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U.S. Counterterrorism Operations Kill 2 Hostages Of Al-Qaida
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: And al-Qaida is at the center of a pretty stunning announcement from the White House this morning. President...
View Article'Haqqathon' Takes Anti-ISIS Fight To Cyberspace
In Arabic, haqq is the word for truth.Last week in the United Arab Emirates, group of Muslim scholars held what they called a "haqqathon"– a hackathon meant to create new ways for Islamic scholars to...
View ArticleFor Next President, The Fight Against Extremism Will Hit Closer To Home
As candidates hit the campaign trail, NPR looks at four major issues the next president will face from Day 1 in office.This week, the FBI arrested a 20-year-old Texas man named Asher Abid Khan on...
View ArticleWho Are America's Suspected ISIS Followers?
More than two years after the self-proclaimed Islamic State burst on the scene, it is still difficult to quantify just how big the threat is in this country. Counterterrorism officials say nearly 200...
View ArticleThird Man Arrested In New York Pressure Cooker Bomb Plot
U.S. authorities have arrested a third New York man in connection with an alleged plot to detonate pressure cooker bombs in New York City for the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS.The latest...
View ArticleISIS Supporter Moved To Jail After Box Cutter Found In His Halfway House Room
There's been a setback for a Minnesota man who had been a test case for deradicalization in this country.Abdullahi Yusuf, 19, had pleaded guilty to charges that he intended to travel to Syria to join...
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FBI Director Brings Silicon Valley Encryption Fight To Capitol Hill
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: FBI director, James Comey, was on Capitol Hill today, and he was talking about encryption. Comey wants Silicon...
View ArticleFBI Director Says Agents Need Access To Encrypted Data To Preserve Public Safety
FBI Director James Comey told senators on Wednesday that increased encryption on mobile devices is complicating the FBI's job.Comey, along with a roster of Obama administration officials, has been...
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Mastermind Of Paris Attacks Identified By French Officals
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep in Washington, where our team examining the Paris bombings includes our counterterrorism...
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French Authorities Confirm Identity Of Attacks' Mastermind
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep in Washington where our team examining the Paris bombings includes our counter-terrorism...
View ArticleIn Paris, Security Checks For Shoppers — And Children
If you walk along the shopping streets of Paris, you could be excused if you thought the city had somehow managed to put last week's terrorist attacks behind it.Along Boulevard Haussmann, children...
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Amid Fears Of An Attack, Belgium Re-Ups Its State Of Emergency
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View ArticleIn Worst Attacks, Terrorists Often Have Fraternal Bonds
It isn't an accident that a roster of the most recent high-profile terrorist attacks — the Boston Marathon bombings, the murders at the Charlie Hebdo editorial offices, last month's rampage in Paris —...
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Police Report At Least 14 Dead In San Bernardino, Calif., Shooting
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: We turn now to the unfolding situation in San Bernardino, Calif., about an hour east of Los Angeles. Earlier...
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Police In Standoff With Suspects After Shooting In San Bernardino, Calif.
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: We turn now to the unfolding situation in San Bernardino, Calif., about an hour east of Los Angeles. Earlier...
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San Bernardino Shooters Were Radicalized Before Meeting, FBI Chief Says
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: The husband and wife shooters who killed 14 people and wounded 21 others last week in San Bernardino, Calif.,...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean If An Attack Is 'ISIS-Inspired'?
When 30-year-old Edward Archer opened fire on a Philadelphia policeman earlier this month, he quickly offered authorities a motive: He told them he had done it for the Islamic State."He pledges his...
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ISIS Competition Fuels Al-Qaida Comeback In Africa
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View ArticleISIS Attracts Ex-Cons, Creating A New Brand Of Jihadist
Nearly all of the men implicated in last week's attack in Brussels and the November rampage in Paris have something in common – they are ex-convicts.The two brothers thought to have blown themselves up...
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Trial To Begin For 3 Somali-Americans Accused Of Planning To Join ISIS
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