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The Treasury Department today unblocked more than $24 million in bank accounts held by Salih Idris, the Saudi owner of a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan that American cruise missiles destroyed [...]

The Government's case against Osama bin Laden, the wealthy Islamic militant who authorities suspect is behind the bombings at the United States Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, emerged in sharper [...]

Federal authorities have brought a suspect in the bombings of the United States Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania to the United States, saying that he had admitted that he was [...]

Law enforcement officials said today that a key suspect in the bombing of the American Embassy in Nairobi had been interviewed at length by American investigators, but had not admitted [...]

The house on Thomas Street in this suburb 15 miles southwest of Chicago has a red rosebush growing under the front window, fishing rods leaning against the door and two [...]

Federal agents today raided a remote Montana cabin where they seized a onetime university professor suspected of being the Unabomber, the elusive terrorist who has left a 17-year nationwide trail [...]

The hunt for a wider circle of conspirators in the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing heated up again today as Federal authorities in Arizona arrested a 35-year-old biochemist who had [...]

Two brothers jailed as witnesses in the Oklahoma City bombing were charged today with engaging in a bomb-building conspiracy in Michigan with the former Army sergeant who is accused of [...]

A computer disk and documents left in a Manila apartment by a gang of Middle Eastern terrorists provide details of an airliner bombing and a plot against the Pope that [...]

Reports on U.S. intelligence findings in August 2004 indicating that Al Qaeda operatives updated surveillance at five financial institutions in New York, New Jersey and Washington as recently as the spring of 2004. Lack of evidence of an active terror plot; Background on the surveillance being conducted by the terrorist organization on U.S. establishments since 2000.

Discusses the report issued by the commission that investigated the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Assessment of the ability of the U.S. government to protect the country and its residents from terrorist attacks; Description of security conditions during the summer of 2001; Assertion by the commission that the country needs to do more to enhance its security capabilities; Greater emphasis on collecting and sharing intelligence about the movement of Al Qaeda operatives and possible threats.

Reports that financial officials from Arab countries met in Paris, France on July 1, 2004 to create the first regional organization in the Middle East and North Africa to fight money laundering. Importance of the organization to pursue terrorist funds that flows outside traditional banking channels in the region according to observers.

Reports that confusion about the legal limits of interrogation has started to retard efforts of the United States government to obtain information from suspected terrorists. Comments from American intelligence officials; Counterterrorism efforts; Interrogation program of the Central Intelligence Agency.

The article reports on the three communications from the leadership of Al Qaeda which surfaced recently. The messages, from Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, aim to embarrass western governments by demonstrating the terrorists' ability to communicate with their followers. According to analysts, the communications also point to the different motives and political interests of the leaders.

Details the results to date of the ongoing investigation into the terrorist bombings of the London subway and bus. Belief of investigators that bombs were crude and the possible work of a home-grown group; Description of a possible suspect in the bus bombing by witnesses; Discussion of continuing investigation and efforts to recover other possible victims of the bombings; Comments from Andy Trotter, deputy chief constable of the British Transport Police.

Reports on the findings of the U.S. Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center's investigation that Islamic militant bomb makers have used the same designs for car bombs in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Role of the investigation in providing commanders in Iraq with countermeasures to help protect U.S. troops; Issue of who is behind various bombings; Overview of the establishment of the TEDAC.

Reports on the global manhunt announced by the U.S. Justice Department on five suspected Afghanistan-based Al Qaeda members believed to be preparing a suicide attack. Details on videotapes with martyrdom messages of suspected terrorist; Concerns on the national security of the country; Association between the suspected Al Qaeda members and the September 11 attacks.

Reports on the indictment filed in Boston, Massachusetts against Al-Qaede-trained terrorist Richard Reid who tried to bring down an airliner on a Paris-to-Miami flight in December 2001. Charges included in the indictment; Credit for the vigilance of passengers and crew in preventing Reid; Police investigation on Reid's Al Qaeda involvement.

Reports on the terrorism charges against Taliban fighter John Walker in the U.S. Details on the criminal complaint; Information on the affidavit signed by Walker; Reaction of the family of the Taliban sympathizer.

