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Intelligence Community spared DoD furloughs

Department of Defense employees working in the Intelligence community will likely avoid furloughs, an Intelligence official tells WTOP.

Tags: national security, furloughs, dod, department of defense

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Terrorists suspected of using U.S. 'asylum' system

As federal law enforcement authorities question the parents of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and detain some of their friends, new information is emerging about a tactic terrorists allegedly are using to slip into the U.S.

Tags: boston bombings, Tsarnaev brothers, asylum, national security

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Spy in the Sky: A close encounter

On March 5, a drone came within 200 feet of a Boeing 777, leading to a momentary scramble to determine the origin and coordinates of the drone.

Tags: drones, John F. Kennedy Airport, spy in the sky

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Spy in the Sky: WTOP examines drone debate

You usually can't hear them or see them. But they're watching. And they're everywhere.

Tags: spy in the sky, drones, andrew mollenbeck,

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Counterterrorism agency working against the clock

Officials at the National Counterterrorism Center in D.C. are working around the clock, piecing together information to fend off future terrorism attacks.

Tags: national security, National Counterterrorism Cente, al-Qaida, terrorism,

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New threat against westerners in Benghazi

Coming on the heels of often animated Congressional hearings with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, over what happened in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, the British Foreign Office has issued an urgent call for its citizens to evacuate.

Tags: Benghazi

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Answering the Bell: On Inauguration Security Patrol with the Coast Guard

A behind-the-scenes look at what inaugural security is like from the water.

Tags: Coast Guard, inauguration, inauguration security, national security

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The Toughest Mile: Hands in the crowd

In the run-up to President Barack Obama's second Inauguration Day, the president's security team worries most about the hands of people in the crowd and those typing hostile commands on computer keyboards and devices far from the National Mall.

Tags: Inauguration Parade, inauguration day, inauguration, Secret Service, FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, Ralph Basham

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Al-Qaida hit by cyber attack

A cyber attack has left al-Qaida in the dark, hurting its recruitment and propaganda efforts in the wake of a State Department designation that is curtailing its fundraising work.

Tags: al-Qaida, terrorism, cyber attack,

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U.S. agents follow the WMD money trail

Every country has a finance ministry, but only the U.S. has one with a unit dedicated to combating illicit finance linked to terrorists and rogue nation-states developing or threatening to use weapons of mass destruction. Its goal is to choke off their money supply until their exploits shrivel up and cease. Iran is the unit's main focus at this time.

Tags: weapons of mass destruction, Iran, david cohen

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