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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.

 

NY Times reporter: Bush White House didn't listen to 9/11 warnings

Eleven years after the 9/11 attacks, there is new information on what the George W. Bush administration knew about al-Qaeda's plans. We learned after 9/11 that a presidential briefing paper in August 2001 was headlined "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." But Tuesday in the New York Times, investigative reporter Kurt Eichenwald says the White House received ominous warnings as early as May 2001.

 

Chaotic start to arraignment of 9/11 suspects at Guantanamo

Guantanamo Trials

The arraignment of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks got off to a rocky start on Saturday when the defendants removed their earphones and refused to listen to a translation of the judge's questions.

 

Swedish Police Arrest Four Terror Suspects

Swedish police arrested four people on suspicion of preparing a terror attack and evacuated an arts center in Sweden's second largest city on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary, officials said Sunday.

 

9/11 is marked worldwide with reflection, prayers

9/11 is marked worldwide with reflection, prayers

A mother in Malaysia greeted her dead son. People in Manila left roses for the victim who helped give them homes. And mourners in Tokyo stood before a piece of steel from ground zero, remembering the 23 bank employees who never made it out alive.

 

Hackers Send Fake Terror Alerts From NBC's Twitter

A hacker broke into the Twitter account of NBC News and sent out a handful of false tweets about a suspected hijacking and a plane attack at ground zero just days before the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

 

'Credible, unconfirmed' 9/11 threat to U.S., officials say

U.S. officials said Thursday evening they have "specific, credible but unconfirmed" information about a potential threat against the United States coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

 

New 9/11 Tapes Show Desperate Search for Hijacked Planes

New 9/11 Tapes Show Desperate Search for Hijacked Planes

For the first time, the full audio recordings of communications between military and civilian air traffic controllers as they were dealing with the hijackings on Sept. 11, 2001, have been made public.

 

Obama: 'Lone wolf' terror attack biggest concern

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that a "lone wolf" terror attack in the U.S. is more likely than a major coordinated effort like the Sept. 11 attacks nearly a decade ago....

 

Evidence lacking for link between 9/11 and cancer

Evidence lacking for link between 9/11 and cancer

There is not enough evidence to say whether the dust and smoke cloud produced by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center caused cancer, federal officials found in a report released on Tuesday.

 

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