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Joint statement by FBI Executive Assistant Director Jill Sanborn and Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Shortly after the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Director Wray informed Congress that the FBI had seen its number of ongoing domestic terrorism cases skyrocket from roughly 1,000 at the beginning of 2020 to approximately 2,700 in the fall of 2021—a trend, he noted, that has coincided with increased risks of attacks by groups operating abroad. The warning signs are clear. But are we
A train engineer at the Port of Los Angeles pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge for running a locomotive at full speed off
A train engineer at the Port of Los Angeles pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for running a locomotive at full speed off the end of railroad tracks near a United States Navy hospital ship that was deployed to provide medical relief during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The FINANCIAL — According to court documents, Mohammed Khalifa, aka Abu Ridwan Al-Kanadi and Abu Muthanna Al-Muhajir, 38, served in prominent roles within ISIS starting in 2013 and continuing until his capture by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in January 2019, following a firefight between ISIS fighters and the SDF. In addition to serving as a fighter and executing two Syrian soldiers on behalf of ISIS, Khalifa served as a lead translator in ISIS’s propaganda production and the English-speaking narrator on multiple ISIS videos. Khalifa traveled to Syria in the spring of 2013 with the i...