Friday, May 25, 2012

SECURITY


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  • U.S. poised to vet possible arms for Syrian rebels

    By Matthew Lee - Associated Press
    As one diplomatic effort after another fails to end more than a year of brutal violence in Syria, the Obama administration is preparing a plan that essentially would give U.S. nods of approval to arms transfers from Arab nations to some Syrian opposition fighters.

  • Iran rejects West's proposal on nuclear curbs

    By Ali Akbar Dareini and Lara Jakes - Associated Press
    Iranian negotiators on Thursday rejected proposals by six world powers to curb Tehran's nuclear program and demanded answers to their own counteroffer meant to alleviate concerns about the Islamic Republic's ability to build atomic weapons.

  • Fire damage assessment awaits for nuclear sub

    By David Sharp - Associated Press
    Officials hoped to begin venting smoke and noxious fumes from a nuclear-powered submarine on Thursday so they could get inside to assess damage from an intense blaze that swept through the forward compartments.

  • Texan gets 20-year prison term for al Qaeda links

    By Juan A. Lozano - Associated Press
    A Texas man convicted of trying to sneak out of the U.S. to give al Qaeda restricted military documents, GPS equipment and money was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday.

  • Iran is offered new plans to ease nuclear concerns

    By Ali Akbar Dareini and Lara Jakes - Associated Press
    Diplomats from six world powers offered Iran new proposals Wednesday to ease international concerns about its nuclear program, but appeared to reject Tehran's appeals to ease economic sanctions to help move along talks.

  • Woman on diverted US Airways jet claimed to have implanted device

    By Associated Press
    Officials diverted a US Airways jet to Maine after a French passenger traveling from Paris to North Carolina handed a note to a flight attendant that mentioned she had a surgically implanted device, prompting concerns about possible terrorism.

  • Pakistani who helped U.S. find bin Laden is sentenced to prison

    By Riaz Khan - Associated Press
    A Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden was convicted of high treason Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, officials said, a verdict that is likely to further strain the country's relationship with Washington.

    • Senate panel hears of wider Secret Service misbehavior

      By Alicia A. Caldwell and Laurie Kellman - Associated Press
      The lawmaker leading an inquiry into the Secret Service prostitution scandal reported dozens of "troubling" episodes of past misbehavior Wednesday and appealed to insiders to come forward with what they know as investigators try to determine whether a culture of misconduct took root in the storied agency.

    • Obama makes case for defense cuts

      By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
      President Obama made the case for his proposed defense cuts Wednesday in his commencement speech at the Air Force Academy, calling for a leaner but better-prepared military ready to deal with a range of threats.

    • Pakistani who helped U.S. find bin Laden is sentenced to prison

      By Riaz Khan - Associated Press
      A Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden was convicted of high treason Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, officials said, a verdict that is likely to further strain the country's relationship with Washington.

    • Pakistan convicts doctor who helped bin Laden raid

      By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times
      The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been found guilty of treason by a Pakistani court and has been sentenced to 33 years in prison.

    • Iran is offered new plans to ease nuclear concerns

      By Ali Akbar Dareini and Lara Jakes - Associated Press
      Diplomats from six world powers offered Iran new proposals Wednesday to ease international concerns about its nuclear program, but appeared to reject Tehran's appeals to ease economic sanctions to help move along talks.

    • Military leaders urge ratification of sea treaty

      By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
      Top U.S. military officials urged Congress Wednesday to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty, noting a more assertive China, a race for maritime energy resources, and a need to keep sea navigation free.

    • Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon too close to filmmakers

      By Larry Margasak - Associated Press
      A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

    • Federal appeals panel clarifies definition of piracy

      By Steve Szkotak - Associated Press
      A federal appeals court in Virginia has made it clear that someone doesn't have to board a ship or rob it to commit piracy.

    • Inside China: U.S. missions subtle threat to China's regime

      By The Washington Times
      Recent spats between the United States and China are focused on one particular venue: U.S. diplomatic compounds across China, a testimony to the fact that America's soft power is becoming increasingly more menacing to the autocratic communist regime.

    • Army to be more selective and spend less on bonuses

      By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press
      Uncle Sam may still want you. But maybe not.

