Schumer: U.S. cities vulnerable to attacks
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A reported plot by al-Qaida terrorists to kill thousands of New Yorkers by spreading cyanide gas in the subway underscores the folly of a Homeland Security Department cutback of funds for major cities, a Democratic lawmaker said Sunday.
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The United States is safer now than it was before the Sept. 11 attacks, but must not relent in fighting terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday. "I think it's clear that we are safe &#151; safer &#151; but not really yet safe," Rice said.
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One of the biggest threats to US security may now come from within Europe, the US Homeland Security head says.
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Post Sept. 11 cyberterrorism predictions haven't materialized. But U.S. power plants, trains and oil pipelines are nonetheless more vulnerable than ever before.
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After two wars, thousands of deaths and many billions of dollars, the United States is still vulnerable to terrorists. That painful reality has ignited a political frenzy over who's to blame and who's best qualified to protect Americans.
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The Department of Homeland Security increased counterterrorism funding for Washington and New York City yesterday but warned that doling out more federal cash to the nation's largest urban areas would require the virtual elimination of aid to mid-size cities.
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"If we do, a lot of things can happen, in terms of how you resolve everything here. But if you don't end illegal immigration, almost nothing is possible, because no matter what you do, things are going to get worse."  The car bomb scare in London and the attack Saturday at the Glasgow airport underscore the need for secure borders for the United States, Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said Saturday.'This is the United Kingdom,' he said. 'They have security that is at least equal to ours; they have intelligence services that have even had more experience with terrorism than ours has, you know, they have to be subjected to this. We're in an era in which we need to know everyone who's in the United States.' Read more
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The New Jersey city of Camden,  where murders, rapes and robberies far exceed the national  average, was named the most dangerous U.S. city on Monday,  while Newton, Massachusetts, was the safest.
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ALAMOGORDO, N.M.  - President Bush said it is "up  in the air" whether the United States can ever be fully safe  from terrorism, prompting an attack from Democrat John Kerry's  campaign that Bush was sending a mixed message.
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Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge met with a group of Seattle officials recently and told us he&#39;s sleeping better at night because our country is better prepared than before to defend against a terrorist attack.
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael  Chertoff said on Wednesday that one of the biggest threats to  U.S. security may now come from within Europe.
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National intelligence director Mike McConnell said Tuesday that U.S. authorities are worried about "sleeper cells" of would-be terrorists inside the United States and are remaining vigilant against any new attacks.
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The car bomb scare in London and the attack Saturday at the Glasgow airport underscore the need for a strong immigration policy in the United States, Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said Saturday.
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The United States is safer now than it was before the Sept. 11 attacks, but must not relent in fighting terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.
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American officials warned all U.S. citizens Monday to avoid high-profile locations and government facilities in the Afghan capital after Sunday's car bombing outside the office of an U.S. security firm here. Officials said the blast killed at least six people, including three Americans.
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The next terrorist assault on the United States is likely to come through relatively unsophisticated, near-simultaneous attacks -- similar to those attempted in Britain over the weekend -- designed more to provoke widespread fear and panic than to cause major losses of life, U.S. intelligence and...
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The United States faces a range of threats from North Korean and Iranian missiles to a Sept. 11-scale attack by Islamist militants, inspired by Osama bin Laden and hardened by their experience in Iraq, top U.S. intelligence officials warned Wednesday.