Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• NY, Washington, aware of terror threat, not afraid (AP)
• Hackers send fake terror alerts from NBC's Twitter (AP)
• An intel Q&A: How the US gets it, where it goes (AP)
• Obama's 9/11 speech: national unity, personal loss (AP)
• Judge dumps suit for info on use of drones to kill (AP)
• 9/11 Commission chair: US safer now than in 2001 (AP)
• NY man denies helping terror group in fight plot (AP)
• TSA chief: optimist about everything but terror (AP)
• Napolitano urges vigilance for 9/11 anniversary (AP)
• Terror threat darkens Pentagon 9/11 ceremony (AP)
• Factbox: The 10-year toll since September 11 in dollars, lives (Reuters)
• U.S. faces tough choices on defense budget (Reuters)
• Sept 11 crash spared, transformed small Pennsylvania town (Reuters)
• In search of the next big attack, long after 9/11 (AP)
• Getting Married on 9/11: The Terrorism Discount (Time.com)
• Hillary Clinton: US won't shy away from force (AP)
• House passes intelligence bill for next year (AP)
• Bag searches, checkpoints in NY amid threat report (AP)
• Clinton: al Qaeda behind unconfirmed threat to U.S. (Reuters)
• Amid new threat, Obama sticking with 9/11 plans (AP)

NY, Washington, aware of terror threat, not afraid (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 05:11 PM PDT 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 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 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 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 Reuters - 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 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 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 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 Reuters - 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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