American officers are manning a new post of duty at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport in an effort to help identify potential terrorists or other high-risk passengers heading to the United States. Officers from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Immigration Advisory Program began Thursday. In addition to the Paris airport,  U.S. officers are working This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National... 

United States prosecutors have charged the leader of the Pakistani Taliban,  Hakimullah Mehsud, in the attack that killed seven CIA employees at an American base in Afghanistan last December. Mehsud, believed to be in the tribal areas of Pakistan and head of the group known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, was charged with conspiracy to kill Americans This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert  Read More →

Fox News is reporting police in Maryland are responding to a hostage situation after reports that a man with a handgun entered the Discovery Channel headquarters building in Silver Spring and fired at least one shot. An official with the Montgomery County Police Department confirmed to Fox News that a man with an explosive device This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America’s... 

Questions linger, however American law enforcement officials say their initial concerns about a possible terror “dry run” involving two men on a United Airlines flight to Amsterdam have eased, in part because they have learned the men’s abrupt change in flights resulted from them missing their original flight. Read More This story comes to us This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror... 

From the New York Times – To prevent attacks like the Lockerbie bombing, caused by a suitcase containing a bomb loaded onto a plane without the passenger who checked it also on being on board, airlines are supposed to remove the bags of any passengers who check luggage onto flights they do not board.In an This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America’s trusted source for... 

WTSP news reports an incident aboard a United Airlines flight to Tampa resulted in nine foreign born passengers being removed from the airplane and several passengers left shaken up after witnessing the incident. According to the article, several thought the incident was serious enough that they asked to be booked on another flight. One passenger This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is... 

Mexican authorities have captured a legendary Texan accused of a bloody climb to the top echelon of one of the hemisphere’s most powerful drug cartels. Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as “La Barbie” faces numerous charges in Mexico, but also is wanted in the United States, where he has been indicted for smuggling thousands of pounds This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert... 

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating a fire early Saturday morning at the construction site of a new Islamic Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee Fire officials have said that the incident is not yet being ruled arson, although there are several reports that is suspected. Investigators are said to be “in the This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is... 

Eighteen nations have wrapped up nearly two weeks of military exercises in a drill designed to defend the Panama Canal from mock terrorist attacks and other threats. In Panamax 2010 the host country sought UN Security Council authorization for a US-led international military expedition to counter an attack on the canal by an international terrorist This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert... 

An al-Qaeda-linked terror plot in Canada, in which the suspects were preparing to carry out the first terror attack in the country, has now been traced back to Pakistan, Iran and Dubai. The suspects were apparently only “months” away from carrying out the first terrorist attack on Canadian soil, according to the RCMP. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America’s... 

The body of an official investigating the massacre of 72 migrants killed on a ranch in northeastern Mexico  was found today, dumped along a nearby road near another unidentified victim, according to local news reports. Earlier in the day, two cars exploded outside the studios of the  TV network Televisa  in Ciudad Victoria. There were This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America’s... 

Khuram Sher, a one time hopeful contestant who auditioned for Canadian Idol was arrested by RCMP  investigating a possible al Qaeda terror cell allegedly plotting to attack targets in Canada. This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America’s trusted source for homeland security news and information. This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National... 

The UN is reportedly reviewing security measures for its aid workers in Pakistan, after a warning of new threats from the Taliban.  One US official said militants planned to attack foreigners delivering aid to the millions affected by devastating floods in the country. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is  Read More →

The Canadian trio arrested in Ottawa yesterday for “terrorism offenses” was in possession of bomb-making materials and at least one of the suspects has links to a group fighting NATO-led forces in Afghanistan according to news reports. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror... 

According to this report, Britain is facing a new wave of terror attacks from highly motivated, but relatively untrained homegrown militants.  The al Qaeda threat has shifted from sophisticated bomb plots to acts by individuals. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America’s trusted This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National...