ACORN foe: Phone plot to embarrass senator
An activist accused of trying to tamper with Sen. Mary Landrieu’s phones said the incident wanted to investigate complaints that constituents calling her office couldn’t get through.
Lawyer: Phone plot was to embarrass senator
Four young conservative activists hoped to record embarrassing hidden camera footage to document allegations her staff was ignoring calls, an attorney for one of the men says.
James O’Keefe Undercover ACORN Pimp BUSTED by FBI
plot to wiretap Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-LA) office Mary Landrieu’s office phones. O’Keefe, a conservative filmmaker, dressed as a pimp and descended upon ACORN offices over the summer and filmed exchanges with employees, which he claimed prov…
Al-Qaida claim over failed airliner attack shows its weakness, says Barack Obama
US president says Bin Laden ‘trying to take credit’ for Detroit bombing attempt is indication of terror group’s waning powersBarack Obama today dismissed Osama Bin Laden’s attempt to claim responsibility for the failed Christmas Day attack on a US airliner, a plot thought to have been hatched in Yemen, as evidence that al-Qaida was greatly [...]
U.S. investigates bin Laden ties to jet bomb bid
U.S. intelligence analysts are investigating how much, if anything, Osama bin Laden knew about the plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day.
Chicago man pleads not guilty in Mumbai plot
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Pakistani-born Chicago businessman pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he aided planners of the 2008 attack in Mumbai, India, that killed more than 160 people.
US can’t immediately authenticate bin Laden words
White House officials said Sunday they could not immediately authenticate a new audio message purportedly by al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden that claimed responsibility for the plot to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas.
Two sentenced in N.Y. in Tamil missile-buying case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Canadian men who pleaded guilty in a plot to acquire anti-aircraft missiles and other military equipment for the Tamil Tigers rebel group in Sri Lanka were sentenced on Friday to 26 and 14 years in prison.
Intelligence chief rips handling of accused plane bomber
The nation’s intelligence director testified Wednesday that it was a mistake for the government to give the suspected bomber in the Christmas airline plot a reading of his Miranda rights and access to an attorney without first using elite interrogat…