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Terrorism in the United States

Smoke fills the walkway outside the Senate chamber as supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by US Capitol Police officers inside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.

Former FBI agent: ‘Major intelligence failure’ of US Capitol breach requires 9/11-style commission

Trump administration

“There is going to have to be a reconstruction of events and find out who dropped the ball and why,” said legal and security analyst Asha Rangappa, a former FBI special agent.

American-born Al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen

Documentary questions whether FBI ID’d right suspect in anthrax attack

Global Politics
The World

Who is Faisal Shahzad? Clues to Times Square bomber’s past

Arts, Culture & Media

Southern Poverty Law Center has tracked Sikh temple shooter for more than a decade

Global Politics

Colorado shooter labeled as terrorist by some, too early to tell for others

Global Politics

Investigators have yet to uncover a motive behind 24-year-old James Holmes’ deadly assault in a Colorado movie theater last week. Whether the attack qualifies as an act of terrorism is a complicated question that may not have a conclusive answer.

Obama administration considering whether to test anthrax vaccine on children

Health & Medicine

A group of scientists have recommended testing out the safety of the current anthrax vaccine, which is deemed safe for adults, when its administered to children.

Journalists succeed where investigators failed

Business, Economics and Jobs

Dedicated journalists are digging up old civil rights cases and uncovering what investigators and the FBI could not.

New Bill Would Redefine ‘Enemy Combatant’

When is a terrorist not a criminal but an enemy combatant? That distinction was one of the most important pieces of the so-called war on terror. Up until now, an “enemy combatant” was a term used to describe terrorists who were caught by the CIA or the military overseas. They were then held as prisoners […]

Underwear Bomber Pleads Guilty to All Charges

On Christmas day in 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab failed to detonate an explosive device he hid in his underwear, while flying aboard Northwest Flight 253 to Detroit, Mich. Abdulmutallab pleaded guilty in court yesterday to all eight charges against him, including conspiracy to commit terrorism, attempted murder on an aircraft, attempted placement of a destructive […]