Trains, bloggers are threats in US drill
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It's the government's idea of a really bad day: Washington's Metro trains shut down. Seaport computers in New York go dark. Bloggers reveal locations of railcars with hazardous materials. Airport control towers are disrupted in Philadelphia and Chicago. Overseas, a mysterious liquid is found on London's subway.
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The American people are more vigilant than ever. We are ready to take on anything that threatens our security, our future or our values.
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The contractor and other US firms working in Iraq could be subject to prosecution from several quarters.
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The British government is expected to aceed to a US request to send hundreds of its troops to a high-risk zone south of Baghdad, a move that risks infuriating Labour's own backbench MPs.
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US government efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks on the nation&#39;s planes and trains are increasingly incorporating smart technologies that can sniff out bomb residue on a passport or see through clothes to detect weapons taped to a would-be
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The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI agree that the homemade explosive devices that have wreaked havoc in Iraq pose a rising threat to the United States. But lawmakers and first responders say the Bush administration has been slow to devise a strategy for countering the weapons and has...
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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.
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WASHINGTON -- The increasing vulnerability of US helicopters ferrying troops and supplies could slow and potentially jeopardize the military's expanded mission to secure Baghdad, military officials said yesterday.
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The tougher US approach is intended to stabilize the country before elections, but offensives bring new risks.
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Anti-war activists said on Tuesday they were prepared to risk their lives to disrupt a military exercise involving almost 30,000 U.S. and Australian troops off Australia's north coast.
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The next terrorist threat may come from the deep. In recent years, several homeland security alerts have focused on the danger of scuba-equipped terrorists targeting docked Navy vessels or ocean-side nuclear plants. Now the U.S. military is quietly developing a new generation of underwater weaponry.
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It's been called the "third rail" of American politics -- a high-voltage issue that could fry any politician who dares touch it, like the power rail that kills subway riders foolish enough to stray onto the tracks.
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The US operations of BAE Systems have come under the spotlight amid a government probe and as it emerged Wednesday that a US senator has raised concerns about allegations the British arms group violated anti-bribery laws.
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Some congressional Democrats raised security concerns Wednesday about a proposed shipment of 300 pounds of weapons-grade plutonium from the United States to France for conversion into a mixed-oxide fuel.
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The United States has warned militants  are preparing to launch attacks in U.S.-allied Kuwait and urged  Americans in the Gulf Arab state to be watchful.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a spate of bomb threats phoned in to businesses that resulted in employeesâ wiring thousands of dollars overseas.
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US security officials are warning that veterans&#39; hospitals in the United States could be targeted by terrorists. A bulletin sent out late Thursday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department