In ordering the federal government to acquire an Illinois prison to house terrorism suspects who are currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Obama on Tuesday took a major step toward shutting down the military detention facility that its detractors say had become a potent recruitment tool for Al Qaeda. But even before White House officials had released a letter informing Gov. Patrick J. Quinn of Illinois of the plans to send a ''limited number'' of Guantanamo detainees to the Thomson Correctional Center, an empty super-maximum-security prison in northwestern Illinois, Republicans were gearing for what could be an emotional fight on Capitol Hill. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Veteran terrorism prosecutors said Monday that if, as Pakistani officials have alleged, five Americans sought training from terrorist groups with the goal of fighting the United States, they almost certainly face aggressive prosecution at home. But the prosecutors said that trying the men would require clear evidence of their intentions and could be complicated by several factors seen in similar cases in recent years, including the availability of Pakistani witnesses and how any evidence was obtained from the men when they were arrested in Pakistan. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Najibullah Zazi, the airport shuttle bus driver charged in a Qaeda-connected bomb plot, traveled to Pakistan last year with two men he knew from the streets of New York City, a yellow-cab driver who took the test to become a city firefighter and a Queens College student majoring in economics, according to people briefed on the case. The two men, one of whom attended Flushing High School with Mr. Zazi, 24, have denied that they were involved with Al Qaeda or had any role in what prosecutors have said was a plot to build bombs using homemade explosives. Neither has been charged with a crime. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, senior government officials have announced dozens of terrorism cases that on closer examination seemed to diminish as legitimate threats. The accumulating evidence against a Denver airport shuttle driver suggests he may be different, with some investigators calling his case the most serious in years. Documents filed in Brooklyn against the driver, Najibullah Zazi, contend he bought chemicals needed to build a bomb -- hydrogen peroxide, acetone and hydrochloric acid -- and in doing so, Mr. Zazi took a critical step made by few other terrorism suspects. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A Colorado man whose visit to New York apparently set off government raids on several Queens apartments on Monday has denied having ties to al Qaeda or any other terrorist group. ''I have nothing to do with this,'' said the man, Najibullah Zazi, 25, who was reached by telephone in Colorado on Monday and Tuesday. ''This looks like it's going toward me, which is more shocking every hour.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As the attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., debates whether to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate the interrogations of terrorism suspects after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he is at the brink of a career-defining decision that risks the anger of the White House and the Central Intelligence Agency, one of the Justice Department's main partners in combating terrorism. There is no surprise then that Mr. Holder is said by officials to have been resistant at first to the idea of appointing a prosecutor, particularly since the Obama administration has made it clear that it wants to put the issue of interrogation practices during the Bush administration behind it. But associates have said he told them that he reacted with disgust when he recently read graphic accounts of interrogations in a 2004 C.I.A. inspector general's report to be publicly released next month. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the U.S. district judge, Henry H. Kennedy Jr. will not immediately rule on whether to hold a judicial inquiry or not, for destruction of videotapes, depicting harsh interrogation of two suspected terrorists of Al Qaeda, by the Central Intelligence Agency. Lawyers for Yemeni prisoners being held in Cuba, had filed a motion in an effort to determine whether possibly damaging statements were made during interrogations.

The article reports that General Michael V. Hayden, director of Central Intelligence Agency, has disengaged himself from the destruction of video related to the interrogation of the senior Quaida captives in the U.S. In his testimony to the Senate Intelligence committee he said that the decision to record the interrogation was made under the tenure of former director George J. Tenet. He also stated to the agency employees that he supported the decision.

The article offers news briefs related to various crimes in the U.S. Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, a Chinese engineer, has been charged with stealing trade secrets from the firm Quantum3D Inc. The authorities have issued a bulletin saying that terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman had asked his followers to engage in violence if he died in custody. James L. Shumate, a judge in Utah, has ordered the Mormon polygamist leader Warren S. Jeffs to stand trial on two felony counts of rape as an accomplice.

The article reports that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the U.S. has admitted the existence of two classified documents, including a directive signed by U.S. President George W. Bush, which have guided the agency's interrogation and detention of terror suspects. In a letter sent from John McPherson, associate general counsel of the agency, the CIA referred to the documents.

Reports on the deportation of terror suspects from the U.S. and other countries to Egypt because of the country's use of extreme interrogation methods on detainees.

Reports that U.S. counterterrorism officials have refused to believe the statements of Zacarias Moussaoui, a member of the Al Qaeda organization, concerning his involvement in the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Examines the expansive authority for the U.S. Central Intelligence Authority (CIA) to operate independently, which was provided by a still-classified directive signed by President George W. Bush within days of the September 11, 2001 attacks. How the Bush administration's secret program to transfer suspected terrorists to foreign countries for interrogation has been carried out by the CIA, which was allowed to act without case-by-case approval from the White House, or State or Justice Departments; Central role of the process, known as rendition, in government efforts to disrupt terrorism; Criticism by human rights groups; Issue of the Bush administration's public pledge to provide safeguards against torture; Accounts of former detainees who have described brutal treatment under the program in Egypt and other countries; Refusal of the Bush administration to confirm that the rendition program exists; Background on the program.

Reports that a judge in Yemen sentenced Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Jamal al-Badawi to death and four others to prison terms of up to 10 years for their involvement in the deadly attack in 2000 against the American destroyer Cole. How 17 U.S. sailors on board the Cole were killed by the attack; Claims from law enforcement officials that Nashiri was the mastermind behind the Cole bombing and also played a key role in the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998; Satisfaction among U.S. government officials with the outcome of the case; Role of investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service who worked with Yemeni authorities on the case.

Focuses on security preparations by the New York Police Department for the August 2004 Republican convention. Plans for a huge response to intelligence regarding a possible Al Qaeda attack; Terror alert level and public warnings; Overview of security through use of land, sea and air patrols; Comments of Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly; Estimated cost of security; Show of force around Madison Square Garden; Roles of the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security; Significance of a British investigation of suspected terrorists.

