Homeland Security in the News Archive:

March 2005 - April 2005

• Judge in Moussaoui Case Blocks Release of Sept. 11 Report (April 30, 2005)
  
• Two 9/11 Hijackers Used College Computers (April 30, 2005)
  
• DHS chief floats idea of collecting private citizens' information (April 29, 2005)
  
• Homeland Security to Limit Liability Suits (April 29, 2005)
  
• Library data a sensitive topic (April 29, 2005)
  
• Flu Vaccine Supply May Be Tight, but Not Severe, Officials Say (April 28, 2005)
  
• Chemical Plant Antiterrorism Bill Gains Backing in Senate (April 28, 2005)
  
• Audit Finds Logjam in Efforts to Spy on Terror Suspects (April 28, 2005)
  
• Chemical Plant Antiterrorism Bill Gains Backing in Senate (April 28, 2005)
  
• Why Zacarias Moussaoui's Guilty Plea Likely Won't Spare His Life (Apr. 28, 2005)
  
• Terror Threat to U.S. Called 'Significant' (Apr. 28, 2005)
  
• Experts: Chemical Plants Vulnerable (Apr. 28, 2005)
  
• Terror Alert Student Pilot Held (Apr. 28, 2005)
  
• Wiretaps in U.S. Jump 19 Percent in 2004 (Apr. 28, 2005)
  
• Lawmakers Consider Using Military to Seal U.S. Borders (Apr. 28, 2005)
  
• Senate Panel Questions U.S. Bioterrorism Preparedness (Apr. 28, 2005)
  
• Audit Finds Logjam in Efforts to Spy on Terror Suspects (Apr. 28, 2005)
  
• Interrogations Faked at Guantanamo, Witness Says (Apr. 28, 2005)
  
• British Arms Dealer Convicted On All Counts In Attempted Missile Sales to Terrorists (April 27, 2005)
  
• Anthrax Attack Response Needs Both Antibiotics, Vaccine (Apr. 27, 2005)
  
• Workers at Mich. Newspaper Quarantined (Apr. 27, 2005)
  
• Officials Say There Is No Evidence to Back Moussaoui's Story (Apr. 27, 2005)
  
• Muslim Cleric Found Guilty in the 'Virginia Jihad' Case (Apr. 27, 2005)
  
• U.S. Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism (Apr. 27, 2005)
  
• Records Show Man in LAX Plot Gave U.S. Key Terrorist Details (Apr. 27, 2005)
  
• Arizona Border Patrol Looks to Canada (Apr. 26, 2005)
  
• 'Agroterror' a New Threat to the Economy (Apr. 26, 2005)
  
• Detainee Transfer Announced (Apr. 26, 2005)
  
• Jurors Convict Muslim Leader in Terrorism Case (Apr. 26, 2005)
  
• More Baggage Taboos, but Little Security Enhancement (Apr. 25, 2005)
  
• Judge Gives Lawyers Moussaoui Deadline (Apr. 25, 2005)
  
• Arizona Border Patrol Chief Cites Need for More Resources, Personnel (Apr. 25, 2005)
  
• Anthrax Vaccine Treatment Funding Remains Uncertain (Apr. 25, 2005)
  
• Solicitor General Nominee Likely to Face Questions About Detainees (Apr. 25, 2005) 
  
• TSA to Test New Security Technology (Apr. 25, 2005)
  
• In Patriots' Cradle, the Patriot Act Faces Scrutiny (Apr. 24, 2005)
  
• Surprise Terror Plea Leaves Unresolved Issues (Apr. 24, 2005)
  
• Rice Ordered Release of German Sent to Afghan Prison in Error (Apr. 23, 2005)
  
• Moussaoui Tells Court He's Guilty of a Terror Plot (Apr. 23, 2005)
  
• Moussaoui: Bin Laden OK'd White House Attack Plan (Apr. 23, 2005)
  
