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EDITORIAL: Alleged LAX Gunman And Conspiracy Theorist Paul Anthony Ciancia Becomes Author Of One Of History’s Unwanted Footnotes

EDITORIAL: Alleged LAX Gunman And Conspiracy Theorist Paul Anthony Ciancia Becomes Author Of One Of History's Unwanted Footnotes

UPDATED 11:04 A.M. ET (NOV. 4, U.S.A.) Gerardo I. Hernandez, a 39-year-old Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer described as a loving husband and father and dutiful employee, gave his life for his country Friday. In an awful and unwanted footnote, he became the first TSA officer killed in the line of duty. Officer Hernandez thus […]

BULLETIN: Authorities In Canada Say Terror Plot Linked To Al-Qaeda Was Thwarted And That 2 Arrests Have Been Made

BULLETIN: Authorities In Canada Say Terror Plot Linked To Al-Qaeda Was Thwarted And That 2 Arrests Have Been Made

BULLETIN: (UPDATED 4:08 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says a terrorist plot against a VIA passenger train in the Toronto area was thwarted and that two suspects were arrested today after a probe that began last year. Arrested were Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35. RCMP said they lived in the […]

SOBERING: Cyber Criminals May Be Responsible For ‘The Greatest Transfer Of Wealth In History,’ Top Justice Department Official Says At Seattle Conference

SOBERING: Cyber Criminals May Be Responsible For 'The Greatest Transfer Of Wealth In History,' Top Justice Department Official Says At Seattle Conference

“The Intelligence Community’s most recent Worldwide Threat Assessment confirms that U.S. networks have already been subject to ‘extensive illicit intrusions.’ The head of the National Security Agency and the Pentagon’s Cyber Command, for one, believes such intrusions may have resulted in ‘the greatest transfer of wealth in history.’” — Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General for […]

BULLETIN: Suspect Whose Aim Was To Carry Out Suicide Bombing At U.S. Capitol Building In Washington Arrested; Man Also Proposed Attacks On U.S. Military Offices, Army Generals, Restaurant And Synagogue, FBI Says

BULLETIN: Suspect Whose Aim Was To Carry Out Suicide Bombing At U.S. Capitol Building In Washington Arrested; Man Also Proposed Attacks On U.S. Military Offices, Army Generals, Restaurant And Synagogue, FBI Says

BULLETIN: The FBI and federal prosecutors in Virginia have confirmed the arrest of Amine El Khalifi, describing him as a Moroccan national living in the United States illegally and saying he planned a suicide bombing with a vest strapped to his body today at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington. El Khalifi, 29, resided in […]

Attorney General Visits U.S. Attorney’s Office In District Of Columbia To Commemorate 10th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attack; Justice Department Dedicates National Security Conference Room In Memory Of Barbara Olson, Terrorist Victim And Former AUSA

Attorney General Visits U.S. Attorney's Office In District Of Columbia To Commemorate 10th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attack; Justice Department Dedicates National Security Conference Room In Memory Of Barbara Olson, Terrorist Victim And Former AUSA

EDITOR’S NOTE: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia brought both the civil and criminal prosecutions in the AdSurfDaily Ponzi case. In 2008, ASD President Andy Bowdoin compared prosecutors in the office to “Satan,” saying that what happened to ASD was “30 times worse” in some ways than what happened on Sept. 11, […]