CIA Chief Says Governing Is Too Big A Job For ISIS
CIA Director John Brennan told an audience at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York today that the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS, is facing dissension in its ranks and is finding it...
View ArticleNational Guardsman, Cousin Arrested For Trying To Join Islamic State
An Illinois National Guardsman and his cousin were arrested for allegedly conspiring to provide support to the self-proclaimed Islamic State. One of the men wanted to go to Syria to martyr himself, and...
View ArticleTwo Women Arrested In Bomb Plot, American Al-Qaeda Member To Face Charges
Two women who were roommates in Brooklyn, N.Y., have been arrested in a homegrown terrorism plot. Separately, a man thought to be one of the highest-ranking Americans in al-Qaeda will face charges in...
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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...
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Details Emerge On Chattanooga Shooting, But Big Question Persists: Why?
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Investigators are still piecing together clues to determine what motivated a 24-year-old Tennessee man to open...
View ArticleFamily Describes Chattanooga Shooter As Being On A Downward Spiral
The family of Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez has been holed up with friends since the 24-year-old went on a shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tenn., that ultimately left four Marines and a sailor dead.A...
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Investigators Search For Terrorist Link In Chattanooga, Tenn., Shootings
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U.S., French Officials: Multiple Attacks In Paris Were 'Nearly Simultaneous'
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: NPR counterterrorism correspondent Dina Temple-Raston is with us now. And Dina, we have been hearing these...
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U.S. Officials Say Sophistication Of Attacks Could Point To Al-Qaida
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View ArticleAttacks Raise Concern Over Islamic State's New Model Of Terror
The terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday could be an early harbinger of a new, more professional kind of terrorist attack leveled against the West.In the past, al-Qaida depended on violent jihadis...
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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
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View ArticleTrial To Begin For 3 Somali-Americans Accused Of Planning To Join ISIS
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View ArticleMethods For Reforming Neo-Nazis Help Fight The Radicalization Of Muslims
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up8BYVHn-pY Imagine this scenario: A young Muslim leaves home to travel to Syria to join ISIS. Thousands of young men from Europe have done exactly that in the past two...
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