Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Mayor: NYPD can balance security, civil liberties (AP)
• Gaddafi's Abandoned Arsenals Raise Libya Terror Threat (Time.com)
• Mass. man accused in terror plot seeks trial delay (AP)
• NYPD plans beefed-up security for 9/11 anniversary (AP)
• Police: Caller threatened to bomb Tenn. mosque (AP)
• Obama, aides discussed security for September 11 (Reuters)
• Pentagon ups threat level at bases ahead of 9/11 (AP)
• Nations focus on terrorism in Sahara (AP)
• Report: 10 years later, DHS still has work to do (AP)
• Why Pentagon's New Complex Is a Soft Terrorist Target (Time.com)
• Delhi High Court bombing is latest in a string of major attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Impact from 9/11 still felt a decade later (AP)
• How the poll was conducted (AP)
• In financial crisis, Post office turns to Congress (AP)
• Pentagon chief says threat of another 9/11 is real (AP)
• A decade after 9/11, cyberattack is biggest worry, says Janet Napolitano (The Christian Science Monitor)

Mayor: NYPD can balance security, civil liberties (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:12 PM PDT AP - The New York Police Department can investigate for terrorism threats in the city's ethnic communities and neighborhoods without unfairly targeting any particular group, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday, arguing that while no group should be stereotyped, authorities had to respond to any potential criminal activity.

Gaddafi's Abandoned Arsenals Raise Libya Terror Threat (Time.com) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:55 PM PDT Time.com - From advanced anti-aircraft missiles to many thousands of shells and land-mines, the dictator's forces left behind arms for a ready-made insurgency -- and some choice items for the international terror market

Mass. man accused in terror plot seeks trial delay (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:05 PM PDT AP - Lawyers for a man charged with providing support to al-Qaida asked a judge Wednesday to postpone the start of his trial, saying they feel "sandbagged" by prosecutors.

NYPD plans beefed-up security for 9/11 anniversary (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:07 PM PDT AP - Despite no specific terrorism threats against the city, the New York Police Department will deploy thousands of extra police officers for the observance of the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, officials said Wednesday.

Police: Caller threatened to bomb Tenn. mosque (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 12:32 PM PDT AP - Authorities say an anonymous caller threatened to detonate a bomb inside a mosque in Tennessee on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Obama, aides discussed security for September 11 (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:22 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama met top advisers on Tuesday to ensure all security measures are taken to guard against any al Qaeda plot timed for the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the White House said on Wednesday.

Pentagon ups threat level at bases ahead of 9/11 (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:07 AM PDT AP - The Pentagon said Wednesday that it is raising the security level at military bases nationwide because of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Nations focus on terrorism in Sahara (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:04 AM PDT AP - The countries of the Sahara — already dealing with armed militants and smugglers — are now confronted with an influx of fighters fleeing the Libyan war, Niger's foreign minister said Wednesday.

Report: 10 years later, DHS still has work to do (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:57 AM PDT AP - Nearly 10 years after the September 2001 terror attacks, the U.S. government has significantly improved homeland security but still lacks a system to know who is leaving the country and exactly what is inside luggage checked at airports, according to a congressional audit.

Why Pentagon's New Complex Is a Soft Terrorist Target (Time.com) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:35 AM PDT Time.com - Workers are already trickling into the Defense Department's new Mark Center offices just south of the Pentagon, despite worrying evidence that the facility is extremely vulnerable to a terrorist attack

Delhi High Court bombing is latest in a string of major attacks (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 06:01 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A bomb exploded at a crowded entrance to the Delhi High Court this morning, killing at least 11 people, injuring some 60, and adding to a string of recent terror attacks in India.

Impact from 9/11 still felt a decade later (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:22 AM PDT AP - A decade later, what happened on Sept. 11 still resonates for much of the country. Even more Americans now say the horror of that day changed their lives.

How the poll was conducted (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 12:24 AM PDT AP - The Associated Press-NORC Poll on the impact of the Sept. 11 attacks was conducted from July 28 to Aug. 15 by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It is based on landline and cellular telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,087 adults. Interviews were conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago and included 773 respondents on landline telephones and 314 on cellular phones.

In financial crisis, Post office turns to Congress (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:24 PM PDT AP - Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe warned that the Postal Service is on "the brink of default" as he battles to keep his agency solvent. Without legislation by Sept. 30, the agency "will default on a mandated $5.5 billion payment to the Treasury," Donahoe told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

Pentagon chief says threat of another 9/11 is real (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:23 PM PDT AP - After a decade of war with al-Qaida the potential for another devastating terrorist assault "remains very real," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday following a somber visit to ground zero of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

A decade after 9/11, cyberattack is biggest worry, says Janet Napolitano (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:50 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was governor of Arizona before taking her current post. She was the guest at the Aug. 30 Monitor breakfast in Washington.

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