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Terrorist organizations see the Internet as tool for ideological promotion, rallying and organizing, and for executing operations, but actual engagement on jihadist forums is relatively low, Read more...

Terrorist groups use online social network sites to monitor military personnel and recruit new followers, says a new paper by a University of Haifa communications professor. Gabriel Weimann, in a Read more...

Government control of the Internet is a losing proposition and al Shabaab deserves "no sympathy" from efforts to remove it from Twitter, said a State Department official during a Jan. 10 online talk. Read more...

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee voted unanimously Nov. 15 to approve a new fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill that would include another $21 billion in cuts from the request. Read more...

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the terrorist group affiliated with Osama bin Laden's organization, does a decent magazine, said a top government official Feb. 9 before a congressional panel. The Read more...

Although diminished, al Qaeda and its ideological adherents are finding converts in the West thanks to deft use of the Internet and social media, says a new report from the Center for Strategic and Read more...

Faisal Shahzad, the suspected Times Square bomber, really was on a government watch list before being arrested May 4, confirmed a senior Homeland Security Department official during a May 12 Read more...

A traceable electronic trail, spread by a disposable cell phone and email, was key in finding Faisal Shahzad, the man allegedly behind the attempted Times Square car bomb. Shahzad was arrested May 3 Read more...

In a new partnership, the Department of Homeland Security and Israel signed an agreement this week to work together to share information more quickly about civil aviation incidents. "The real-time Read more...

A report in the Washington Post on Tuesday raised serious questions about how well U.S. intelligence agencies are handling terrorist-related investigations. In the wake of investigating terrorist Read more...