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.
The NYC attack is a horrible reminder that the United States continues to face the ongoing threat of terrorism from both ideological organizations and lone individuals
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Two of the men converted to Islam less than two years ago and the third, an American-born Vietnamese Muslim, drifted into the orbit of the alleged terror cell as recently as September
Two of the men arrested told a confidential FBI informant they would consider American jihad
The judge ruled that the men should be sentenced as terrorists, making them subject to harsher prison terms
Reporters should stop embroidering the facts to fit their preconceived notions of truth
Residents can call sheriff’s office to have explosives, ammunition, weapons, bomb materials or military ordnance removed from their property
Says strategy involved creating conversations about jihad or terrorism, then capturing response to send to police
Early yesterday a self-professed al Qaeda associate from Bangladesh tried to explode what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb at the Federal Reserve Bank
A former Pa. state trooper rose through the ranks of the FBI while developing an expertise in counterterrorism investigations
Suspect parked a van filled with what were believed to be explosives and tried to detonate it in a suicide mission
During the past two years, the Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series (JCTAWS) Project has been conducting tabletop exercises in selected urban areas
DHS wants to give every cop in the country ready access to information, intelligence, and analysis to prevent attacks by extremist individuals and groups
Man said he wanted to test police response to a fake terrorism call
The Brotherhood is a complex organization composed of individuals with a variety of religious and political beliefs, and some commentators have simply mangled the debate
The federal jury in Cleveland began a fourth day of deliberations by asking the judge if a conspiracy could involve just some of the defendants
Adel Daoud, a U.S. citizen from the Chicago suburb of Hillside, was arrested Friday night in an undercover operation in which an agent pretending to be a terrorist provided him with a phony car bomb
An air strike killed al Qaida’s second in command in Yemen, US and Yemeni officials said
The officers’ names will be officially read at the ceremony later Tuesday
There are no particular threats from any major terrorist organization, but the NYPD is taking security very seriously
Internet makes it easier for insurgents to make themselves look like winners
Troubling case on US soil shows potential danger of gangs, domestic terrorism within military structure
Lawsuit alleged the FBI violated the civil rights of Muslims
A young deputy made a stop that ignited a high-profile case and got him awards, but the acclaim had a dark side
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