Jun 22 Senate blocks allowing access to online data without warrant By Richard Lardner, Associated Press The Senate has blocked efforts to expand the government's power to investigate suspected terrorists by allowing the FBI to obtain a person's digital fingerprints without first securing a judge's permission. Continue reading
Jun 18 Three charged with 'attempted terrorist murder' in Belgium By Michael D. Regan Belgian authorities have charged three men with “attempted terrorist murder” after dozens of people were swept up in raids on Saturday across Brussels. Continue reading
Jun 15 Why the Orlando shooter fell off the FBI's radar screen By Margaret Warner The jumbled picture emerging of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen lay bare the dilemma for law enforcement in confronting the growing threat of home-grown lone wolf terrorists. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 8:25 How the U.S. is countering the Islamic extremist propaganda machine By PBS News Hour President Obama reiterated his promise to destroy the virulent Islamic State Tuesday while talking about the Orlando mass shooting — and how gunman Omar Mateen, a U.S. citizen, may have been radicalized by online extremist propaganda. NewsHour producer P.J. Tobia… Continue watching
Jun 14 Why can people on the terrorist watch list buy guns, and other FAQs By Alan Fram, Associated Press A look at the intersection between the terrorist list, guns and the Orlando bloodbath. Continue reading
Jun 14 Officials investigating reports that wife of Orlando gunman had prior knowledge of massacre By Joshua Barajas Investigators are looking into reports that the wife of 29-year-old Orlando gunman Omar Mateen had advanced knowledge of the mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub that left 49 people dead, the Associated Press reported. Several media outlets have reported,… Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch 7:16 In Orlando mass shooting, a search for motive — and missed signals By PBS News Hour A day after America woke to news of a horrific mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub, a disturbing portrait of 29-year-old gunman Omar Mateen — who was on the FBI’s radar — began to emerge. Director James Comey defended… Continue watching
Jun 13 Fact-checking Trump and Clinton on combatting terrorism in the U.S. By Nancy Benac, Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Donald Trump's speech Monday painted a picture of a nation overrun by terrorists and with cowed leaders doing little to keep them out. The reality is far more complex. Clinton, too, spoke about how to fight the terrorist issue, but… Continue reading
Jun 13 Democrats to seek fresh Senate vote to bar guns for terror suspects By Alan Fram, Associated Press Democrats will try forcing a Senate vote on a proposal making it harder for suspected terrorists and people on government terror watch lists to buy guns and explosives, they said Monday as Congress moved toward a possible partisan fight following… Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 7:11 Traveling Americans confront long TSA lines, fears of terrorism By PBS News Hour Across the country, millions of summer travelers are experiencing record wait times in TSA security lines. Meanwhile, travel warnings have been issued for Americans heading to Europe, as fears of terrorist attacks increase. For more on the security issues facing… Continue watching