Official: Border Terror Fears Overblown
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The new head of Mexico's federal police force said Monday he doesn't see the U.S.-Mexico border as a terror target and that while terrorists may try to use this country to sneak into America, there's no evidence they have yet done so.
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MADRID -- Western intelligence and security officials say the threat of a terror attack by Islamic militants over the Christmas and New Year's holiday travel season is extremely high, with the greatest concern focusing on a possible plot targeting Europe.
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After dubbing President Bush&#39;s &quot;open door&quot; border policy a threat to national security, Rep. Tom Tancredo says, he got
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Police and intelligence agencies have prevented international terrorists from striking Britain by disrupting their planned attacks, but the danger isn't over and the need to stay vigilant remains, top security officials said Sunday.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  - It is "only a matter of  time" before militants try to launch a seaborne attack on the  United States, but threats of terrorism are greater abroad  because they are avoiding hardened U.S. targets, a senior U.S.  military official said on Wednesday.
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NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico  - The number of illegal  immigrants detained on the U.S.-Mexico border jumped in late  2004 as the U.S. government tightened security, although some  border agents said it only signaled that more people were  crossing the frontier.
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Federal regulators' narrow approach to solving one of the United States' biggest post-Sept. 11 fears -- a terrorist flying a plane into a nuclear power plant -- is under attack for adding to public safety concerns.
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Analysts say Washington's fears that Islamic extremists will take control of Pakistan are overblown.
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HELSINKI, Finland - US embassies in Finland and Latvia issued a rare warning to Americans in the Nordic and Baltic region to be wary of shopping centers and public transport amid a threat of a possible terror attack Monday.
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The U.S. is remaining vigilant for other attacks after last week's foiled plot to blow up airliners, the nation's chief of homeland security said Sunday, citing concerns that terror groups may "think we are distracted."
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Terrorism is the biggest threat to next year's Beijing Olympics, a state newspaper cited top Chinese security officials as saying on Tuesday, a concern echoed by the head of Interpol.
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AT ISSUE: Critics accuse Border Patrol of underreporting number of illegal immigrants who die crossing border. Border Patrol says its vigilance has helped reduce deaths.
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Terrorists who alter their fingerprints have about an even chance of slipping past U.S. border watch-list checks, according to a lawmaker's findings made public to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. -The Washington Post
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France is facing a "high and permanent" terrorist threat, the country's interior minister says.
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Britain's security forces have foiled planned terrorist attacks but the country is as much at risk as a year ago, the interior minister said on Tuesday.
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the Afghan-Pakistan border for the al Qaeda chief blamed in the September 11 attacks on America. country from Islamic militant groups that disapprove of his close ties with Washington.
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The arrest of 14 Islamic extremists in Barcelona points up the growing concern that the jihadist threat on the continent is coming from Pakistan and not just North Africa