• U.S., Canada Eye Overflight Lists (Apr. 23, 2005)
  
• U.S. May Seek Passenger Screening for Overflights (Apr. 21, 2005)
  
• Negroponte Confirmed as Director of National Intelligence (Apr. 21, 2005)
  
• Administration Takes Swipes at First-Responder Bill (Apr. 21, 2005)
  
• Judge Rules 9/11 Defendant Is Competent to Plead Guilty (Apr. 21, 2005)
  
• Moussaoui Could Face Death Penalty (Apr. 21, 2005)
  
• U.N. Rights Body Rejects Call for Guantanamo Probe (Apr. 21, 2005)
  
• Report: U.S. Seeks Passenger Lists for Overflights (Apr. 21, 2005)
  
• Ex-flight School Student Indicted (Apr. 21, 2005)
  
• Judge to Accept Guilty Plea From Moussaoui (Apr. 20, 2005)
  
• Sen.: Border Volunteers Should Be Deputies (Apr. 20, 2005)
  
• Two Reporters Lose Appeals Court Ruling (Apr. 20, 2005)
  
• AP Sues U.S. to Get Guantanamo Documents (Apr. 20, 2005)
  
• Five Muslims to Sue U.S. Over Border Detentions (Apr. 20, 2005)
  
• Waste, Possible Fraud Reported at TSA (Apr. 20, 2005)
  
• Report: Private Screeners Do a Better Job (Apr. 20, 2005)
  
• 17 Afghans, Turk Home From Guantanamo Bay (Apr. 20, 2005)
  
• House Panel Studies Sharing of Intelligence (Apr. 20, 2005)
  
• Source: Moussaoui Plans to Plead Guilty (Apr. 19, 2005)
  
• Guantanamo Prisoners Arrive in Afghanistan (Apr. 19, 2005)
  
• Detainee Transfer Announced (Apr. 19, 2005)
  
• State Department Cuts Data from Terror Report (Apr. 18, 2005)
  
• More Bank Data May Not Aid Fight Against Terrorism (Apr. 18, 2005)
  
• New Terrorism Response Plan Takes Effect (Apr. 15, 2005)
  
• Ex - Guantanamo Prisoner Didn't Know of 9 / 11 (Apr. 15, 2005)
  
• Border Volunteers Want to Expand to Other States (Apr. 15, 2005)
  
• West Nations Try to Deport Terror Suspects (Apr. 15, 2005)
  
• Al Qaeda Poisons Seen Sowing More Panic than Death (Apr. 14, 2005)
  
• Emergency Plans Often Overlook Disabled (Apr. 14, 2005)
  
• Chertoff Promises to Tighten Homeland Security Operation (Apr. 14, 2005)
  
• Ricin Recipes Found at London Flat (Apr. 14, 2005)
  
• Guantanamo Prisoner Ignorant of Sept. 11 Attacks Until He Arrived in U.S. Prison Camp (Apr. 14, 2005)
  
• Homeland Security 'Moving Rapidly' to Fill High-Level Vacancies, Chief Says (Apr. 14, 2005)
  
• One Conviction in Plot to Spread Deadly Toxins, but 8 Go Free (Apr. 13, 2005)
  
• First Responder Funding Revamp Approved by Senate Panel (Apr. 13, 2005) 
  
• Lawyers Sue Over Alleged Guantanamo Abuse (Apr. 13, 2005)
  
• Nominee Vows Tighter Control of Intelligence (Apr. 13, 2005)
  
• Specter Voices Frustration Over Briefing on Patriot Act (Apr. 13, 2005)
  
• Illegal Workers Raise Security Concerns (Apr. 13, 2005)
  
• States Delay Homeland Security Spending (Apr. 12, 2005)
  
• Ex - CIA Worker Wants to Call Top Officials (Apr. 12, 2005)
  
• In Their Own Words, Detainees Judge U.S. Justice (Apr. 12, 2005)
  
