Prosecutors to appeal would-be bomber’s 16-year sentence

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors plan to appeal the 16-year prison sentence given to a man for trying to kill hundreds of people by detonating what he thought was a car bomb outside a crowded Chicago bar in 2012. Prosecutors requested a 40-year sentence for Adel Daoud, who entered an Alford plea last November. U.S.... Read More

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Adel Daoud

June 18, 2019

Jury to be seated in Navy SEAL’s California murder trial

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Combat veterans who lost friends and comrades in battle are being questioned as potential jurors in the war-crimes trial of a decorated Navy SEAL. Seven Marines, including one woman who is a major, four sailors and one Navy SEAL were interviewed Monday as jury selection began in the court-martial of Special... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

June 12, 2019

Congress told Russia 2016 election moves typical ‘spycraft’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election bore some of the textbook tricks of the trade of Kremlin spycraft, including the volume and breadth of contacts with Trump associates, former FBI officials told lawmakers Wednesday in the latest congressional hearing dedicated to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report .... Read More

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May 31, 2019

Authorities: Army vet thought Muslims among people in crash

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Army veteran who served in Iraq ran his car into a crowd of pedestrians in California because he believed two of the people looked like they were Muslim, authorities said Thursday. The disclosure came as prosecutors filed two hate crime allegations against 34-year-old Isaiah Peoples. He is also facing eight... Read More

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Isaiah Peoples

May 30, 2019

Man in country illegally faces 10 years for gun possession

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who came to the U.S. from Mexico illegally as a teen is facing up to 10 years in prison for having a gun that he said he used to kill someone in self-defense. Court records show that 34-year-old Juan Carlos Ramirez-Arcos pleaded guilty Wednesday in Tampa federal court... Read More

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Juan Carlos Ramirez-Arcos

May 29, 2019

US scientist pleads not guilty to lying about China contact

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A longtime scientist for a U.S. laboratory in New Mexico pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he lied about contacts he had with a state-run program in China that seeks to draw foreign-educated talent. Turab Lookman, who lives in Santa Fe and until recently worked at the Los Alamos National... Read More

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Turab Lookman

May 23, 2019

‘American Taliban’ fighter to be released after 17 years

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — John Walker Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free after nearly two decades in prison. But conditions imposed recently on Lindh’s release, slated for Thursday, make clear... Read More

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John Walker Lindh

May 16, 2019

Defense seeks pause in Navy SEAL case while probing spying

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Attorneys for a Navy officer who supervised a SEAL accused of killing an Islamic State prisoner demanded prosecutors stop monitoring defense lawyer emails and put the case on hold, according to court documents obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. Lawyers for Lt. Jacob Portier also asked a judge to hold a... Read More

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Jacob Portier

May 10, 2019

Chelsea Manning released from jail on contempt charge

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was released from a northern Virginia jail Thursday after a two-month stay for refusing to testify to a grand jury. Manning spent 62 days at the Alexandria Detention Center on civil contempt charges after she refused to answer questions to a federal grand jury... Read More

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Chelsea Manning

May 9, 2019

Ex-intelligence analyst charged with leaks to reporter

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former government intelligence analyst has been charged with leaking classified documents about military campaigns against terrorist group al-Qaeda to a reporter. Daniel Everette Hale, 31, of Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested Thursday morning and will make an initial appearance at the federal courthouse there, authorities said. An indictment in Alexandria, Virginia,... Read More

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Daniel Everette Hale

May 7, 2019

Would-be bomber gets 16-year term; judge cites mental health

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday handed an Illinois man a 16-year prison sentence for trying to kill hundreds of people by detonating what he thought was a car bomb outside a crowded Chicago bar, saying she factored in Adel Daoud’s mental health in imposing a sentence much lower than prosecutors requested. The... Read More

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Adel Daoud

May 7, 2019

Judge to weigh freeing Coast Guard officer called terrorist

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal magistrate judge may decide Tuesday whether to order the release of a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling weapons and drafting a hit list of prominent Democrats and network TV journalists. Prosecutors have portrayed 50-year-old Christopher Hasson as a domestic terrorist and a racist extremist intent on carrying out... Read More

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Christopher Hasson

May 6, 2019

Judge to announce sentence in Chicago terrorism case

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge will announce her sentence for a 25-year-old who was arrested in a 2012 FBI terrorism string after trying to ignite what he thought was a real car bomb outside a Chicago bar. The judge’s sentence Monday for Adel Daoud follows a hearing held last week. Prosecutors want a 40-year... Read More

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Adel Daoud

May 3, 2019

Would-be NYC bomber gets 10 years in foiled al-Qaida plot

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who plotted to bomb New York City’s subways, then switched sides after his arrest and spent nearly a decade helping the U.S. identify and prosecute terrorists, was rewarded for his help Thursday with a sentence of 10 years in prison, effectively time he has already served. Najibullah Zazi, a... Read More

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Najibullah Zazi

Prosecutors to appeal would-be bomber’s 16-year sentence

Jury to be seated in Navy SEAL’s California murder trial

Congress told Russia 2016 election moves typical ‘spycraft’

Authorities: Army vet thought Muslims among people in crash

Man in country illegally faces 10 years for gun possession

US scientist pleads not guilty to lying about China contact

‘American Taliban’ fighter to be released after 17 years

Defense seeks pause in Navy SEAL case while probing spying

Chelsea Manning released from jail on contempt charge

Ex-intelligence analyst charged with leaks to reporter

Would-be bomber gets 16-year term; judge cites mental health

Judge to weigh freeing Coast Guard officer called terrorist

Judge to announce sentence in Chicago terrorism case

Would-be NYC bomber gets 10 years in foiled al-Qaida plot

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