    • Secret Service prostitute scandal reveals pattern, senators contend

      By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times
      The director of the Secret Service told Congress on Wednesday that the recent Colombian prostitution scandal was a one-time occurrence, but deeply skeptical lawmakers said he is in denial and the evidence points to a larger pattern of misconduct within the agency charged with protecting the president.

    • Embassy: Crocker to leave as ambassador to Afghanistan

      By Associated Press
      Veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker will leave his post as ambassador to Afghanistan this summer, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday.

    • US Airways flight diverted to Maine after odd passenger behavior

      By Glenn Adams - Associated Press
      US Airways Flight 787 from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., was diverted to a Maine airport on Tuesday because a French passenger exhibited suspicious behavior, an official said.

    • SGT. SHAFT: Veteran's widow wants to renew military ID

      By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times
      Dear Sgt. Shaft: I am the widow of a deceased military, and I am eligible for the military ID. I have been renewing it periodically. There are two possible locations near Dallas, Texas, where I live where I can renew my ID card. However, when I call, no one ever answers.

      • SGT. SHAFT: Veteran's widow wants to renew military ID

        By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times
        Dear Sgt. Shaft: I am the widow of a deceased military, and I am eligible for the military ID. I have been renewing it periodically. There are two possible locations near Dallas, Texas, where I live where I can renew my ID card. However, when I call, no one ever answers.

      • Images show more work at N. Korean nuclear test site

        By Foster Klug - Associated Press
        North Korea has ramped up work at its nuclear test site, according to an analysis of satellite images released Tuesday, a day after a senior U.S. envoy warned the North that an atomic test would unify the world in seeking swift, tough punishment.

      • Iran signals wider U.N. access as nuclear talks loom

        By Ali Akbar and Lara Jakes - Associated Press
        Iran made the first move Tuesday in attempts to gain an edge in nuclear talks with the U.S. and other world powers: It agreed in principle to allow U.N. inspectors to restart probes into a military site suspected of harboring tests related to atomic weapons.

      • Embassy: Crocker to leave as ambassador to Afghanistan

        By Associated Press
        Veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker will leave his post as ambassador to Afghanistan this summer, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday.

      • Chicago police get high marks for handling NATO protests

        By Don Babwin - Associated Press
        The sight of Chicago police raising billy clubs against demonstrators Sunday was the kind of image that has dogged the city's police force longer than most of those who clashed with protesters have been alive.

      • DEA-backed commando raid followed Honduran drug shooting

        By Alberto Arce - Associated Press
        The gunfire from a U.S.-backed Honduran anti-drug mission that appears to have targeted civilians by mistake wasn't the only terror that night more than a week ago, villagers say. They describe heavily armed commandos storming into homes and manhandling residents, and they think American agents joined in.

      • Pentagon to crack down on counterfeit parts from China

        By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
        The Defense Department on Tuesday said it would strengthen efforts to prevent Chinese counterfeit parts from ending up in the U.S. military's supply chain.

      • Convicted Lockerbie bomber buried in Libya

        By Rami Al-Shaheibi - Associated Press
        The only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been buried with little fanfare near the Libyan capital with just under 100 family members and passers-by in attendance.

      • Trial starting for Fort Hood bomb plot suspect

        By Angela K. Brown - Associated Press
        Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., is accused of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant filled with Fort Hood soldiers and shoot any survivors last summer. Jury selection was scheduled to start Monday at his federal trial in Waco, about 50 miles northeast of Killeen, the city just outside Fort Hood.

      • U.N. nuclear chief in Iran on key mission

        By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press
        The head of the U.N nuclear watchdog, in Tehran on a key mission that could lead to the resumption of probes on whether Iran secretly has worked on a nuclear weapon, said Monday that he had met with Iranian leaders amid a "good atmosphere."

      • Navy official defends littoral combat ship

        By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
        Navy Undersecretary Robert O. Work on Monday batted back a barrage of criticism over the Navy's littoral combat ship (LCS), a small surface vessel intended to maneuver coastlines and counter mines, submarines and surface warfare.

      • NATO to turn over security to Afghans in year

        By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
        NATO leaders reached an agreement Monday to turn over control of Afghanistan's security to its own troops by the middle of 2013, endorsing a plan backed by the Obama administration to phase out the U.S. lead in the unpopular war.