• Documents: Alleged Terror Cell Recruiter Denies al Qaeda Connection (Apr. 12, 2005)
  
• Confirmation Hearing Begins for Intelligence Nominee (Apr. 12, 2005)
  
• U.S. Charges 3 Men in Alleged Terrorist Plot (Apr. 12, 2005) 
  
• Man's Claims May Be a Look at Dark Side of War on Terror (Apr. 12, 2005)
  
• Woman Arrested Over False Terror Report (Apr. 11, 2005)
  
• U.S. Bars KLM Flight Entry into Airspace (Apr. 10, 2005)
  
• U.S. Seeks Access to Bank Records to Deter Terror (Apr. 10, 2005)
  
• Two States Get High Marks for Five-Day Antiterrorism Exercise (Apr. 9, 2005)
  
• Teachers and Classmates Express Outrage at Arrest of Girl, 16, as a Terrorist Threat (Apr. 9, 2005)
  
• Group Says Pentagon's Plan Would Expand Its Enemy List (Apr. 8, 2005)
  
• Alert Issued for Ex-Flight School Student (Apr. 8, 2005)
  
• Alleged Dirty Bomber Appeals to Supreme Court -- Again (Apr. 8, 2005)
  
• Administration Ends Largest Counterterrorism Exercise Ever  (Apr. 8, 2005)
  
• Senators Call for Study of Response to Anthrax False Alarms (Apr. 8, 2005)
  
• Officials to Review Anti - Terror Drills (Apr. 7, 2005)
  
• Detainee's Right to Be at Trial Questioned (Apr. 7, 2005)
  
• Nuclear Plants in 31 States Said Prone (Apr. 6, 2005)
  
• Tight North American Travel Rules Proposed (Apr. 6, 2005)
  
• White House Has Tightly Restricted Oversight of C.I.A. Detentions (Apr. 6, 2005)
  
• Antiterrorism Law Defended as Hearings Start (Apr. 6, 2005)
  
• Errors Cited in Anthrax Scare (Apr. 6, 2005)
  
• Border Agency Nearly "Overwhelmed," Chief Says (Apr. 5, 2005)
  
• Justice Dept. Defends Patriot Act Before Senate Hearings (Apr. 5, 2005)
  
• Patriot Act's Secret Searches Used 108 Times (Apr. 5, 2005)
  
• Two States Are 'Attacked' in a Major Terrorism Drill (Apr. 5, 2005)
  
• Anti - Terror Drills Focus on Patient Care (Apr. 5, 2005)
  
• U.S. to Tighten Border Controls (Apr. 5, 2005) 
  
• DHS Issues Plan for National Preparedness (Apr. 4, 2005) 
  
• 'Va. Jihad' Lawyer: Hate Speech Not Crime (Apr. 4, 2005)
  
• Pentagon Found Too Slow on Anthrax Alarm (Apr. 4, 2005)
  
• States Hold Largest Anti-terror Drill (Apr. 4, 2005)
  
• N.J. Police, Officials Hold Terror Drill (Apr. 4, 2005)
  
• Patriot Act Expiring (Apr. 4, 2005)
  
• Bush Authorizes Use of Quarantine Powers in Cases of Bird Flu (Apr. 2, 2005)
  
• Wanted: Border Hoppers. And Some Excitement, Too. (Apr. 1, 2005)
  
• Panel Warns That Defense Against Germ Attack Is Weak (Apr. 1, 2005)
  
• For F.B.I., Not Enough Progress in Combating Terrorism (Apr. 1, 2005)
  
• Hundreds of Volunteers Plan Border Patrol (Mar. 31, 2005)
  
• al - Qaida Makes Surprising Weapon Advances (Mar. 31, 2005)
  
• Lawmaker Charged in an Anthrax Scare (Mar. 31, 2005) 
  
• Ex - School Official Said Tied to Terrorism (Mar. 31, 2005)
  
