Republican Peter King calls for Times Square news leak investigation

Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), a senior Republican on the House Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to the Department of Justice Thursday requesting an investigation into news leaks related to the attempted bombing in Times Square and subsequent arrest of a suspect, Faisal Shahzad. According to a copy of the letter sent to Attorney General Eric Holder, King stated that from “the abundance... [Read more]

Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), a senior Republican on the House Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to the Department of Justice Thursday requesting an investigation into news leaks related to the attempted bombing in Times Square and subsequent arrest of a suspect, Faisal Shahzad.
According to a copy of the letter sent to [...]

What’s domestic terrorism anyway?

CHICAGO — What’s a domestic terrorist? Is it Joe Stack, who crashed his plane into an IRS office in February? Is it Scott Roeder, who was recently convicted of shooting a doctor who practiced late-term abortions last year? Is it Timothy McVeigh, who was executed for blowing up a federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995? Agreement on a precise definition is hard to come by. “Terror’s a... [Read more]

CHICAGO — What’s a domestic terrorist? Is it Joe Stack, who crashed his plane into an IRS office in February? Is it Scott Roeder, who was recently convicted of shooting a doctor who practiced late-term abortions last year? Is it Timothy McVeigh, who was executed for blowing up a federal building in Oklahoma City in [...]

15 years after Oklahoma City, experts say domestic terrorism isn’t spreading

CHICAGO — The Hutaree. The Fort Hood shootings. Jihad Jane. As more plots conceived by Americans are uncovered and more incidents of mass violence by Americans are committed, it may appear that we’re becoming our own worst enemy. But 15 years after the Oklahoma City bombing, the most lethal act of terrorism in U.S. history until 9/11, experts say homegrown terrorism is not on the rise. “I... [Read more]

CHICAGO — The Hutaree. The Fort Hood shootings. Jihad Jane. As more plots conceived by Americans are uncovered and more incidents of mass violence by Americans are committed, it may appear that we’re becoming our own worst enemy.
But 15 years after the Oklahoma City bombing, the most lethal act of terrorism in U.S. history until [...]

FBI explains domestic terrorism

Over on the Federal Bureau of Investigation Web site is a piece on an area of domestic terrorism called the Sovereign Citizen Movement. The FBI defines a sovereign citizens as “anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are separate or “sovereign” from the United States.” Such a description brings to mind the Hutaree group... [Read more]

Over on the Federal Bureau of Investigation Web site is a piece on an area of domestic terrorism called the Sovereign Citizen Movement.
The FBI defines a sovereign citizens as “anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are separate or “sovereign” from the United States.” Such a [...]

Involving local authorities, privacy experts in the quest to share criminal information

WASHINGTON – Law enforcement authorities are using a new program aimed at “connecting the dots” in crime-fighting by streamlining and sharing information across a broad network of states, counties and local jurisdictions. And unlike many other federal data sharing and mining programs, this one enlisted civil liberties experts to ensure privacy protection. Rolled out in three increments in 2008,... [Read more]

WASHINGTON – Law enforcement authorities are using a new program aimed at “connecting the dots” in crime-fighting by streamlining and sharing information across a broad network of states, counties and local jurisdictions. And unlike many other federal data sharing and mining programs, this one enlisted civil liberties experts to ensure privacy protection.
Rolled out in three [...]