Man accused in terror plot asked for deportation over prison

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of plotting an attack on a federal medical facility in Texas asked a judge in December to deport him instead of sending him to prison, saying he didn’t deserve to spend time behind bars, records show. Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud told federal Judge Michael Watson that he didn’t want... Read More

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Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud

January 23, 2018

New York man pleads guilty to trying to support terrorism

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man who traveled to Turkey in an attempt to join the Islamic State group has pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization. Arafat Nagi (NAH’-gee) entered the plea in federal court in Buffalo on Monday. The 47-year-old Lackawanna (lak-ah-WAH’-nah) man faces up to... Read More

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Arafat Nagi, Terorrism

January 19, 2018

Judge set to sentence Ohio man who plotted US attacks

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Friday is scheduled to sentence an Ohio man who plotted to kill military members in the U.S. following a delay in the case when a previous judge withdrew. Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, who was born in Somalia but came to the U.S. as a child, was arrested in... Read More

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Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud

January 18, 2018

Terrorist screening lawsuit by CAIR backs 5 Muslim Americans

DALLAS (AP) — A civil rights group has filed a court challenge to the federal government’s Terrorist Screening Database, alleging it stigmatizes its targets without due process. The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Dallas on behalf of five Muslim American citizens. In a statement, the group says the... Read More

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CAIR

January 13, 2018

Records: FBI knew Las Vegas gunman had big gun stashes

LAS VEGAS (AP) — FBI agents knew the gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history left behind big caches of guns, ammunition and explosives when they sought warrants to search his properties and online accounts, according to court documents released Friday. However, new questions were raised after a U.S. judge in Nevada... Read More

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Stephen Paddock

January 10, 2018

Sentencing set for Ohio man accused of plotting US attacks

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A sentencing date has been set for an Ohio man who admitted he plotted to kill military members in the U.S. Columbus resident Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud (ab-dee-RAH’-mahn shayk moh-HAH’-mud) is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 19. Mohamud pleaded guilty in August 2015 to supporting terrorism and making false statements to... Read More

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Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, Terrorism

January 5, 2018

Saudi Arabia: No evidence shows it had a hand in 9/11 attack

NEW YORK (AP) — Saudi Arabia urged a judge Thursday to reject a New York lawsuit seeking to hold it responsible in the Sept. 11 attacks, saying a law passed by Congress that gave new life to the once-dismissed claims is not sufficient to overcome a lack of evidence. Lawyers for Saudi Arabia wrote in... Read More

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911, Saudi Arabia

January 5, 2018

Bomb charge added against man after San Francisco arrest

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted a California man Thursday on charges of plotting to use homemade bombs during a Christmas Day attack on San Francisco’s Pier 39. Everitt Aaron Jameson intended to use pipe bombs to funnel people into an area of the popular tourist destination in order to shoot them,... Read More

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Bomb, Everitt Aaron Jameson

December 29, 2017

Government seeks change to order lifting Trump refugee ban

SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers with the Department of Justice have asked a federal judge to change his order that partially lifted a Trump administration refugee ban. Just before Christmas, U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle imposed a nationwide injunction that blocks restrictions on reuniting refugee families and partially lifted a ban on refugees from... Read More

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Travel Ban, Trump

December 26, 2017

Turkish banker’s New York trial on a break until next year

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York jury deliberating the fate of a Turkish banker charged with helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions is off until after the holidays. Federal court jurors in Manhattan finished a third day of discussions Friday in the trial of Halkbank executive Mehmet Hakan Atilla and were told to return Jan.... Read More

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Mehmet Hakan Atilla

December 26, 2017

Man charged with backing Islamic State faces trial in June

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The son of a Boston police captain charged with plotting a terrorist attack on a college campus to support the Islamic State group heads to trial next year. A federal judge last week scheduled 25-year-old Alexander Ciccolo’s (chih-KOH’-lohz) trial to start June 18. Ciccolo, of Adams, was arrested in July 2015... Read More

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Alexander Ciccolo

December 20, 2017

US short of options to punish NKorea for serious cyberattack

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration vowed Tuesday that North Korea would be held accountable for a May cyberattack that affected 150 countries, but it didn’t say how, highlighting the difficulty of punishing a pariah nation already sanctioned to the hilt for its nuclear weapons program. The WannaCry ransomware attack infected hundreds of thousands of... Read More

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Cyberattack, North Korea

December 20, 2017

Prosecutors seek 15 years for 2nd man in beheading plot

BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys are seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a Rhode Island man who admitted to participating in a plot to behead a conservative blogger on behalf of the Islamic State group. Nicholas Rovinski, of Warwick, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Boston. Rovinski pleaded guilty... Read More

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Nicholas Rovinski, Terrorism

December 19, 2017

White House adviser says NKorea behind big ransomware attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday publicly blamed North Korea for a “careless and reckless” ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide in May and crippled parts of Britain’s National Health Service. Homeland security adviser Tom Bossert told reporters at a White House briefing that North Korea was directly... Read More

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North Korea

Man accused in terror plot asked for deportation over prison

New York man pleads guilty to trying to support terrorism

Judge set to sentence Ohio man who plotted US attacks

Terrorist screening lawsuit by CAIR backs 5 Muslim Americans

Records: FBI knew Las Vegas gunman had big gun stashes

Sentencing set for Ohio man accused of plotting US attacks

Saudi Arabia: No evidence shows it had a hand in 9/11 attack

Bomb charge added against man after San Francisco arrest

Government seeks change to order lifting Trump refugee ban

Turkish banker’s New York trial on a break until next year

Man charged with backing Islamic State faces trial in June

US short of options to punish NKorea for serious cyberattack

Prosecutors seek 15 years for 2nd man in beheading plot

White House adviser says NKorea behind big ransomware attack

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