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US Indicts Terror Suspect Held on Ship for 2 Months

Somali man flown to New York after at-sea interrogation

(Newser) - A Somali man has been indicted on terror charges in federal court in New York, and his case is drawing big attention because it touches a slew of hot-button issues. The easy part is that the US military, acting on a tip, picked up Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame on a boat... More »

Bank Robber Suspected in Bomb Plot Near Columbine

65-year-old Earl Albert Moore seen in mall security footage

(Newser) - The FBI suspects a paroled bank robber, still at large, planted a pipe bomb at a mall near Columbine last week , Reuters reports. Earl Albert Moore “is considered armed and dangerous and has an extensive criminal background,” the FBI said. The 65-year-old had been a “person of... More »

Saudi Student Detailed Terror Plan in Journal

Alleged plotter Khalid Aldawsari wanted to create al-Qaeda in US

(Newser) - The FBI has detailed information about Khalid Aldawsari’s alleged terrorist ambitions —because the 20-year-old wrote all about them in his journal and emails to himself. Aldawsari wasn’t affiliated with any terrorist group, and Saudi Arabian officials confirm that he had no criminal record back home. But he... More »

Feds Charge Would-Be Car Bomber in Baltimore

Suspect tried to set off car bomb near military recruitment office: Cops

(Newser) - Another apparent bomb plot foiled by another sting operation: Federal authorities in Baltimore arrested a man today who thought he was detonating a car bomb near a military recruitment office, reports the Baltimore Sun . The still unidentified man is scheduled to appear in court later today, when more details of... More »

Mumbai Suspect's Wife Warned FBI About Him

She alerted them 3 years before attack

(Newser) - The wife of the American businessman accused of helping plot the 2008 Mumbai attacks told the FBI three years earlier that he was training to be a terrorist, reports Pro Publica . After a domestic abuse incident, the wife of David Coleman Headley tipped off the agency that her husband was... More »

Bush-Era FBI Put Liberal Activists on Terror List

PETA, Greenpeace, others unfairly targeted

(Newser) - The FBI investigated and monitored a variety of liberal activist groups without proper cause during the Bush Administration, the Justice Department concluded today. Though the Inspector General cleared the FBI of the most serious allegation against it—that it targeted the groups based on how they exercised their First Amendment... More »

Times Square Suspect Indicted

Feds allege training, funds from Pakistani Taliban

(AP) - Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad was charged today with 10 terrorism and weapons counts in an indictment that accuses him of receiving explosives training and financial help from the Pakistani Taliban. The indictment returned by a grand jury in US District Court in Manhattan added five charges to the... More »

Faisal Shahzad 'Meekly' Hears His Charges

Times Square bombing suspect is arraigned

(Newser) - Faisal Shahzad finally had his first day in court—a 10-minute arraignment during which he uttered all of word one word. (It was "yes," when asked by the judge if an assessment of his finances was correct.) Prosecutors formally charged Shahzad with five terror-related offenses related to... More »

Times Square Suspect Snagged by Phone Number

One he gave officials months ago turned up as a match

(Newser) - The would-be Times Square bomber came oh-so-close to covering all his tracks. But as the details trickle in, it seems what truly tripped him up was a phone number he provided to customs officials as part of airport screening a few months ago , reports the New York Times . The new... More »

Suspect Says He Trained in Pakistan

Faisal Shahzad tells authorities he studied bomb-making

(Newser) - Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad told investigators that he received training on how to make bombs during a 5-month visit to Waziristan, Pakistan, reports the Wall Street Journal . He reportedly got back in February. Authorities say Shahzad continued talking—and, in fact, implicating himself—after being read his Miranda... More »

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