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Would-be al-Qaeda bomber was double agent

Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan, Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 6:10pm

WASHINGTON -- Last month, U.S. intelligence learned that al-Qaida's Yemen branch hoped to launch a spectacular attack using a new, nearly undetectable bomb aboard an airliner bound for America, officials say.

But the man the terrorists were counting on to carry out the attack was actually working for the CIA and Saudi intelligence, U.S. and Yemeni officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

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2 terror suspects may be US citizens

Eileen Sullivan, Kimberly Dozier The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 6:58am

WASHINGTON -- Al-Qaida may have sent American terrorists or men carrying U.S. travel documents to launch an attack on Washington or New York to coincide with memorials marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11, government officials say.

One U.S. official says al-Qaida dispatched three men, at least two of whom could be U.S. citizens, to detonate a car bomb in one of the cities. Should that mission prove impossible, the attackers have been told to simply cause as much destruction as they can.

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Amtrack police officers stand guard while commuters get ready to board their train in New York Pennsylvania Station on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 in New York. The city is deploying additional resources and taking other security steps in response to a potential terror threat before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. U.S. counterterrorism officials are chasing a credible but unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to use a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York or Washington. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

Officials chase unconfirmed al-Qaida bomb threat

Eileen Sullivan, Kimberly Dozier The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 9, 2011 - 11:52am

WASHINGTON -- U.S. counterterrorism officials are chasing a credible but unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to set off a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York City or Washington. It was the first word of an "active plot" timed to coincide with the somber commemoration of the terror group's 9/11 attacks a decade ago that killed nearly 3,000 people.

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Officials chase unconfirmed al-Qaida bomb plot in N.Y., Washington, D.C.

Eileen Sullivan, Kimberly Dozier The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 9, 2011 - 11:53am

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said Thursday they were investigating a credible but unconfirmed threat that al-Qaida was planning to use a car bomb to target bridges or tunnels in New York City or Washington to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the first tip of an “active plot” around that date.

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New White House strategy to hit violent extremism

Eileen Sullivan The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 6:36am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Local communities around the country are best suited to take on the challenge of combatting the kind of violent extremism that inspires people to kill, the Obama administration concludes in a new national plan to fight the threat of al-Qaida and other violent radicals at home.

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(MATT ROURKE/The Associated Press) An investigator handles a box in a United Parcel Service jet isolated on a runway at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday.

Terror plot thwarted as U.S.-bound explosives seized

Eileen Sullivan, Matt Apuzzo, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 29, 2010 - 11:18pm

WASHINGTON -- Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States from Yemen on Friday, seizing two explosive packages addressed to Chicago-area synagogues and packed aboard cargo jets. The plot triggered worldwide fears that al-Qaida was launching a major new terror campaign.

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(The Associated Press) Michaele and Tareq Salahi arrive at a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington in November 2009. The Secret Service says another person not on the guest list was allowed into a White House state dinner for India's prime minister in November.

3rd White House crasher is local event planner

Eileen Sullivan, Matthew Lee The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 7:35pm

WASHINGTON -- The third gatecrasher at November's White House state dinner turns out to be a local event planner who got in with members of the Indian delegation, a U.S. official said Tuesday.

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