Homeland Security in the News Archives:

January 2005- February 2005    

• TSA Bans Lighters on Planes, Secure Areas (Feb. 28, 2005)
  
• Driver's License Bill Concerns Groups (Feb. 28, 2005)
  
• White House Must Charge or Free Suspect (Feb. 28, 2005)
  
• UK Government Amends Terror Laws (Feb. 28, 2005)
  
• N.Y. Attorneys Get Firsthand Look at Guantanamo Conditions (Feb. 28, 2005)
  
• Attorney General Urges Anti - Terror Law Renewal (Feb. 28, 2005)
  
• Case Adds to Outrage for Muslims in Northern Virginia (Feb. 27, 2005)
  
• Within C.I.A., Worry of Prosecution for Conduct (Feb. 27, 2005)
  
• Anthrax Vaccine Manufacturer Challenges Court Ruling (Feb. 25, 2005) 
  
• Terror Suspect's Family Protests Jail Rules (Feb. 25, 2005)
  
• Biometric ID May Snare Travelers (Feb. 25, 2005)
  
• Judge Rules Reporters Have Right to Keep Sources Confidential (Feb. 24, 2005)
  
• Prosecutors Say Accomplice in Assassination Plot Died in 2003 Shootout (Feb. 24, 2005)
  
• Family Support Suspect in Alleged Bush Plot (Feb. 23, 2005)
  
• Blair Denies Anti - Terror Legislation Rush (Feb. 23, 2005)
  
• Postal Workers Said Uninformed on Anthrax (Feb. 22, 2005)
  
• Interpol Chief Warns of Bio - Terrorism Attack Threat (Feb. 22, 2005)
  
• Britain Unveils 'House Arrest' Law (Feb. 22, 2005)
  
• Report Touts Centralized Food Safety Rules (Feb. 22, 2005)
  
• Man Charged in Alleged Plot to Kill Bush (Feb. 22, 2005)
  
• Saudi Arabia Handing Over U.S. Citizen (Feb. 21, 2005)
  
• School Nurses Unprepared for Terror Attacks (Feb. 21, 2005)
  
• 'Minutemen' to Patrol Arizona Border (Feb. 21, 2005)
  
• Audit Faults U.S. for Its Spending on Port Defense (Feb. 20, 2005) 
  
• CIA Contractor Says He's a Scapegoat (Feb. 20, 2005)
  
• U.S. Judge Sees Stonewalling on Tapes in Terrorism Case (Feb. 18, 2005)
  
• False Terror Alert in Boston Symptom of Poor Intelligence Sharing, Critics Say (Feb. 18, 2005)
  
• White House Opposes Moussaoui Appeal (Feb. 17, 2005)
  
• Bush Names Negroponte Intelligence Chief (Feb. 17, 2005)
  
• Bush Names Iraq Envoy as Nation's 1st Intelligence Chief (Feb. 17, 2005)
  
• U.S. Aides Cite Worry on Qaeda Infiltration From Mexico (Feb. 17, 2005)
  
• C.I.A. Is Seen as Seeking New Role on Detainees (Feb. 16, 2005)
  
• Official: Attack on U.S. May Be a 'Matter of Time' (Feb. 16, 2005)
  
• Chertoff Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary (Feb. 16, 2005)
  
• U.S. Defends Aviation Security Plan (Feb. 16, 2005)
  
• MD Prepares for Bio-terror (Feb. 15, 2005)
  
• TSA Chief Says Aviation Attacks Still Pose Greatest Risk (Feb. 15, 2005) 
  
• The U.S. Stands Accused of Kidnapping (Feb. 14, 2005)
  
• Gonzales Is Sworn In as Attorney General (Feb. 14, 2005)
  
• Senate Expected to OK Chertoff Nomination (Feb. 14, 2005)
  
• Bush Calls on Congress to Renew Anti - Terror Law (Feb. 14, 2005)
  
• Legal Community Divided Over Lynne Stewart's Conviction (Feb. 14, 2005)
  
• Judge Questions Gov't Response to Detainee (Feb. 13, 2005)
  
• Aussie Terror Suspect Says He Was Beaten (Feb. 13, 2005)
  
• Senate May Open Inquiry Into C.I.A.'s Handling of Suspects (Feb. 13, 2005)
  
• Moussaoui Tries to Block Report (Feb. 13, 2005)
  
• Lawsuit Seeks Release of Detainees (Feb. 12, 2005)
  
• Regretting the Bravado, a Convicted Lawyer Examines Her Options (Feb. 12, 2005)
  
• Lawyer to Appeal Terrorism Conviction (Feb. 11, 2005)
  
• Chertoff Vote Delayed Over FBI Memo Spat (Feb. 11, 2005)
  
