Read more counterterrorism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5278/counterterrorism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:16:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74387/many-terror-suspects-share-link-to-awlaki.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNidal Hasan is only the latest in a series of Western Muslim terror suspects inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki, a web-savvy New Mexico-born radical cleric who preaches jihad in American-accented English. Devotees of Awlaki's sermons include a conspirator in the 2007 plot to attack Fort Dix and a group of Canadian...http://www.newser.com/story/74387/many-terror-suspects-share-link-to-awlaki.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 9:06:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74347/time-to-crack-down-on-jihad-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKhalid Sheikh Mohammed has knocked Nidal Hasan out of the headlines but the Fort Hood suspect is the kind of threat America needs to focus on, warns Daniel Henninger. Home-grown terrorists, indoctrinated over the Internet, are now more of a danger than "old-school" jihadis abroad, and the ideology that radicalizes...http://www.newser.com/story/74347/time-to-crack-down-on-jihad-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 8:46:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74265/gop-reps-pin-fort-hood-on-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHinting that Obama administration’s restrictions on how the government fights terrorism led to the Fort Hood shooting, two Republican Congressman today called for an immediate probe of the incident. Congress has been asked to wait until a military investigation is complete, but, Pete Hoekstra says , “It has to happen now....http://www.newser.com/story/74265/gop-reps-pin-fort-hood-on-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 21:07:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73775/feds-point-fingers-in-hasan-missteps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FBI and the Pentagon are fighting off accusations that someone dropped the ball on Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. Department of Defense officials say that the FBI never notified them that Hasan had been in contact with extremist imam Anwar al-Aulaqi, while the FBI's defenders say that his...http://www.newser.com/story/73775/feds-point-fingers-in-hasan-missteps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 5:43:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72532/pentagon-holds-secret-afghan-war-games.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, led a secret war game earlier this month to assess the Obama administration's options in Afghanistan, including a 44,000-troop surge. A team of military leaders used Gen. Stanley McChrystal's analysis to examine how Taliban insurgents and the Afghan...http://www.newser.com/story/72532/pentagon-holds-secret-afghan-war-games.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 6:06:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70167/nypd-yanks-top-cop-from-terror-unit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA top official from one of the NYPD's two counterterror units has been replaced after his unit disrupted a federal terror probe by inadvertently alerting the prime suspect to the investigation. Paul Ciorra of the Intelligence Division—which sometimes competes with the city's Counterterrorism Bureau and clashes with federal partners—...http://www.newser.com/story/70167/nypd-yanks-top-cop-from-terror-unit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 6:29:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70084/biden-plan-would-target-al-qaeda-not-taliban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration’s national security heavyweights have yet to reach any kind of consensus on a strategy for Afghanistan, the New York Times reports. Obama is considering both increasing troop levels to carry out his original counterinsurgency strategy, and an alternative plan from Joe Biden that would pull troops out...http://www.newser.com/story/70084/biden-plan-would-target-al-qaeda-not-taliban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 7:27:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69400/nyc-homes-raided-in-terrorism-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal agents and New York police raided homes in Queens today as part of an investigation of a possible terrorist attack, the AP reports. Officials said the searches revealed no bombs or other weapons they would describe as “ready for use,” but said the action was based surveillance of a...http://www.newser.com/story/69400/nyc-homes-raided-in-terrorism-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 16:30:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68823/surge-may-be-only-way-to-keep-us-safe-from-al-qaeda.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe idea that al-Qaeda could be prevented from regaining a haven in Afghanistan without having American troops in the country is gaining support as the war drags on, but it's unlikely to work, many counterterrorism experts tell the New York Times . Terrorism can't be destroyed by airstrikes or Special Forces...http://www.newser.com/story/68823/surge-may-be-only-way-to-keep-us-safe-from-al-qaeda.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 5:22:50 CDT