Reports that a new portrait of Al Qaeda's inner workings is emerging from the cache of information seized last month in Pakistan. Identification of a new generation of operatives who appear to be filling the vacuum created when leaders were killed or captured. Emphasis on lower ranking members and more recent recruits; Pros and cons of the findings for the Bush administration; Contrast between the president's picture of diminishing Al Qaeda leadership and the regeneration of the organization.

Reports on the possible consideration of terrorists in using tourist helicopters in terrorist attacks in New York City. How security measures for helicopter operators in New York City will be stepped up in a new directive as early as this week; Details of the new measures of security; Seizure of computer disks by British authorities from suspected operatives for Al Qaeda; Expectation for terrorists to attack the United States in the future, in order to disrupt presidential elections in November 2004.

Reports that a terrorist suspect known as Abu Issa al-Hindi is in custody in Britain under allegations that he directed the surveillance of financial institutions in New York, New Jersey, and Washington during 2000 and 2001. Claims that the suspect has been under the surveillance of British authorities since before the computer files were discovered; Evidence that Hindi conducted surveillance at the New York Stock Exchange and the Citigroup building in Manhattan and at the Prudential site in Newark; Possibility that Hindi has relayed information about his reconnaissance efforts to Qaeda counterparts in Pakistan.

Examines a portion of the final report issued by the commission investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., which claims that the administrations of the past two presidents failed to grasp the gravity of the threat from Al Qaeda. Criticism of how the intelligence, law enforcement, and military branches performed before the attacks; Highlights of the report; Description of the tone and writing style used in the report as resembling a paperback thriller.

Discusses Osama bin Laden and his effort with chief lieutenants to launch an attack in the United States sometime this year. Knowledge that bin Laden continues to operate along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan; Continued stream of intelligence suggesting that Al Qaeda wants to carry out a significant attack before this November's presidential election.

Examines how an August 2002 memorandum by the U.S. Justice Department that concluded interrogators could use extreme techniques on detainees in the war on terror helped provide an after-the-fact legal basis for harsh procedures used by the Central Intelligence Agency on Al Qaeda leaders, according to government officials. Publication of the memo by the White House without explanation about why it was written; Suggestion that the president could authorize a wide array of coercive interrogation methods in the campaign against terrorism; Question of the extent to which the memo influenced the government's overall thinking and approach to interrogating other terror detainees; Background on the memo.

Details aspects of the planning of Al Qaeda's attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City on September 11th, 2001. Background information about Al Qaeda members Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Ziad al-Jarrah and meetings with Osama bin Laden; Information about the constant changing of pilots and other personnel in the preliminary stages of the attack planning; Details of the training procedures, including flight lessons and targets; Assembly of the team of terrorists; Information about the orchestration of the attacks.

Reports that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Brandon Mayfield, a Portland lawyer, in connection with the Madrid railway bombings. Strength of the evidence against him; Information about the authorities' rush to arrest Mayfield; Match of Mayfield's fingerprints to a single print on a plastic bag recovered from a stolen van used by the bombers.

Discusses how the hearings of the September 11 commission and its preliminary findings have made clear that Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda were a threat that was recognized and discussed at the highest levels of the U.S. government. Suggestion by some commission members that the attacks could have been prevented; Political implications of the examination; Focus on previously classified information given to two presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and their senior advisors; Overview of the findings, including missed opportunities amid a stream of warnings; Ways that the attacks might have been prevented; Counterterrorism approaches of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Examines the efforts of the U.S. President George W. Bush administration in the months before September 11, 2001 to prevent a terrorist attack inside the U.S. Focus of an independent inquiry into the attacks; Actions of Condoleezza Rice, national security adviser, and Andrew H. Card Jr., chief of staff, in the summer of 2001, amid threats of an impending attack; Security advisories; Intercepted messages that suggested an imminent attack; Overview of the administration's deliberations and actions; Role of Richard A. Clarke, White House counterterrorism coordinator; Emphasis of the Central Intelligence Agency on overseas attacks; Limited resources and counterterrorism; Why, in summer 2001, the U.S. military was focused on priorities other than terrorism. INSET: A Stream of Threats, an Emerging Strategy and an Unseen Plot.

Reports on the death of the Abu Abbas, the Palestinian terrorist who led the hijacking of a Achille Lauro cruise ship in 1985, during his incarceration in Iraq. Factual background on the hijacking incident; Determination of the cause of the prisoner's death; Plans of the U.S. government to file a case against him.

Reports that U. S. officials believe that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, once Al Qaeda's top operational commander, personally executed Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was abducted in Pakistan last year. No confirmation of what led officials to this conclusion; Capture of Mohammed by U. S. intelligence forces in Pakistan in March 2003; Claims of responsibility for Pearl's death by Islamic extremist group; Arrest of other suspects, their trials, and sentencing in Pakistan.

Reports on challenges faced by investigators trying to solve crimes in Iraq. Primitive state of policing infrastructure, including a lack of reliable fingerprint and DNA databases, or even car registration files and address records; Failure so far to identify suspects in the bombing of the United Nations compound and other serious terrorist acts; Role of U.S. agencies like the Army's Criminal Investigative Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in solving crimes in Iraq; Clues pointing to suspects in terrorist acts.

Reports on the statement issued by an official of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency about an audiotaped message by terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.