• Homeland Report Says Threat From Terror-List Nations Is Declining (Mar. 31, 2005)
  
• Study Finds States Spend Bioterror Funds (Mar. 30, 2005)
  
• Suit by Detainee on Transfer to Syria Finds Support in Jet's Log (Mar. 30, 2005)
  
• Judge Tosses Suit Over L.A. Airport Terror (Mar. 30, 2005)
  
• Judge Bars Transfer of 13 Gitmo Detainees (Mar. 30, 2005)
  
• DHS Beefs Up Security Along Arizona-Mexico Border (Mar. 30, 2005)
  
• Yemeni Held in Guantánamo Was Seized in Cairo, Group Says (Mar. 29, 2005)
  
• U.S. to Free 38 More From Gitmo (Mar. 29, 2005)
  
• High Court Rejects Moussaoui Case (Mar. 29, 2005)
  
• Poker-Faced Diplomat, Negroponte Is Poised for Role as Spy Chief (Mar. 29, 2005)
  
• US-VISIT Falls Short (Mar. 29, 2005)
  
• Air Screening Fails Privacy Test (Mar. 29, 2005)
  
• Sources: 500 New Agents to Patrol Arizona Border (Mar. 29, 2005)
  
• Judge: Moussaoui Trial Date to Be Set Soon (Mar. 28, 2005)
  
• 'Va. Jihad' Trial May Focus on Free Speech (Mar. 28, 2005)
  
• U.S. Military Weighs Changes on Guantanamo (Mar. 28, 2005)
  
• Activists to Flock to Border, Set up Citizen Patrols (Mar. 28, 2005)
  
• Passenger Screening System May Not Be Ready by August (Mar. 28, 2005)
  
• Counterterrorism Policies In Conflict, Report Says (Mar. 28, 2005)
  
• Air Traveler Screening Plan Gets Incomplete Review (Mar. 28, 2005)
  
• With Watch List, Pilot's Career Is Stalled (Mar. 28, 2005)
  
• Panel Ignored Evidence on Detainee (Mar. 27, 2005)
  
• U.S. Is Examining a Plan to Bolster the Rights of Detainees (Mar. 27, 2005)
  
• Panel to Warn Bush of Intelligence - Sharing Problems (Mar. 27, 2005)
  
• A New Antiterror Agency Is Considered (Mar. 25, 2005)
  
• Report: TSA Misled Public on Passenger Data (Mar. 25, 2005)
  
• Fictional Doomsday Team Plays Out Scene After Scene (Mar. 25, 2005)
  
• E.P.A. Report Finds Lag in Monitoring Attacks (Mar. 25, 2005)
  
• Guantanamo hearings offer chance of release for terror suspects, but some fear torture awaits them at home (Mar. 24, 2005)
  
• Guantánamo Detainees Make Their Case (Mar. 24, 2005)
  
• Pentagon to Upgrade Intelligence Structure (Mar. 24, 2005)
  
• UM to conduct human tests of avian flu vaccine (Mar. 24, 2005)
  
• County Aims to Bolster Medical Reserve Corps (Mar. 24, 2005)
  
• U.S. conservatives, liberals join to fight reauthorization of Patriot Act (Mar. 24, 2005)
  
• DHS inspector general cites gaps in visitor tracking program (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Lab Shuns Blame for False Anthrax Testing (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Transfer of Guantanamo Detainees on Hold (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Groups Urge Partial Lapse Of Patriot Act (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Coalition Forms to Oppose Parts of Antiterrorism Law (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Anthrax Hoaxes Close Two Md. Courthouses (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• At Mexican Border, Tunnels, Vile River, Rusty Fence (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Bush announces pact with Canada, Mexico (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Detainee Helped Bin Laden Flee, Document Says (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Millions Gave Up Flu Shots for Others (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Seeking changes to Patriot Act (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Prosecutors Want Moussaoui Trial in October (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Groups Fight Patriot Act Reauthorization (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Terror Suspect Details Training, Plots (Mar. 23, 2005)
  
