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Can 'lone wolf' terror suspect claim entrapment? It will be hard to prove. (The Christian Science Monitor)
Civil rights groups oppose expanded interrogation (AP)
Judge: 4 Ga. terror suspects could pose threat (AP)
Correction: Massachusetts Terror Charge story (AP)
US blacklists Lebanese militant bomb maker (AP)
Turkey detains al-Qaida suspects (AP)

Can 'lone wolf' terror suspect claim entrapment? It will be hard to prove. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:05 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - According to the New York Police Department, Jose Pimentel was a âlone wolfâ terrorist intent on bombing Post Offices and banks and assassinating US soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. And, when he was arrested last Saturday night, the police say he was within an hour of having a working bomb.

Civil rights groups oppose expanded interrogation (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:37 PM PST

AP - Civil rights groups on Tuesday implored lawmakers to oppose Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte's effort to expand forms of interrogation of suspected terrorists detained by the United States, arguing that her legislation threatens to condone torture and other inhumane treatment.

Judge: 4 Ga. terror suspects could pose threat (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 12:46 PM PST

AP - A federal judge has denied bond for the four elderly Georgia men accused of plotting terror attacks against government officials, saying in an order filed this week that there was no other way to "reasonably assure the safety of the community."

Correction: Massachusetts Terror Charge story (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 10:48 AM PST

AP - In a story Nov. 17 about the trial of an American accused of plotting to help terrorists, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date authorities said defendant Tarek Mehanna and alleged co-conspirators contacted trial witness Daniel Maldonado about getting automatic weapons for planned mall attacks.

US blacklists Lebanese militant bomb maker (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 09:27 AM PST

AP - The Obama administration is putting a bomb maker for a Lebanese militant group on its terrorism blacklist, subjecting him to U.S. sanctions.

Turkey detains al-Qaida suspects (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:08 AM PST

AP - Turkish police on Tuesday detained 15 people on suspicion of links to the al-Qaida terror network, the state-run news agency said.