      • NATO chief insists no rush to exits in Afghanistan

        By Anne Gearan and Julie Pace - Associated Press
        The United States and NATO leaders insist the Afghanistan fighting coalition will remain whole despite France's plans to yank combat troops out early, but leaders wary of plummeting public support for the war are using an alliance summit Sunday to show they want to move quickly away from the front lines.

      • 2 more activists charged in alleged NATO summit threats

        By Michael Tarm - Associated Press
        Prosecutors charged two more activists Sunday with crimes tied to the two-day NATO summit, accusing one of saying he wanted to blow up a downtown Chicago bridge and a second with seeking to build pipe bombs.

      • Obama: NATO shifting to help peace in Afghanistan

        By Anne Gearan and Julie Pace - Associated Press
        The NATO alliance that has fought for a decade in Afghanistan is helping that nation shift toward stability and peace, but there will be "hard days ahead," President Obama said Sunday as alliance leaders insisted the fighting coalition will remain effective despite France's plans to yank combat troops out early.

        • Yemeni troops clash with al Qaeda in south; 17 dead

          By Ahmed Al-Haj
          Fresh clashes between al Qaeda fighters and government forces in Yemen left 17 dead on Sunday, military officials said, as the army pushed on with an offensive to regain a key town in the county's south that fell to the militants more than a year ago.

        • Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing is dead

          By Lee Keath and Rami Al-Shaheibi - Associated Press
          Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday, nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims. He was 60.

        • Pentagon planners ordered to keep potential budget cuts from Congress

          By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
          For Pentagon planners, automatic spending cuts slated to begin in January have become the $600 billion contingency they can't plan for.

        • U.S. commandos star in documentary at GI Film Festival

          By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
          Special operations war fighters will be in the spotlight during the GI Film Festival on Sunday evening, when a documentary on their initial push into Afghanistan in 2001 debuts.

        • 2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan

          By Associated Press
          An insurgent attack in Afghanistan killed two NATO service members on Sunday, the alliance said, while Afghan officials reported that a suicide bomber struck a police checkpoint in the country's south.

        • Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in U.S.

          By Didi Tang and Gillian Wong - Associated Press
          A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the U.S. on Saturday, ending a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.

        • Prosecutors: Trio planned to attack Obama's HQ

          By Michael Tarm and Tammy Webber - Associated Press
          Three men accused of making Molotov cocktails had been planning to attack President Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets during this weekend's NATO summit, prosecutors said Saturday.

        • G-8 backs Greece, ramps up pressure on Iran

          By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
          Ratcheting up the pressure on Iran Saturday, leaders of the Group of Eight major economies expressed solidarity in their approach to cracking down on Tehran's nuclear development program, agreeing to act together to lower oil prices in the coming months if necessary.

        • 9/11 families upset over ground zero museum delays

          By Samantha Gross - Associated Press
          They were promised a place to mourn their loved ones, display their photographs and educate their children and the children of strangers about exactly what was lost on 9/11. But today, family members of those killed have no completion date for the museum that is to be built alongside the Sept. 11 memorial at ground zero — and many are upset.

        • France's Hollande confirms Afghan pullout

          By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
          French President Francois Hollande stood by his campaign commitment to pull his country's troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year in his first meeting with President Obama Friday, but pledged to provide assistance to Afghan security in a "different way."

        • Navy stars in action film 'Battleship'

          By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
          The Navy is getting the opportunity to showcase its men and women in uniform in director Peter Berg's summer action movie "Battleship," which was released Friday.

        • Report: Chinese military able to operate far afield

          By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
          China's military is developing capabilities to conduct "new historic missions" far beyond the communist country's borders, according to an annual Pentagon report to Congress.

        • Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army

          By Anne Gearan - Associated Press
          Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. The alliance's plans for arm's-length support for Afghanistan will be a central focus of the summit President Obama is hosting Sunday and Monday in Chicago.

        • American envoy to Israel: U.S. ready to strike Iran

          By Amy Teibel - Associated Press
          The United States has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran.

        • Defense contractors eye cuts to jobs, plants

          By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
          Defense contractors already are preparing for the layoffs and plant closures that will occur if Congress fails to reach a deal on the federal deficit this year, triggering $600 billion in automatic Pentagon spending cuts.

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