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US forces go after leaders of al-Qaeda and al-Shabab in Africa

Conflict & Justice

US special forces have carried out two separate raids in Africa targeting senior Islamist militants, American officials say.

Leaked bin Laden report further strains relations between U.S. and Pakistan

Osama bin Laden’s relative faces trial in U.S. despite criticism

Conflict & Justice

VIDEO: U.S. Army sergeant expected to face 17 murder charges for Afghan massacre

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After Bin Laden, Al Qaeda calls for DIY terrorism

Environment

Now that Osama Bin Laden has been killed, Al Qaeda is calling for followers to come up with and carry out terrorist attacks on their own.

Report claims al-Qaeda greatly weakened

A current assessment claims al-Qaeda network weakened, its ties to Taliban fraying, and the appeal of its ideology waning.

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Remembering the 1998 Embassy Bombings

Arts, Culture & Media

Fifteen years ago today al-Qaeda bombed the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Over 200 died; thousands were wounded. Anchor Aaron Schachter recalls the day with John Lange who was acting ambassador to Tanzania.

U.S. Seizes A.P.’s Phone Records: Media Surveillance and the Law

On May 7, 2012, the Associated Press published an article about a Yemen-based terror plot, set for the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death, thwarted by the C.I.A. Now, the A.P. believes that story may have made them a target of the U.S. Department of Justice. Around the time the A.P. filed this story, the […]

Boston Bombing: Was There an Intelligence System Failure?

Many questions remain unanswered about how the FBI and CIA handled the information given to them about Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.   Russia first identified Tsarnaev as a possible extremist in 2011. Russian officials requested information on him, first from the FBI and then the CIA.   But the FBI ultimately concluded he posed no threat, […]

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