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Officials say Benghazi suspects under surveillance

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:20:28 -0400

WASHINGTON - Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to seize them as terrorist suspects, officials say, but prefers to wait until investigators have enough evidence to try them in a U.S. civilian courtroom.

Woman who ran secret prison bypassed as top spy

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:44:16 -0400

WASHINGTON - One of the CIA's highest-ranking women, who once ran a CIA prison in Thailand where terror suspects were waterboarded, has been bypassed for the agency's top spy job.

Information sharing before bombings under review

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:21:21 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Tuesday his counterterrorism bureaucracy "did what it was supposed to be doing" before the Boston Marathon bombing as his top intelligence official began a review into whether sensitive information was adequately shared and whether the U.S. government could have disrupted the attack.

Karzai: US gives funds to national security team

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:20:22 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that his national security team has been receiving payments from the U.S. government for the past 10 years.

Canada terror suspect grew more radical

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:28:55 -0400

TORONTO - One of two men accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train in Canada became radicalized to the point that his father reached out to a Muslim support group for help and advice, a local religious leader said Wednesday.

Kerry: NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:25:45 -0400

BRUSSELS - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior Israeli military intelligence official said Syrian President Bashar Assad had used such weapons last month in his battle against insurgents.

Suspect in Canada terror plot denies charges

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:16:49 -0400

TORONTO - A man accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train in Canada rejected the charges and said Tuesday that authorities were basing their conclusions on appearances. Law enforcement officials in the U.S. said the target was a train that runs between New York City and Canada.

From outsiders to bombing suspects in Boston

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:03:38 -0400

WASHINGTON - Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought to embrace American lives after emigrating from Russia - joining a boxing club, winning a scholarship and even seeking U.S. citizenship. But their uncle last week angrily called them "losers" who failed to feel settled even after a decade of living in the United States.

Feinstein asks what Boston suspect told FBI

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:57:05 -0400

WASHINGTON - Sen. Dianne Feinstein wants to know what the FBI learned when it interviewed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev (tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) after his six-month stay last year in the Russian provinces of Dagestan and Chechnya.