May 2, 2016 Officials: FBI thwarts plot against prominent Florida Jewish center A man who converted to Islam planned to throw an explosive device into a prominent Florida synagogue on Friday, authorities said, but the FBI caught him before he could carry out the alleged plot.
May 2, 2016 TSA: incendiary device a 'catastrophic' threat to passenger planes There are plastic explosives, and dirty bombs, but how about thermite on a plane?
April 19, 2016 Suspect accused in plot to attack US Capitol ruled competent to stand trial A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a suburban Cincinnati man is competent to stand trial on charges that he plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol in support of the Islamic State group.
April 15, 2016 NYC synagogue bomb plotter in coma after suicide attempt A man who admitted plotting to bomb New York City synagogues has tried to kill himself in prison after guards tormented him because of his terror case, his lawyers said.
April 5, 2016 Man accused of rigging pipe bomb-type devices to power lines faces judge A man accused of putting devices resembling pipe bombs on high-voltage power lines left a note threatening to attack utilities and to publish online instructions on how to make similar devices, according to an FBI affidavit released Monday.
March 30, 2016 Mississippi woman who attempted to join ISIS pleads guilty to terror charge In her farewell letter as she was leaving to join ISIS, Jaelyn Young told her family she was guilty.
March 26, 2016 Terrorist threat reportedly made against Lakers-Clippers game in January No attack was carried out at the Jan. 29 game; however the caller made some chilling threats of violence.
February 22, 2016 FBI owes it to victims to access San Bernardino killer's phone, director says FBI Director James Comey said late Sunday that the agency owed the victims of last December's San Bernardino terror attack a "thorough and professional investigation", in an effort to explain why law enforcement officials are trying to compel Apple to help them gain access to a cellphone owned by one of the gunmen.
February 20, 2016 DOJ would allow Apple to keep or destroy software to help FBI hack iPhone The White House appears to be willing to compromise with Apple in its dispute demanding the tech giant to comply with a federal court order to provide “reasonable technical assistance” in the government’s investigation of the locked iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino gunmen.
February 19, 2016 DOJ files motion to compel Apple to comply in San Bernardino investigation The Justice Department filed a motion Friday to compel Apple to comply with a federal court order demanding that the tech giant provide “reasonable technical assistance” in the government’s investigation of the locked iPhone belonging to Syed Farook, the San Bernardino gunman.