• Powder scare temporarily closes 2 courthouses (Mar. 22, 2005)
  
• FBI official, privacy advocate clash over PATRIOT Act (Mar. 22, 2005)
  
• Homeland Security chairman to revive first responder grant bill (Mar. 22, 2005)
  
• Judge Apologizes to Ex - Terror Defendant (Mar. 22, 2005)
  
• Hearings for 4 Guantanamo Detainees Heard (Mar. 22, 2005)
  
• Questions, Answers About Moussaoui Case (Mar. 22, 2005)
  
• FBI Report Questions Guantanamo Tactics (Mar. 22, 2005)
  
• Expert: Asia Flu Cases May Be Undercounted (Mar. 22, 2005)
  
• More of F.B.I. Memo Criticizing Guantánamo Methods Is Released (Mar. 22, 2005)
  
• Justice Redacted Memo on Detainees (Mar. 22, 2005)
  
• U.S. Is Faulted Over Algerian's Detention (Mar. 22, 2005)
  
• Rural Areas Feel Unprepared for Attacks (Mar. 21, 2005)
  
• al - Qaida Suspects Admit Attack Plans (Mar. 21, 2005)
  
• Justices Decline to Hear Moussaoui Appeal (Mar. 21, 2005)
  
• Trying to Keep Nation's Ferries Safe From Terrorists (Mar. 20, 2005)
  
• Anthrax scare highlights problems similar to those in 2001 (Mar. 20, 2005)
  
• 3 Cities Seek Freer Hand on Terrorism Fund (Mar. 19, 2005) 
  
• C.I.A. Says Approved Methods of Questioning Are All Legal (Mar. 19, 2005)
  
• Questions Are Left by C.I.A. Chief on the Use of Torture (Mar. 18, 2005)
  
• Legal Challenges, Terrorism Threaten U.S. (Mar. 18, 2005)
  
• CIA's Assurances On Transferred Suspects Doubted (Mar. 17, 2005)
  
• Officials Sort Out Anthrax Scare Aftermath (Mar. 17, 2005)
  
• Security Chief Signals a Shift in Approach to Terror (Mar. 17, 2005)
  
• Goss Defends Interrogation Practices (Mar. 17, 2005)
  
• House Votes to Reaffirm Ban on Torture (Mar. 17, 2005)
  
• White House Adviser Asks for Honest Debate over Patriot Act (Mar. 17, 2005)
  
• No Convictions Among Guantanamo Suspects Sent Home (Mar. 17, 2005)
  
• Iranian Brothers Freed From L.A. Detention (Mar. 17, 2005)
  
• Va. Man Charged in Mideast Funds Transfer (Mar. 16, 2005)
  
• Chertoff Outlines Emerging Strategy for Assessing Homeland Security Risks (Mar. 16, 2005)
  
• Defense Buildings Remain Closed After Anthrax Scare (Mar. 16, 2005) 
  
• Anthrax Scare Turns Out to Be False Alarm (Mar. 16, 2005)
  
• U.S. Report Lists Possibilities for Terrorist Attacks and Likely Toll (Mar. 16, 2005)
  
• Release of Terror Strike Report a Mistake (Mar. 16, 2005)
  
• Senators to Propose Changes to Intelligence Overhaul Law (Mar. 15, 2005)
  
• Initial Pentagon Test Is Positive for Anthrax (Mar. 15, 2005)
  
• Judge Delays Trial of Student Accused of Plot to Kill Bush (Mar. 15, 2005)
  
• Suspect in Bush Plot Seeks Medical Exams (Mar. 15, 2005)
  
• Testing Continues After Anthrax Detected at 2 Defense Dept. Mailrooms (Mar. 15, 2005)
  
• Sensors Detect Anthrax at Pentagon Mail Facilities (Mar. 15, 2005)
  
