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domestic terrorism stories: 22 news summaries

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OPINION

 Time to 
 Crack Down 
 on Jihad 2.0 



Web indoctrination of terrorists on US soil poses major threat

Nov 19, 09 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has knocked Nidal Hasan out of the headlines but the Fort Hood suspect is the kind of threat America needs to focus on, warns Daniel Henninger. Home-grown terrorists, indoctrinated over the Internet, are now more of a danger than "old-school" jihadis abroad, and the ideology that... More »

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Internet • terrorism • free speech • Facebook • First Amendment • counterterrorism • terror websites • domestic terrorism • Nidal Malik Hasan

 Al-Qaeda Boosts 
 Western Recruits 

Networks funnel manpower to Pakistan, Afghanistan

Oct 19, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - An increasing number of Westerners are joining al-Qaeda and the Taliban as the terrorist groups profit from dissatisfaction with the war in Afghanistan and develop sophisticated foreign-recruiting networks. Some 30 German citizens have traveled to Pakistan for training this year, according to authorities. Belgian, French and Swedish nationals have also... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Germany • Western Europe • al-Qaeda • domestic terrorism

Ecoterrorists Topple Seattle-Area Radio Towers

Earth Liberation Front cites 'harmful radio waves' among reasons for action

Sep 4, 09 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A radical group bent on stopping urban sprawl looks to be behind the toppling today of two radio towers northeast of Seattle, the Everett Herald reports. The Earth Liberation Front left a banner behind near the sprawling wreckage of KRKO-AM’s towers—one 349 feet tall—in Snohomish, reading “... More »

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Washington state • Earth Liberation Front • domestic terrorism • radio towers • KRKO-AM • Snohomish, Wash. • ecoterrorism

Organizer of Fake Interview Linked to Infamous Militia

He set up armed man near Obama town hall

Aug 19, 09 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The conservative radio host who staged an interview with an armed protester near the president's town hall in Phoenix has long ties with hard-core fringe groups, reports Talking Points Memo. Ernest Hancock allied himself with a group called the Viper Militia in Arizona in the 1990s, many of whose members... More »

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militia • conspiracy • firearms • domestic terrorism • guns • Ernest Hancock

(Newser) - Anti-government militia groups largely dormant during the Bush years are making a comeback and dozens of new ones are sprouting up, AP reports. Such groups, fueled by the poor economy and distrust of the Obama administration, are poised to grow rapidly, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law... More »

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gun control • militia • white supremacism • right wingers • Southern Poverty Law Center • domestic terrorism • Obama administration


 Holder Warns 
 of Homegrown 
 Terror Risk 

AG: 'American people would be surprised'

Jul 30, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The chilling big picture suggests that “the radicalization of Americans” who leave the country and return wanting to do “harm to the American people” is a growing threat, Eric Holder tells ABC News. It’s “something that didn’t loom as large a few months ago as... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Department of Justice • terrorism • Attorney General • interrogation techniques • harsh interrogation • domestic terrorism • detainees • Eric Holder • Obama administration

Terror Suspect Led Typical Suburban Life

But Boyd fought in Afghanistan, said 'good Muslims' waged jihad

Jul 29, 09 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The arrest of construction worker Daniel Boyd and his sons for conspiring to support terrorists came as a complete shock to their neighbors in North Carolina, who describe the 39-year-old father as a friendly gardener and fisherman. But Boyd has followed an uncommon path. After converting to Islam in the... More »

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Islam • jihad • North Carolina • Islamic extremism • terror suspects • terror cell • suburbs • Muslim convert • domestic terrorism • Daniel Boyd

(AP) - Federal prosecutors said today that one member of a North Carolina group that sought to wage "violent jihad" is still at large. US Attorney George Holding says authorities hope to soon apprehend an eighth person described in an indictment unsealed yesterday. The person's name is redacted from court papers. More »

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US attorney • terrorism • Pakistan • jihad • United States • North Carolina • domestic terrorism • manhunt

(Newser) - The shootings of George Tiller and a National Holocaust Museum guard came despite a renewed FBI effort to preempt solo acts of political violence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Identifying such extremists—while respecting their civil rights—is a challenge. Both James von Brunn and Scott Roeder expressed their... More »

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FBI • extremists • white supremacism • domestic terrorism • right-wing extremism • Scott Roeder • James Von Brunn

OPINION

 Right Fans 
 Flames of 
 Extremist 
 Fury: Rich 

Right-wing rhetoric complicit in rise of extremism

Jun 14, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a Fox News anchor cautions against the rising extremism of hate-driven Americans, as Shepard Smith did after the Holocaust Museum shooting, we should take note, argues Frank Rich in the New York Times. Unlike his fear-mongering colleagues, says Rich, Smith—not known for having an agenda—had "... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Frank Rich • domestic terrorism • culture wars • Shepard Smith • right-wing extremism

