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Next Wave of Terrorist Plotters: White Men

Concern grows over US, EU citizens trained in Pakistan

MSNBC MSNBC 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 to “the white men of Waziristan,” the extremist haven in Pakistan. More »

More about:  Pakistan • al-Qaeda • terrorism • Taliban • 9/11 attacks • Waziristan • domestic terrorism • Tehrik-e-Taliban

Emails Reveal Anthrax
Scientist's Delusions

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

New York Times New York Times Aug 7, 08 2:25 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 was having "incredible paranoid, delusional thoughts" and was being "eaten alive inside." More »

More about:  FBI • anthrax • Bruce Ivins • biological weapons • psychiatric disorders • domestic terrorism

UPDATED

 Ivins Had
 Anthrax
 'Identical' to
 '01 Attack

Suspect sought to mislead FBI, released documents show

Associated Press Associated Press 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 for his late laboratory work hours around the time of" the attacks, and he apparently sought to mislead investigators, according to an affidavit. More »

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

As Families
See Evidence, FBI Set to End Anthrax Probe

How feds traced attack to Ivins is key question

Associated Press Associated Press 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 spores found on a laboratory flask link the fatal attacks to Bruce Ivins, the researcher who committed suicide last week. More »

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

Anthrax Suspect Was Eccentric, Respected

Colleagues say scientist was innocent; others recall dark side

Washington Post Washington Post Aug 1, 08 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bruce Ivins, the government scientist who committed suicide this week as FBI investigators working the case of the 2001 anthrax attacks were closing in, was known as a quiet, introverted researcher, the Washington Post reports. One ex-colleague described him as "a well-respected scientist” although he “always seemed on the edge.” More »

More about:  FBI • suicide • anthrax • Bruce Ivins • indictment • scientist • infectious diseases • domestic terrorism

Error Sends
Former Radical
Back to Jail

5 days after Olson's release, prison officials cite clerical mistake

San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle Mar 22, 08 10:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five days after her release from prison, police today re-arrested a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army and said she had to serve another year. Authorities said they made a clerical error and freed Sara Jane Olson too soon, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Olson, 61, had served six years of a 14-year sentence for plotting to blow up police cars in 1975. More »

More about:  domestic terrorism • guerrilla groups • California Department of Corrections

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