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Bill would provide lifetime protection to ex-presidents

Secret Service

A 1994 law provided a 10-year cutoff for Secret Service protection to ex-presidents... Even if you disagreed with the policies of President George W. Bush, it's a good bet you still think the Secret Service should protect him from terrorists.

 

Researchers: Terror attack least likely in North America

North America is the least likely region of the world to suffer from terrorism, according to a “Global Terrorism Index” launched Tuesday.

 

Three anarchists get prison terms in Ohio bridge bomb plot

Three men who pleaded guilty to participating in a failed plot to bomb an Ohio bridge in April were sentenced Tuesday to federal prison.

 

India hangs gunman from 2008 Mumbai attack

India executed the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai early Wednesday, India's home ministry said.Click to Continue »

 

Man wearing ornate watch with bomb-making supplies arrested at Oakland airport

Oakland Airport

A Southern California man headed home from a business trip was arrested at Oakland airport Thursday night after federal security agents found bomb-making materials in his elaborate watch, according to a spokesman from the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.

 

Petraeus testifies that Benghazi attack was terrorist act, lawmaker says

Former CIA director David Petraeus testified on Friday that he believes the Sept. 11 attacks on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya was an act of terrorism that did not arise out of a spontaneous demonstration, a lawmaker who heard the testimony said.

 

Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Wiretaps Law

The Supreme Court heard a challenge to a federal law, enacted after the Sept. 11 attacks, that authorized intercepting international communications involving Americans.

 

Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by Taliban recovering ‘with encouraging speed’

The father of a Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls’ education said on Friday she would “rise again” to pursue her dreams after hospital treatment.

 

'The new Afghanistan'? West turns its attention to Mali

Security officials frequently talk of Mali as being “the new Afghanistan.” They fear that deep inside the country’s northern desert, al-Qaida has carved out a new home -- not only a safe haven for terrorists, but a training ground for a new generation of Islamist militants.

 

Weakened, al-Qaida in Afghanistan tries comeback

Afghan War

A diminished but resilient al-Qaida, whose 9/11 attacks drew America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan's mountainous east even as U.S. and allied forces wind down their combat mission and concede a small but steady toehold to the terrorist group....

 

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