December 20, 2015 FBI tracked radical American cleric to Defense Dept. lunch, documents show The FBI’s elite surveillance unit tracked the radical American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to the Pentagon entrance for his controversial luncheon speech to senior Defense Department officials on February 5, 2002, according to newly declassified documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
December 20, 2015 Questions about chemical weapons intel hang over Syria talks U.N. inspectors are preparing to issue their report on the Syria chemical weapons attack by Monday, though questions are emerging about how directly they can tie the Aug. 21 attack to Bashar Assad.Â
December 20, 2015 Sources: US weapons stolen in Libya raids, fueling Special Forces pull-out Highly sensitive U.S. military equipment stored in Libya was stolen over the summer by groups likely aligned and working with terrorist organizations, State Department sources told Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ -- in raids that contributed to the decision to pull Special Forces personnel from the country.Â
December 20, 2015 Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ Poll: Record 38 percent say US less safe today than before 9/11 As September 11 approaches, a new Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ national poll finds that nearly 4 voters in 10 (38 percent) feel the United States is less safe today than before the terrorist attacks 12 years ago.
December 20, 2015 Number of ex-Gitmo detainees returning to terrorism increases Three additional terrorists once held at the Guantanamo Bay prison were confirmed as having returned to terrorism after their release, and two others joined the ranks of those suspected of rejoining jihad against the West, according to a U.S. intelligence report made public last week.Â
December 20, 2015 Al Qaeda reportedly seeking ways to target US drones Al Qaeda’s leadership has reportedly set up cells of engineers to find ways to destroy and sabotage unmanned aircraft in an effort to curb the ongoing U.S. drone campaign against militants in the Middle East and North Africa.
December 20, 2015 Developing: Obama to speak about Syria on Saturday at White House After failing to win support from the United Nations and the British public for military action in Syria, the Obama administration is just now trying what some lawmakers say it should have been doing from the beginning -- making the case to the American people.
December 20, 2015 Intercepted call reportedly clinched US claim on Syria chemical weapons strike U.S. intelligence officials were able to confirm that chemical weapons were used in Syria last week in part because they intercepted panicked phone calls in which a Syrian defense official demanded an explanation for the attack from an official in a chemical weapons unit, according to a new report.Â
December 20, 2015 Team involved in tracking Benghazi suspects pulling out, sources say Two weeks after the Obama administration announced charges against suspects in the Benghazi attack, a large portion of the U.S. team that hunted the suspects and trained Libyans to help capture or kill them is leaving Libya permanently.Â
December 20, 2015 Security at nation's nuclear facilities vulnerable to terrorist attack, report says Security at the nation’s nuclear facilities is vulnerable to terrorist attack, a Pentagon-commissioned study reported Thursday. What’s more, it said potential terrorist theft of enough nuclear material to construct an improvised fission bomb “is a real possibility."