• Foreigners Said Hard to Track Once in U.S. (Mar. 14, 2005)
  
• Homeland Security Bureau Goes After Gangs (Mar. 14, 2005)
  
• Man Pleads Innocent to al Qaeda Aid in Bush Plot (Mar. 14, 2005)
  
• Aviation System Said Vulnerable to Attacks (Mar. 14, 2005)
  
• Post Office Reopens 3 Years After Anthrax Mailings (Mar. 14, 2005)
  
• Despite New Efforts Along Arizona Border, 'Serious Problems' Remain (Mar. 14, 2005)
  
• Judge Blocks the Transfer of 13 Detainees From Guantánamo (Mar. 13, 2005)
  
• Detainee Transfer Announced (Mar. 12, 2005)
  
• Over Bitter Opposition, Antiterrorism Bill Passes in Britain (Mar. 12, 2005)
  
• Pentagon Seeks to Transfer More Detainees From Base in Cuba (Mar. 11, 2005)
  
• Army, CIA Agreed on 'Ghost' Prisoners (Mar. 11, 2005)
  
• Deportation Case Focuses on Definition of Torture (Mar. 11, 2005)
  
• Yemeni Cleric, Assistant Convicted of Terror-Funding Charges (Mar. 10, 2005)
  
• Britain to Free Terror Detainees, Blair Bill Deadlocked (Mar. 10, 2005)
  
• Pilots' Group: Aviation Security Programs Failing (Mar. 10, 2005) 
  
• Probe: Pressure on Interrogators Not Excessive (Mar. 10, 2005)
  
• U.S. Investigator Probes al - Qaida Suspect (Mar. 9, 2005)
  
• FBI Warns of 'Special Interest' Aliens (Mar. 8, 2005)
  
• Gonzales Defends Transfer of Detainees (Mar. 8, 2005)
  
• French Ex - Guantanamo Inmates Probed for Terror Link (Mar. 8, 2005)
  
• Report: Terror Suspects Bought Guns in U.S. (Mar. 8, 2005) 
  
• Ticket Agent Recalls 9 / 11 Hijackers (Mar. 8, 2005) 
  
• Unit for Infectious, Deadly Illness Opens (Mar. 8, 2005) 
  
• Detainee Transfer Announced (Mar. 7, 2005) 
  
• U.S. Cautious of Terror Suspect Handovers (Mar. 7, 2005) 
  
• British Lawmakers Amend Anti - Terrorism Law (Mar. 7, 2005) 
  
• Rule Change Lets C.I.A. Freely Send Suspe cts Abroad to Jails (Mar. 6, 2005)
  
• CIA Sends Terror Suspects Abroad for Interrogation (Mar. 6, 2005)
  
• Efforts to Hide Sensitive Data Pit 9/11 Concerns Against Safety (Mar. 5, 2005)
  
• House Approves Election in Event of a Deadly Attack (Mar. 4, 2005)
  
• Sept. 11 Commissioners Seek Revised Aviation Security Report (Mar. 4, 2005)
  
• Senate Intelligence Chairman Opposes C.I.A. Abuse Inquiry (Mar. 2, 2005)
  
• Lawyer: Man Tried to Set Up Terror Camp (Mar. 2, 2005)
  
• FBI Agent: Man Admitted Bush Assassination Plot (Mar. 2, 2005)
  
• Officials: No Evidence of NY Plot (Mar. 2, 2005)
  
• Suit Alleges Rumsfeld Approved Torture (Mar. 1, 2005)
  
• DOD Comment on ACLU and Human Rights First Lawsuit (Mar. 1, 2005)
  
• Gonzales Defends Bomb Suspect's Detention (Mar. 1, 2005)
  
• Gonzales Lays Out His Priorities at Justice Dept. (Mar. 1, 2005)
  
• Official: U.S. Prepared to Fight Anthrax (Mar. 1, 2005)