Topic: Federal Bureau Of Investigation

House approves defense bill on detainees, Iran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a defense bill requiring the military to handle suspected militants allied with al Qaeda, acting not long after President Barack Obama removed a veto threat from the controversial legislation.The bill was ...

No threat from package at Credit Suisse in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - There is no threat from a suspicious package that arrived on Wednesday in the mail at the Credit Suisse headquarters in New York City that forced part of the building to be evacuated, police said."It appears to be ...

Suspicious package at Credit Suisse in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Parts of the Credit Suisse headquarters in New York were evacuated on Wednesday due to a suspicious package that arrived in the mail, police said, a week after a letter bomb was sent to Deutsche Bank in Germany.A ...
The threat of home-grown terror attacks remains a top US concern a decade after 9/11 amid a series of recent arrests, but some experts believe the problem is being over-blown.Washington has made it a priority to track down "lone wolf" terror suspects ...

US Senate defeats challenge to new detainee rules

The polarized US Senate on Tuesday beat back an attempt to set aside proposed rules on detention of terrorism suspects, defying a White House veto threat and criticisms from the FBI and the Pentagon.By a 37-61 margin, senators defeated an attempt to ...

Manila says arrested hackers funded by Saudi group

MANILA/BOSTON (Reuters) - Philippine police and the FBI have arrested four people over a hacking operation that targeted customers of U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T to funnel money to a Saudi-based militant group.Those arrested on Wednesday in Manila were paid by the same ...

Philippines say arrested hackers funded by Saudi group

MANILA/BOSTON (Reuters) - Philippine police and the FBI have arrested four people that Manila said were paid by a militant Saudi Arabian-based group to hack into U.S. telecom AT&T's system, but the company said it was neither targeted nor breached.The Philippines' Criminal ...

Judge refuses bail for Georgia men accused of militia plot

GAINESVILLE, Ga (Reuters) - A federal magistrate judge refused to grant bail on Wednesday to four retired Georgia men jailed on charges linked to an alleged plot to bomb government buildings and spread a lethal biological toxin along major U.S. highways.Ruling from ...

FBI says dangerous fugitive may be in Massachusetts

BOSTON (Reuters) - A fugitive on the FBI's "Most Wanted Terrorists" list who was allegedly involved in two bombings near San Francisco may be hiding in western Massachusetts, authorities said on Wednesday.Daniel Andreas San Diego, the first domestic terrorism suspect added to ...

Accused Pentagon plotter risk to others-prosecutors

WORCESTER, Mass (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Monday described a Massachusetts man accused of plotting to attack U.S. targets using model aircraft as a "ticking time bomb" who should not be released to home confinement before a trial.Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26-year-old U.S. citizen, ...
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