(Newser) - Today's shooting at the Holocaust museum, on the heels of the murder of an abortion provider, is bringing renewed attention to a Homeland Security report issued in April that warned of a rise in exactly these kinds of attacks, Politico reports. At the time, critics including Rush Limbaugh blasted the... More »

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Holocaust Museum • Department of Homeland Security • Janet Napolitano • domestic terrorism • anti-abortion activists

Accused Bronx Bombers' Gals Cry 'Entrapment'

They say informant plied 'sensitive' men with drugs, rent money

May 24, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The girlfriends of two accused synagogue bomb plotters say their beaus were duped by an overeager informant, the New York Daily News reports. "David is the most sensitive man I've ever met," said Cassandra McCoy of her Bronx boyfriend, David Williams. "He has three leatherbound books of... More »

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Bronx • synagogue • domestic terrorism • informant • James Cromitie • David Williams • entrapment

Napolitano Apologizes to Vets for Report

DHS had painted soldiers as prone to right-wing extremism

Apr 16, 09 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Janet Napolitano apologized today for language in a recent Homeland Security report suggesting that veterans were more likely to be wooed by far-right extremist groups, CNN reports. “The return of military veterans facing significant challenges,” said the report evaluating domestic threats, “could lead to the potential emergence... More »

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veterans • US military • Department of Homeland Security • Janet Napolitano • domestic terrorism • right-wing extremism • Timothy McVeigh • lone wolf

Ex-SLA Leader Released
From Prison

'70s radical Sara Jane Olson caught in '99; some say got off easy

Mar 17, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The strange saga of Sara Jane Olson, from ‘70s agitator to bank robber to housewife, ended today when she was released from prison in California after serving seven years, CNN reports. Olson, a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army—best known for kidnapping Patty Hearst—fled in 1976 after... More »

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police • robbery • kidnapping • bombing • armed robbery • Sara Jane Olson • Symbionese Liberation Army • domestic terrorism • Patty Hearst

Pakistan Not Cooperating
in Search for Militants: US

Officials worry that terrorists can get too-easy access to US

Mar 9, 09 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - US intelligence officials are frustrated by what they see as Islamabad’s roadblocks in efforts to investigate terrorist cells with ties to Pakistan, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pakistanis living in European countries, who can enter the US without much scrutiny, remain a worry for the CIA and FBI, whose... More »

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CIA • Pakistan • FBI • Robert Mueller • Islamic militants • al-Qaeda • domestic terrorism • visa waiver program • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

OPINION

 Bill Ayers: I Was Not a Terrorist 

But I saw no 'path to a rational discussion' during campaign

Dec 6, 08 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Even as John McCain was painting him as a domestic terrorist in Barack Obama’s rogues gallery of acquaintances, William Ayers kept silent. “I saw no viable path to a rational discussion,” he writes in today’s New York Times. Now that the election’s over, it’... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • domestic terrorism • Bill Ayers

Next Wave of Terrorist Plotters: White Men

Concern grows over US, EU citizens trained in Pakistan

Sep 9, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - US officials are increasingly worried that the next terror attack could be perpetrated by Americans or citizens of the European Union, MSNBC reports. Three German citizens—two ethnically German—were arrested last week in a plot to destroy a club frequented by US military personnel. The arrests have drawn attention... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • terror plots • Waziristan • al-Qaeda • domestic terrorism • Tehrik-e-Taliban • 9/11 attacks

Emails Reveal Anthrax
Scientist's Delusions

'Split personality' Ivins was being 'eaten alive inside'

Aug 7, 08 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of emails released by the FBI reveal that scientist Bruce Ivins was losing his grip on reality long before the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, the New York Times reports.  The Army scientist and anthrax suspect, who committed suicide last month, wrote to a colleague in 2000 that he... More »

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FBI • anthrax • psychiatric disorders • biological weapons • domestic terrorism • Bruce Ivins

UPDATED

 Ivins Had
 Anthrax
 'Identical' to
 '01 Attack

Suspect sought to mislead FBI, released documents show

Aug 6, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(AP) - Army scientist Bruce Ivins is the sole person responsible for the 2001 anthrax attacks, and he had custody of highly purified anthrax spores with "certain genetic mutations identical" to the poison that killed five people, the Justice Department says. Ivins was unable to give investigators "an adequate explanation... More »

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investigation • FBI • United States • anthrax • biological weapons • domestic terrorism • Bruce Ivins

As Families
See Evidence, FBI Set to End Anthrax Probe

How feds traced attack to Ivins is key question

Aug 6, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI began releasing details of its investigation into the 2001 anthrax mail attacks to families of the victims today, the AP reports, with information to be made public within hours on judge’s orders. The agency is ready to end its probe, with sources telling the Wall Street Journal ... More »

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War on Terror • FBI • federal courts • anthrax • biological weapons • domestic terrorism • Bruce Ivins

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