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Uzbekistan native arrested on federal terrorism charges
A 30-year-old native of Uzbekistan was arrested on Thursday in Boise, Idaho and charged with helping a terrorist group in his home country and teaching others how to use explosive devices. The Idaho Statesman reported that Fazliddin Kurbanov, who is currently residing in Idaho legally, was charged with one count…
Obama may back FBI proposal for expansive Internet wiretapping powers
The United States may soon require Internet companies to build in the capacity to let federal investigators wiretap their users, according to The New York Times. The Obama administration is weighing a proposal that would fine companies that do not comply with wiretap orders. An earlier proposal by the Federal…
FBI arrests Minnesota ‘militia type’ for plotting ‘localized terror attack’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Monday that it had arrested a Minnesota man for plotting a “localized terror attack.” A press release from the Minneapolis Division said that “special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in conjunction with the Montevideo Police Department; the Chippewa County Sheriff’s…
FBI releases photos of three Benghazi attack suspects
US authorities on Wednesday released pictures of three men it said were present during the September 11, 2012 attack on the US mission in eastern Libya, saying it wanted to question them. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s website did not say whether the three men — all of whom appear…
FBI arrests Mississippi man in ricin letters investigation
Officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested 41-year-old Everett Dutschke of Tupelo, Mississippi Saturday morning in connection with a series of poison-tainted letters that were mailed to President Barack Obama and two other public officials. According to Reuters, Dutschke was taken into custody without incident at his home. Dutschke…
Boston bombers allegedly planned Times Square attack
NEW YORK — The brothers accused of carrying out the Boston marathon bombings also planned to carry out an attack in Times Square, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday. Bloomberg said the information on the attack had been provided by surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to the Federal Bureau of…
Mysterious intruder shoots at Tennessee nuclear plant security guard
An as-yet-unknown intruder who turned up at a Tennessee nuclear plant opened fire on private security guards before fleeing the scene, authorities said Monday. The incident was serious enough that the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar nuclear plant went into a heightened state of alert, according to The Times Free…
18-year-old headed for Syria arrested by FBI on terror charges in Chicago
A US man allegedly planning to engage in terrorism in Syria was arrested at a Chicago airport after months of surveillance, the FBI said. There is “no connection between this case and the events that occurred over the last several days in Boston,” the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in…
FBI: Hunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspect is ‘wide open’
US investigators said Tuesday the range of suspects and motives in the grisly Boston bombings remained “wide open” as experts assessed remnants of the crude devices designed to inflict maximum suffering. US President Barack Obama condemned Monday’s attack at the finish line of the city’s marathon, which killed three people…
FBI phone and email snooping tactic ruled unconstitutional
A US judge has ordered the FBI to stop its “pervasive” use of National Security letters to secretly snoop on phone and email records, ruling Friday that the heavily used tactic was unconstitutional. The order issued by US District Court Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco came as a surprising…
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