The latest in Domestic Terrorism

US military a prime 'target' for home-grown terrorists

2011-12-07T21:30:05Z

The US military is under threat in its own country as homegrown Islamic extremists, including "radicalized troops," are treating military installations here as prime targets, US officials warned Congress Wednesday.

The only deadly terror strikes on US soil since those of September 11, 2001 have been against the military, with three separate attacks that left 17 people dead, most of them soldiers, according to a repor...

In Georgia town, mixed reaction to alleged militia plot

2011-11-09T15:00:16Z

TOCCOA, Ga (Reuters) - The Waffle House booth often used by three local men arrested in a domestic terror plot was empty on a recent morning but the case that has unnerved this former textile town was on the minds of the breakfast crowd.

Linda Evert peered i...

'Lone wolf' US terror attack a worry: Napolitano

2011-05-11T18:31:08Z

The United States, braced for retaliation over the killing of Osama bin Laden, is worried that a "lone wolf" attack would be hard to defend against, Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano said.

Napolitano laid out the possibility that a US citizen radicalized through the Internet could strike in the...

'Radicalization' hearings reignite US Muslim debate

2011-03-10T06:30:35Z

A US lawmaker on Thursday was to hold provocative hearings on the alleged radicalization of US Muslims, in a move critics say fans anti-Islam sentiment nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks.

Representative Peter King, the Republican who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, has ...

US lawmaker probing Islam is new 'McCarthy': groups

2011-03-09T19:30:53Z

US Muslims and rights groups launched a pre-emptive strike Wednesday on a lawmaker set to open hearings on the threat of radical Islam to America, accusing him of xenophobic McCarthyism.

Representative Peter King, the Republican who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, will begi...

Oklahoma City bombing conspirator denied again

2010-12-03T11:40:59Z

Judge won't budge on dismissal of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Nichols' lawsuit over diet

A federal judge isn't changing her ruling dismissing a lawsuit Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols filed over his prison diet.

Nichols is serving a life sentence in a federal prison in Colorado for his role in the...

Scott Roeder

2010-11-30T13:55:48Z

...

Vernon Hunter

2010-11-30T13:56:58Z

...

Joseph Andrew Stack

2010-11-30T13:52:45Z

...

Liberty City 7

2010-11-30T13:53:16Z

...

Wolf Blitzer

2010-11-30T13:57:14Z

...

Levar Washington

2010-11-30T13:53:15Z

...

Daniel Andreas San Diego

2010-11-30T13:50:23Z

...

Eco-Terrorism

2010-11-30T13:50:48Z

...

June 11

2010-11-30T13:49:45Z

...

Understanding generations

2010-11-29T15:52:26Z

...

American history: The Oklahoma City bombing

2010-11-29T16:00:44Z

...

Commentary: Bad things that happen in April

2010-11-29T15:41:54Z

...

The continuing impact of the Oklahoma City bombing

2010-11-29T16:00:34Z

...

The deadliest terrorist attacks in the US

2010-11-29T15:41:11Z

...

Memoirs: Oklahoma City bombings

2010-11-04T13:58:13Z

...

Terrorism in Perspective-How US Citizens View Domestic Terrorism

2010-11-03T03:12:37Z

...

Jury rejects entrapment defense in NYC bomb plot

2010-11-02T12:28:47Z

...

Fort Hood Shooter Not An Islamic Terrorist

2010-11-03T00:16:01Z

...

Patriots and the re taking of America

2010-11-03T00:10:52Z

...

IRS fraud and plane crashes

2010-11-03T00:07:27Z

...

Oklahoma City Bombing

2010-11-02T18:37:05Z

...

Muslim and Arab Americans

2010-11-03T00:14:37Z

...

BY THE HAND OF A CHILD

2010-11-03T00:06:55Z

...

Top 10 Jobs in Oklahoma City

2010-11-02T17:56:02Z

...

Growing threat to US from homegrown extremists: official

2010-09-22T15:15:34Z

The United States faces a "spike" in the threat from homegrown extremists who are inspired by Al-Qaeda and are increasingly difficult to detect, top US officials said Wednesday.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano also confirmed that terror groups posed a heightened t...

Vernon Hunter Real Patriot In Attack On IRS

2010-11-02T14:48:13Z

...

US 'ill-prepared' to face homegrown terror threat

2010-09-10T21:15:25Z

US domestic security agencies are ill-prepared to tackle the emerging threat from homegrown terrorists, a report said, warning the country faced a new form of terrorism from American residents and citizens who have been drawn to radical Islam.

