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File photo of Osama bin Laden. (credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Federal Court Rules Government Does Not Need To Release Dead Bin Laden Photos

A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government’s decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.

2013/05/21

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney answers questions during a press briefing at the White House on May 10, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

White House: We Had No Knowledge Of DOJ Attempts To Seek AP Phone Records

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news.

2013/05/14

File photo of Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Homeland Security Committee Chairman: Boston Suspects Were Trained

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says he believes the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had some training in carrying out their attack.

2013/04/28

American Jihadi Claims He Was Shot In Neck By Terrorist Assassin

A most-wanted American jihadi in Somalia said Friday that the leader of Islamic extremist rebels in Somali was starting a civil war, just hours after an assassination attempt left the Alabama native with a neck wound.

2013/04/26

A VIA Rail train leaves Union Station, the heart of VIA Rail travel, bound for Windsor on April 22, 2013 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (credit: Ian Willms/Getty Images)

Iran: ‘No Firm Evidence’ Al-Qaeda In Iran Linked To Canada Terror Plot

Iran on Tuesday denied any links with an alleged terrorist plot that Canadian authorities claim was directed by al-Qaeda operatives in Iran and sought to derail a passenger train.

2013/04/23

Spain's Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz is seen during a meeting in Rabat with Morrocan, French and Portuguese interior ministers to discuss regional security on Jan. 25, 2013. (credit: FADEL SENNA/AFP/Getty Images)

Spanish Police Arrest 2 Suspected Members Of Al-Qaeda After Praising Boston Marathon Bombers

Police have arrested two suspected members of al-Qaeda’s North African branch in Spain, one of whom Spanish authorities alleged praised the Boston Marathon bombings, but neither of whom was known to possess any explosives or be planning any attack.

2013/04/23

A SWAT team arrives at the corner of Stuart Street and Dartmouth Street after two explosive devices detonated at the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Mass. (credit: Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

CBS News: Al Qaeda ‘Struggling’ To Identify Boston Marathon Bomber

As investigators try to piece together who was behind the deadly Boston Marathon bombings, al Qaeda is “struggling” to identify who it might be.

2013/04/17

File photo of Sen. Kelly Ayotte. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ayotte: White House Wrong To Bring Bin Laden Son-In-Law To US Court

New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte says the Obama administration is wrong to bring a recently captured son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda spokesman to court in New York.

2013/03/08

This frame grab from the Saudi-owned television network MBC (Middle East Broadcasting Center) shows Suleiman Abu Ghaith, the spokesman of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, claiming responsibility for the September 11 suicide attacks in the United States in an undated videotape broadcast by the Dubai-based MBC on April 17, 2002. (credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Osama Bin Laden’s Son-In-Law Captured, Expected In US Federal Court

Osama bin Laden’s spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a “very significant victory” in the ongoing fight against al-Qaeda.

2013/03/07