• Lawyers Take Uneasy Look at the Future (Feb. 11, 2005)
  
• C.I.A. Interrogator's Defense to Cite Bush at Brutality Trial (Feb. 11, 2005)
  
• Antiterror Test to Follow Winds and Determine Airborne Paths (Feb. 11, 2005)
  
• U.S. Releases Document Citing Al Qaeda Threat (Feb. 11, 2005)
  
• Civil Rights Lawyer Is Convicted of Aiding Terrorists (Feb. 10, 2005)
  
• House approves electronic ID cards (Feb. 10, 2005)
  
• FAA Had 52 Pre - 9 / 11 Warnings (Feb. 10, 2005)
  
• Scholars to Study Terrorism at U-Md. (Feb. 10, 2005)
  
• ERs Get Bioterrorism Software (Feb. 9, 2005)
  
• Lawyers Level Guantanamo Torture Charges (Feb. 9, 2005)
  
• Court Is Asked to Settle Detainee Rulings (Feb. 9, 2005)
  
• Lawyer on Trial in Terror Case Finds Threat Left at Her Door (Feb. 9, 2005)
  
• Judge Orders Islamic Fund-Raiser Deported (Feb. 9, 2005)
  
• NYC Terror Trial Jurors Seek Judge Counsel (Feb. 8, 2005)
  
• Colleges Expand Homeland Security Courses (Feb. 8, 2005)
  
• U.S. to Hand France 3 Guantanamo Inmates (Feb. 8, 2005)
  
• Big Rise for F.B.I. in Antiterror War (Feb. 8, 2005)
  
• Judge to Inquire Into Secret Tapes of Terrorism Case Witness (Feb. 8, 2005)
  
• Committee Endorses Security Nominee (Feb. 8, 2005)
  
• Frozen Terror Funds May Go to Compensate Victims (Feb. 7, 2005)
  
• Britain's Tough Anti - Terror Laws Face New Hurdle (Feb. 7, 2005)
  
• Gitmo Detainees: U.S. Troops Abused Them (Feb. 7, 2005)
  
• City Weighs Plans to Deliver Medicine to Public After Attack (Feb. 7, 2005)
  
• Glance on Homeland Security Dept. Budget (Feb. 7, 2005)
  
• Bush Budget Calls for Cuts in Health Services (Feb. 5, 2005)
  
• For Jury in a Lawyer's Complex Terror Trial, the Strategy Seems to Be, 'Don't Rush Me' (Feb. 5, 2005)
  
• Homeland Security to Build Maryland Biological Defense Center (Feb. 4, 2005)
  
• Nominee Says U.S. Agents Abused Power After 9/11 (Feb. 3, 2005)
  
• CIA Ordered to Turn Over Prisoner Records (Feb. 3, 2005)
  
• On Videotape, Sheik Talks of Code Words and Money (Feb. 3, 2005)
  
• U.S. Asks Saudi Arabia to Indict Or Return Terrorism Suspect (Feb. 3, 2005)
  
• Infighting Cited at Homeland Security (Feb. 2, 2005)
  
• Pentagon Boosts Plan For Anthrax Inoculations (Feb. 2, 2005)
  
• Chertoff Promises to Balance Security, Civil Liberties (Feb. 2, 2005)
  
• White House Says Nominee Advised on Interrogations (Feb. 2, 2005)
  
• The Prosecutor Never Rests (Feb. 2, 2005)
  
• AP: Videos Show Guantanamo Prisoner Abuse (Feb. 2, 2005)
  
• White House Search for Intelligence Chief Stalled (Feb. 1, 2005)
  
• Judge Extends Legal Rights for Guantánamo Detainees (Feb. 1, 2005)
  
• N.Y. Using Terrorism Law To Prosecute Street Gang (Feb. 1, 2005)
  
• Chertoff Denies Advising C.I.A. on Torture (Feb. 1, 2005)
  
• Lawmakers Seek Oil, LNG Tanker Security Probe (Jan. 31, 2005)
  
• Terror Suspect in Britain Granted Bail (Jan. 31, 2005)
  
• Amid Praise, Doubts About Nominee's Post-9/11 Role (Jan. 31, 2005)
  
• Government to Fingerprint Hazmat Truckers (Jan. 31, 2005)
  
• Unrest on Campus Over Speaker Who Sees U.S. Role in 9/11 (Jan. 30, 2005)
  
• Australian's Long Path in U.S. Antiterrorism Maze (Jan. 29, 2005)
  
• Security Nominee Gave Advice to the C.I.A. on Torture Laws (Jan. 29, 2005)
  
• Accidents Spur New Focus on Securing U.S. Rail System (Jan. 29, 2005)
  
• Moussaoui Lawyers Ask Supreme Court Access to al Qaeda Witnesses (Jan. 29, 2005)
  