From blue-eyed Jihad Janes to naturalized US citizens born in Muslim countries, homegrown terrorists have become a serious threat in the United States since ...

Report: US must deal with homegrown terror problem

2010-09-10T10:00:11Z

Report says US has failed to create systems to deal with homegrown terror

The U.S. was slow to take seriously the threat posed by homegrown radicals and the government has failed to put systems in place to deal with the growing phenomenon, according to a new report compiled by the former heads of the Sept. 11 Commission.

The report says U.S. authorities failed to realize that Somali-American youths t...

US must deal with domestic radical problem

2010-11-02T12:27:03Z

...

Report: US must deal with domestic radical problem

2010-09-09T21:15:10Z

Report says US has failed to create systems to deal with homegrown terror

The report says U.S. authorities failed to realize that Somali-American youths t...

UK researchers: Prisons breeding new terrorists

2010-08-27T07:30:09Z

UK researchers: Possible new wave of homegrown terrorism in Britain fueled by ex-prisoners

British researchers say the U.K. could face a new wave of threats from homegrown terrorists as extremists jailed in recent years are freed.

The Royal Unite...

Joe Stack's Homegrown Terrorism

2010-09-10T12:49:38Z

...

Prosecutors: Accused bombers were anti-government

2010-08-18T16:30:09Z

Prosecutors: Accused Oregon bank bombers were motivated by anti-government views

Prosecutors plan to portray an Oregon father and son accused of killing two law enforcement officers in a bank bombing as motivated in part by anti-government sentiment that included jubilation at the 1995 bombing of a federal courthouse in Oklahoma City.

The indications of the ...

Feds: Alaska couple had 20 names on hit lit

2010-08-19T13:38:31Z

Feds: Alaska couple accused of domestic terrorism had 20 names on hit lit

A rural Alaska couple accused of domestic terrorism had 20 names on a hit list and had moved to the operational phase.

That's according to new court documents filed against Paul and Nadia Rockwood of King Salmon. They have pleaded guilty to lying about the list and making false state...

State Dept. sees increase in Greek terrorism

2010-08-06T03:00:16Z

US State Dept. sees significant increase in domestic terrorism in Greece

The U.S. State Department says domestic terrorism increased "significantly" in Greece last year following riots in Dec. 2008 sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager.

The State Department's country report on terrorism notes more than 430 "security inciden...

US couple had terror hit list: court documents

2010-08-19T13:37:44Z

A US man has been charged after he compiled a hit list of 15 people he believed had harmed Muslim civilians and deserved to die, court documents showed Wednesday.

Paul Rockwood and his wife Nadia were charged with lying to federal investigators about the compilation and content of the list, which Nadia Rockwood

Alaska couple to plead guilty to terrorism charges

2010-08-19T13:38:32Z

Alaska couple expected to plead guilty to domestic terrorism charges

An Alaska couple is expected to plead guilty Wednesday in federal court to charges involving domestic terrorism.

Prosecutors say Paul Rockwood, Jr., also known as "Bilal," converted to Islam about a decade ago and began studying the teachings of American-born cleric Reuters) - Islamist extremists similar to the Times Square bomber are living among New Yorkers and the threat of attack by "homegrown terrorists" is not diminishing, city Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said on Wednesday.

A failed attempt by a Pakistan-born ...

Obama to add homegrown terror to security strategy

2010-06-12T17:11:02Z

Obama to add homegrown terrorism to security strategy following rise in domestic terror plots

Responding to terror attacks like the Fort Hood shooting rampage and the failed Times Square bombing, President Barack Obama is adding homegrown terrorists to the administration's top national security priorities...

Federal employees union skeptical of building security 'enhancements'

2010-10-27T06:57:52Z

...

Bad Things Happened in the Seven Days Since the 13th

2010-10-25T14:38:01Z

...

White House: Awaiting inquiry on Texas plane crash

2010-06-25T18:33:07Z

White House: Awaiting investigation before any call on whether plane crash was terrorism

The White House says it will await the results of an investigation before deciding whether to call a plane that crashed into a Texas office building an act of terrorism.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs sa...

Canadian guilty of planning homegrown terror plot

2010-04-16T07:33:04Z

Member of the "Toronto 18" found guilty of participating in homegrown terror plot

A member of a homegrown terrorist group was found guilty Thursday of participating in a plot to set off truck bombs in front of Canada's main stock exchange and two government buildings.

