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Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'

Mark Hosenball Reuters 10/06/2011
US worries over China's underground nuclear network

A leading US lawmaker who fears budget cuts could delay modernizing the US nuclear arsenal voiced concern Friday about an extensive tunnel complex designed to house Chinese nuclear missiles.

Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'

American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.

NYPD spied on city's Muslim anti-terror partners

The Wall Street Journal 10/05/2011
NYPD spied on city's Muslim anti-terror partners

Reda Shata considered himself a partner in New York's fight against terrorism. He cooperated with the police and FBI, invited officers to his mosque for breakfast, even dined with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Despite the handshakes and photo ops, however, the New York Police Department was all the while watching the Egyptian sheik. Even as Shata's story was splashed across the front page of The New York Times in a Pulitzer Prize-winning series about Muslims in America, an undercover officer and an informant were assigned to monitor him, and two others kept tabs on his mosque that same year.

New York on alert over possible revenge attacks after Bin Laden hunters wipe out Al Qaeda boss who preached hate in America

New York City police are on alert to possible revenge attacks following the U.S. killing of American-born militant Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, police commissioner Ray Kelly said.

NYPD probably couldn't take down a jetliner, key police source says

Rocco Parascandola, Joseph Straw New York Daily News 09/27/2011
NYPD probably couldn't take down a jetliner, key police source says

The NYPD has enough firepower to bring down a crop duster but probably not a jet airliner, a key police source says. "It's not surface to air missiles or a weapon that has rockets," the source said Monday.

NYPD chief: Police could take down plane if needed

The chief of the New York Police Department says city police could take down a plane if necessary.

Feds Probe Possible Arabic-Type Markings On Southwest Jets

Federal agencies were working with Southwest Airlines on Thursday to determine who has been vandalizing their aircraft with mysterious markings.

Obama frets over 'lone wolf' attack as Sept 11 looms

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday played down prospects for a spectacular Al-Qaeda attack 10 years after the September 11th strikes, saying he worried more now about solitary extremists.

New US Terror Report Warns of Insider Threat to Utilities

Sabotage by an insider at a major utility facility, including a chemical or oil refinery, could provide al Qaeda with its best opportunity for the kind of massive Sept. 11 anniversary attack Osama bin Laden was planning, according to U.S. officials.

Osama Hit List: President Obama, Petraeus, Major U.S. Sporting Event

U.S. officials say that Osama Bin Laden wanted to assemble a team to attack America on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and had a hit list that included President Obama, General David Petraeus and a major U.S. sporting event.


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