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The father of a man who admitted plotting to bomb New York City subways pleaded guilty Friday to charges he forged immigration forms on behalf of a nephew who ended up testifying against him at a trial earlier this year.
Stunned residents remember the extremist killed in last week's U.S. drone strike as a former neighbor who "fit right in." He lived in the area for 10 years with his parents, brother and sister, and attended a local mosque.
Over 100 New York City business leaders have written a joint letter to the leaders in Congress, asking that they not cut homeland security funding for the world's biggest terrorist target.
The fund is intended to help people who became ill after working at Ground Zero and others whose sicknesses can be tied to the site.
It's extreme security, for an extreme situation. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly may have been referring to the massive .50-caliber rifle when he spoke of the NYPD's ability to take down an aircraft. It's a weapon that can do the job.
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, the need for vigilance and precaution remains paramount.
Former New Jersey governor Tom Kean Sr. said he remains concerned about domestic terrorists because people with U.S. passports who want to do harm are more difficult to thwart than international terrorists.
A New York City man sought to travel to Pakistan so he could die as a martyr by fighting jihad against U.S. forces, federal prosecutors said Friday.
The threat involves non-specific car bomb attacks, possibly targeting bridges and tunnels here. The info. came from an overseas source which Mayor Bloomberg said had been credible in the past.
Currently, there is a push by the FBI, CIA and others to refute or corroborate the information that officials have.
The trial of a Somali citizen arrested by the U.S. on terrorism charges is being used as a test in how the Obama administration handles such cases.
Bloomberg said no one should generalize about any group, but authorities must respond to the threat of criminal activity.
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the horrific attacks of 9/11, those who were in charge on that day are looking back.
Judge, the first recorded victim of 9/11, was killed in the North Tower lobby while administering last rites to 9/11 victims.
The mayor's office says the annual event focuses on relatives of Sept. 11 victims and has never included clergy invocations. Bloomberg has said it would be impossible to include everyone who would like to participate.
I would love to see a more unified nation — not unified by tragedy like 9/11. It doesn't take people dying to bring the rest of us together. Death should not be the impetus for life. Life is its own blessing.
For ten years, we've heard the term "intelligence chatter," but here's the problem. If there's only person involved in the terrorist plot, there is no chatter.
An indictment accuses the Brooklyn-born El-Hanafi of pledging loyalty to al-Qaida and helping teach the terror group how to evade detection on the Internet after he went to Yemen in February 2008.
While New York leaders call the resurrection of the 16-acre property may be viewed by most Americans as a triumph of the nation's resolve, law enforcement believe terrorists see it as another chance to prove their tenacity.
An al Qaeda cell striking again in the United States is always an active concern of the FBI. But, the agency says there's another growing threat -- home-grown loners with extreme views, carrying out attacks like the one we saw in Norway.
Long Island Rep. Peter King says Wednesday's hearing, the third of its kind, is focused on an organization which has been recruiting American citizens of Somali descent in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Mohammed Wali Zazi, 55, father of admitted terrorist Najibullah Zazi, has been convicted of trying to cover up his son's plan to bomb New York City subways two years ago.
Jurors had heard testimony from a friend of Kaziu who grew up with him in Brooklyn. He told them they traveled together to Cairo in 2009 with plans to try to join Muslim militants and take up arms against U.S. troops.
Osama bin Laden's longtime deputy Ayman al-Zawahri has taken control of al-Qaida, the group said Thursday, a widely anticipated move that comes at a time the terror network is struggling for relevance amid a wave of Arab uprisings that has threatened to upstage it.
Retired CIA Deputy Director Stephen Kappes called the killing of Osama Bin Laden a significant and powerful step in the struggle against terrorism, but says Al-Qaeda still has New York City in its crosshairs.
