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US helping but hesitant on Mali intervention

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 17th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has declared it cannot accept new terrorist sanctuaries in Mali or anywhere else and has promised to support French and African efforts to restore security. Yet after almost a year of disorder in the West African nation,

Agent: Car-bomb suspect sincere, spelled out plan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 16th

By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon terrorism suspect dressed in a red headdress and white robes and reciting a speech pledging a "dark day" for the United States gave jurors their clearest glimpse yet at the supposed radicalization of a Somali-American teenager.

FBI: Terrorism suspect 'radicalized and dangerous'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Justice Department attorneys used emails between an Oregon man and suspected terrorists overseas to try to show he was already on the path to radicalization by the time the FBI made him the subject of a yearlong terrorism sting operation. The

Lawyers: NYC conditions harsh for terrorism client

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for an Egyptian Islamic preacher extradited from Great Britain in a terrorism case said Monday that the U.S. government has imposed harsh pre-trial restrictions reserved for the most dangerous terrorism defendants. The lawyers said special

Panetta: US helping French forces with intel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that the U.S. is already providing intelligence-gathering assistance to the French in their assault on Islamist extremists in Mali, and that officials would not rule out having

Govt: Reverse terror convictions _ for now

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 9th

By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court must reverse the military commission convictions in a terrorism case even though the Obama administration believes the convictions are consistent with the Constitution and federal law, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The

Obama's CIA pick chose spycraft over priesthood

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By LARA JAKESAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - John Brennan was headed for the priesthood when, while sitting idly on a bus as a student at Fordham University in the 1970s, he stumbled on a recruiting ad for the CIA. Now, after years of poring through intelligence, trekking with Mideast

Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially controversial picks for his second-term national

Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

UN calls for global ban on female circumcision

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 20th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly unanimously approved a resolution Thursday calling for a global ban on female genital mutilation, a centuries-old practice stemming from the belief that circumcising girls controls women's sexuality and enhances