Terrorism Prevention and Response
Because American cops are on the front lines in counterterrorism, the Terrorism Prevention and Response topic page is updated with news and information to protect the homeland from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Investigating terror suspects may lead to surprising findings regarding other crimes of individuals and their family members
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For someone committed to implementing a biological attack, the process is simple and the organisms obtainable, despite stringent government regulations
Officer Sean Collier was shot to death as the brothers tried to flee the Boston area three days after the bombings
Six are the latest Westerners accused of traveling or attempting to travel to Syria to join the group
Former President Bill Clinton and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin were among those who spoke at Sunday’s service at the Oklahoma City National Memorial
Said that sentencing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death “could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives”
Report released Tuesday suggests there’s been progress in how federal and local law enforcement officials share information following the Boston bombings
The race will occur one day before the sentencing phase of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins
Jury now must decide whether the 21-year-old former college student should be executed
Tsarnaev’s lawyers agreed with prosecutors that Tsarnaev conspired with his brother to bomb the marathon and planted one of two pressure-cooker bombs that exploded that day
A man accused of planting a bomb outside federal building four years ago may never stand trial despite extraordinary efforts to improve his mental health
Some cops involved in tracking down the Boston Marathon bombers showed a lack of “weapons discipline” during a firefight with the brothers
Families say coverage endangered the hostages’ lives
Disturbing allegations were contained in court papers describing the latest homegrown terror plot thwarted by the FBI and the NYPD
Jurors in federal death penalty trial saw gruesome autopsy photos and heard a medical examiner describe devastating injuries suffered by an 8-year-old boy
FBI must work speed up its efforts to confront increasingly sophisticated terrorists and improve its ability to gather intelligence on global threats
Police fired 210 bullets during the battle
A note written by Boston Marathon bomber as he hid inside a boat contained themes of global jihad similar to those found in extremist materials on his computer
B. Todd Jones’ resignation is effective March 31
Under the auspice of the ATF’s Lubbock bureau, MPD and three other regional PDs received training on proper disposal for the court-ordered destruction
Tsarnaev will still face state charges in Collier’s death after his federal death penalty trial
Officers said the brothers threw several bombs at them, including pipe bombs and a pressure-cooker bomb similar to those used in the marathon attack
Prosecutors said shortly before the carjacking, the Tsarnaev brothers shot MIT Officer Sean Collier in a failed attempt to steal his gun
Student on Wednesday identified Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as the man he saw leaning in to the cruiser of an MIT officer who was fatally shot days after the bombings
Agency received more than 80,000 public comments on the proposal to outlaw some types of 5.56 mm rounds, or .223 caliber
47-year-old William Sheldon Jr. died March 2 from cancer he developed from exposure to debris at Ground Zero
Obama administration considering ban on type of ammo used in AR-15-style rifles because the bullets can pierce a cop’s armor when fired from a handgun
Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot while being questioned about a Boston Marathon bombing suspect
NYPD Commissioner William Bratton said this was the first public case in New York involving possible fighters going to the Islamic State
The pre-9/11 terrorism operational model shares many parallels with the current environment — the big difference between 1993 and today is we are now acutely aware of who the jihadists are
Federal officials said one of those arrested spoke of attacking President Barack Obama or planting a bomb on Coney Island
Video purported to be by rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries
