Security worker Eric Martinez wore a pin depicting the twin towers on his lapel as he headed to work in lower Manhattan on Friday, unfazed by a report of a credible but unconfirmed terror threat before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.


Clinton: al Qaeda behind unconfirmed threat to U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 09:22 AM PDT

A New York City police officer stands outside the World Trade Center construction site in New York September 9, 2011. National and city leaders will commemorate on Sunday the ten-year anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11) with a ceremony unveiling a memorial and museum. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday said that al Qaeda was behind a specific, credible but unconfirmed report of a threat to harm Americans, notably in New York and Washington.


Amid new threat, Obama sticking with 9/11 plans (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:32 AM PDT

AP - The White House says a terror threat against New York and Washington remains credible but unconfirmed and President Barack Obama has no plans to change his plans to travel to ground zero.

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