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Hearing delayed for man accused in Syria fighting

A magistrate has delayed a detention hearing for an Arizona man accused of fighting alongside an al-Qaida group in Syria.

Tags: courts, weapons of mass destruction

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Officials: Sequester could compromise U.S. intelligence gathering

A trial in the United Kingdom last week exposed al-Qaida's new strategy for attacking the U.S.

Tags: J.J. Green, National Counterterrorism Center, Matt Olsen

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Counterterrorism agency working against the clock

Officials at the National Counterterrorism Center in D.C. are working around the clock, piecing together information to fend off future terrorism attacks.

Tags: national security, National Counterterrorism Cente, terrorism, jj green

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Al-Qaida claims to have missiles in newly published video

A chilling video has emerged on YouTube that allegedly shows al-Qaida militants at what U.S. intelligence sources say appears to be a ballistic missile site.

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Al-Qaida hit by cyber attack

A cyber attack has left al-Qaida in the dark, hurting its recruitment and propaganda efforts in the wake of a State Department designation that is curtailing its fundraising work.

Tags: terrorism, cyber attack, jj green

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Ex-CIA man accused of leaks seeks classified data

Tags: John Kiriakou, Arlington

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The Situation: The shifting of the guard

The shift change from the Bush national security team to the Obama national security team was no laughing matter.

Tags: James Jones, barack obama, CDC, The Situation

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The Situation: The state of U.S. national security in 2012

Sept. 10, 2008 and today, Sept. 10, 2012, are almost identical when you consider several national security facts.

Tags: J.J. Green, barack obama, G.W. Bush, Abdallah Nafisi, The Situation, Ronald Burgess, James Jones

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In Africa, choosing curfews over chaos

Terrified by roving bands of killers, a farmer in northern Nigeria told her customers last week that she would not be able to make her deliveries.

Tags: J.J. Green, Nigeria, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Boko Haram, State Department, Daniel Benjamin, Bruce Wharton

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Al-Qaida training recruits to dodge drones

Operatives for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula know they're being watched by U.S. intelligence, and they're taking specific steps to stay alive.

Tags: AQAP, Anwar al-Awlaki, Phil Mudd

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