Shareef Abdelhaleem, 34, was a member of the so-called Toronto 18 plot to set off bombs outside Toronto...

168 Dead: Would Profiling Have Turned Up Timothy McVeigh?

2010-10-27T08:16:28Z

...

Terry Nichols

2010-10-22T10:24:25Z

...

Oklahoma City bombing

2010-10-22T09:23:42Z

...

The Oklahoma City Bombing

2010-10-22T09:23:42Z

...

Timothy McVeigh

2010-10-22T09:00:19Z

...

WORLD: Plot to blow up American jets and Jews

2010-10-21T10:40:04Z

...

Plot to blow up American jets and Jews smashed, US authorities claim

2010-10-21T10:40:01Z

...

LATEST: Four arrested in New York bomb plot

2010-10-21T10:40:09Z

...

BREAKING NEWS: Four arrested in New York bomb plot

2010-10-21T10:40:01Z

...

Terre Haute

2010-10-26T11:59:54Z

...

Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial

2010-10-14T12:36:49Z

Visitors to Oklahoma City cannot afford to miss the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum which is a memorial to the Oklahoma City bombing. It?s dedicated to the victims and survivors of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P.Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Visitors to the museum get a feel of the t...

Attendee Describes Obama Meeting at Home of William Ayers

2010-10-23T19:06:32Z

...

Virtual Jihad

2010-10-19T16:35:20Z

...

Conservative Senator Affirms His Friendship With Obama After Debate Comments

2010-10-23T10:00:27Z

...

Conservative Students Oppose Invitation to A Former Terrorist

2010-10-23T11:08:39Z

...

Quick reaction by companies to ricin and other health scares

2010-10-19T11:29:33Z

...

Congress' 'anti-extremist' bill targets online thoughtcrime

2010-10-16T19:43:09Z

...

Book dispels Okla. City bomb conspiracy

2010-09-10T13:16:34Z

Ex-FBI Deputy Director Dispels Conspiracy Theories About the Oklahoma City Bombing in Memoir

A team of FBI agents that re-examined the Oklahoma City bombing after a resurgence in conspiracy theories uncovered no new reliable leads, the man who initially supervised the bureau's investigation told a newspaper.

...

House Passes Bill Intended to Prevent 'Homegrown Terrorism'

2010-10-23T10:01:41Z

...

House votes on fertilizer registry

2010-09-10T05:53:21Z

House Votes to Require Registration of Sales and Purchases of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer

The House voted Tuesday to require the registration of sales and purchases of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which has been converted into the explosive of choice for terrorists ranging from the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995 to the 2002 attack on a nightclub in Bali,

Bob Bomengen, MD: The Country Doctor

2010-10-26T20:16:16Z

...

American Medical Association launches first-of-its-kind medical journal on disaster research

2010-09-09T03:27:37Z

The American Medical Association on Thursday introduced a new medical journal billed as the first of its kind devoted to the science of disaster planning and response.

The quarterly journal is titled Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Its first edition features articles about Hurricane Katrina, the 1995 On June 11, 1776, the Continental Congress Formed a Committee to Draft a Declaration of Independence

Today is Monday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2007. There are 203 days left in the year.

Today's Highlights in History:

On June 11, 1776, the Continental Congress formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for freedom from Britain.

On this date:

In 1509, England'...

Today in history - June 2

2010-09-08T23:47:11Z

On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II of England Was Crowned in Westminster Abbey

Today is Saturday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2007. There are 212 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II of England was crowned in Wes...

Editorial roundup

2010-09-08T20:08:28Z

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the U.S. and Abroad

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

May 13

The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, on investments in Iran:

While members of the FBI Director Robert Mueller listens to his introduction before speaking at a conference on domestic terrorism in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

...

Terrorism Hit List

2010-08-19T13:49:01Z

Alaska U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler speaks during a news conference Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. An Alaska couple accused in a domestic terrorism plot pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of lying about the existence of a hit list of possible targets. Paul Rockwood Jr. and his wife, Vernon Hunter and his wife Valerie Hunter pose for a photo. Investigators say Joe Stack on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, crashed his plane into the building that houses IRS...

Mueller And Napolitano Testify Before Senate On Terrorist Threat In U.S.

2010-06-25T23:22:26Z

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about the domestic terror threat on Capitol Hill September 30, 2009 in Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, left, Jane Lute, deputy director of U.S. Homeland Security, center, and Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, right, listen to speakers at the