ALEXANDRIA — Holiday travelers could receive enhanced pat-downs at the hands of Transportation Security Administration agents in the next few days, but TSA failed to enforce a key foreign pilot screening process that could have prevented the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is taking serious the still unconfirmed intelligence tip of a possible al-Qaida plot tied to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said Sunday. (more)
The tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks saddens us, inspires us, and steels our collective national resolve. The Daily Caller invites you to share in a gripping portrait of reflections on this somber and universally stirring occasion. (more)
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — The 16 children who shared modern America’s darkest moment with President George W. Bush are high school seniors now — football players, ROTC members, track athletes, wrestlers and singers. (more)
Like billions of young girls, President Barack Obama has Bieber fever, at least according to a TMZ report and the 17-year-old pop sensation’s Twitter account. (more)
There’s been much contentious debate and public-relations jockeying over the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, just passed in Congress and soon to be signed by President Obama. It provides compensation for the “first responders” of the September 11th terrorist attacks, which includes EMTs (emergency medical technicians), police and fire professionals and construction workers who worked in the rubble of the World Trade Center to aid survivors and assist with forensic duties. (more)
WASHINGTON – Senators have struck a deal to approve the James Zadroga 9/11 health bill, the Daily News has learned. (more)
Update (3:08 p.m.) – The bill passed unanimously a short time ago after Senate Democrats reached a deal with Republicans. The cost of the measure was reportedly reduced by $2 billion. (more)
Washington (CNN) — A group of 9/11 first responders joined lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday to urge the Senate passage of a health care bill meant to provide free medical treatment to those suffering from the health effects of working in ground-zero conditions following the 2001 attacks. (more)
With the TSA handling more packages than Fed-Ex this holiday season, we need to revisit our overreaction to the sucker punch that was 9/11. (more)
Full story: Who’s Threatening Your Civil Rights Now? – Ricochet.com (more)
A new television ad campaign featuring the family members of 9/11 victims has succeeded in garnering what 9/11 activists have lacked for years: serious treatment in the mainstream media. (more)
When the new Congress convenes in January, all eyes will be fixed on the economy. There is, however, another policy crisis: nine years have passed since September 11, 2001 and fourteen years since Osama bin Laden declared war against the U.S., yet the threat from the al Qaeda network continues to grow. Meanwhile, the U.S. response remains ad hoc, lacking an overarching strategy and a clear procedural approach to al Qaeda and its affiliated groups. Congress must help correct this deficit. (more)
US intelligence officials feared that al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen were plotting to attack the United States and actually intercepted what they now believe were “dry run” shipments to Chicago in mid-September, according to several people briefed on the plot and a senior US official. (more)
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Anwar Al-Awlaki may be the first American on the CIA’s kill or capture list, but he was also a lunch guest of military brass at the Pentagon within months of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Fox News has learned. (more)
Last month marked the nine-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks against the United States. As we reflect upon the strikes that took nearly 3,000 lives, recent events remind us of the ongoing struggle to protect the American homeland from further acts of terror. As every month seems to usher in the revelation of a new terror plot hatched within our nation’s borders, we are reminded of the vigilance necessary to combat the dangers posed by radical Islamist ideologies. (more)
Is America fighting a permanent war, or at least a war that will span generations? From the First Gulf War to expel Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, to the military operations to enforce sanctions on Iraq, to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and all our covert military operations in response to terrorist attacks on us in between, we’ve been at war for 20 years, and there is no end in sight. Is this our new reality? (more)
According to a new CIA assessment, Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen is now a more dangerous threat to the United States than is the core group based in Pakistan. A recently released report written by the heads of the 9/11 Commission states that the threat from homegrown Islamic terrorism inside the United States is significant and growing. Meanwhile the United Nations notes that violence in Afghanistan is soaring despite, or perhaps because of, the presence of close to 100,000 American troops. (more)
Since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has employed both conventional and unorthodox means to counter the threat of additional assaults on the American homeland. While these strategies have been largely successful in thwarting further attacks of the magnitude or scope of 9/11, the dangers of a strike nonetheless remain. As the threat from Islamist fundamentalist groups has evolved from one being predominately outward to one increasingly spawn within our own borders, so too has the nature of protecting the homeland from such threats. (more)