• Trial Begins for Alleged Terrorist Financiers (Jan. 28, 2005)
  
• Britain Offers Plan to Restrain, Not Jail, Foreign Terror Suspects (Jan. 27, 2005)
  
• Odd Detour Disturbs Terror Jury (Jan. 27, 2005)
  
• Judge Bars Terror Evidence Against Sheik (Jan. 26, 2005)
  
• Officials Rethinking Public Terror Alerts (Jan. 26, 2005)
  
• UK's Ex - Guantanamo Inmates Freed Without Charge (Jan. 26, 2005)
  
• States to Test ID Chips on Foreign Visitors (Jan. 26, 2005)
  
• Britain Seeks New Powers in Terror Fight (Jan. 26, 2005)
  
• FBI: Boston Terror Tip Was a False Alarm (Jan. 25, 2005)
  
• Bush Nominates Deputy At Homeland Security (Jan. 25, 2005)
  
• Suspected al - Qaida Backer's Assets Frozen (Jan. 25, 2005)
  
• Last UK Guantanamo Detainees Arrested on Return (Jan. 25, 2005)
  
• Study Finds Threat to Jets From Missiles; Cost Is Cited (Jan. 25, 2005)
  
• Security Beliefs Shape Political Attitudes (Jan. 24, 2005)
  
• 23 at Guantanamo Attempted Suicide in 2003 (Jan. 24, 2005)
  
• Counseling Urged for Guantanamo Detainees (Jan. 24, 2005)
  
• Authorities Doubt Motives of Tipster on Potential Terrorism (Jan. 22, 2005)
  
• Homeland Security Nominee Seeks to Bring Allies to Department (Jan. 21, 2005)
  
• FBI Adds Names in Probe of Possible Boston Threat (Jan. 21, 2005)
  
• Threat Leads Boston to Boost Security (Jan. 21, 2005)
  
• U.S. Bars 'Terrorists' From Canada (Jan. 21, 2005)
  
• Focus Changes in Terror Case Against Sheik (Jan. 20, 2005)
  
• Federal Judge Deals Setback to Guantánamo Bay Detainees (Jan. 20, 2005)
  
• Four Sought in Possible Boston Terror Threat (Jan. 19, 2005)
  
• Combatant Status Review Tribunals Update (Jan. 19, 2005)
  
• Mollusks Said Can Neutralize Toxin (Jan. 19, 2005)
  
• FBI Retires Controversial E - Mail Surveillance Tool (Jan. 19, 2005)
  
• Uncertain State of Security (Jan. 19, 2005)
  
• U.S. Homeland Security Efforts Irk Mayors (Jan. 18, 2005)
  
• High Court Sidesteps Guantanamo Bay Case (Jan. 18, 2005)
  
• U.S. Pushes Ship Security Rules as Global Standard (Jan. 18, 2005)
  
• U.S. Military Releases About 80 Afghans (Jan. 16, 2005)
  
• The First Hijackers (Jan. 16, 2005)
  
• Detainee Transfer Announced (Jan. 16, 2005)
  
• Bioterrorism War Game Shows Lack Of Readiness (Jan. 15, 2005)
  
• Boston to Conduct Drill on Terrorism (Jan. 15, 2005)
  
• As a Defendant, She Waits. As a Lawyer, She Works (Jan. 15, 2005)
  
• Biological Attack Likely By 2020, Report Warns (Jan. 14, 2005)
  
• U.S. Report Sees More Diffuse Terror Threat to 2020 (Jan. 14, 2005)
  
• Man Arrested After Ricin Seen in Fla. Home (Jan. 13, 2005)
  
• Study Calls for Public Health Preparedness Standards (Jan. 13, 2005) 
  
• Army to Fund Vaccine Treatment Centers (Jan. 13, 2005)
  
• Nomination May Revisit Case of Citizen Seized in Afghanistan (Jan. 13, 2005)
  
• U.S. Alert Prompts British Plane to Turn Back (Jan. 13, 2005)
  
• Matching Minds to Study Terror (Jan. 13, 2005)
  
• White House Fought New Curbs on Interrogations, Officials Say (Jan. 13, 2005)
  
• Jury Gets Case of Lawyer Accused of Aiding Terrorist (Jan. 12, 2005)
  
• Exiting Secretary Ridge Acknowledges Mistakes (Jan. 12, 2005)
  
• Relatives of 9/11 Victims Disband Group (Jan. 12, 2005)
  
• A High Level of Alert for the Inauguration (Jan. 12, 2005)
  
• Ridge Seeks Fingerprints on Passports (Jan. 12, 2005)
  
• Ridge Says U.S. Remains Top Al Qaeda Target (Jan. 12, 2005)
  
• Judge Dismisses No - Fly List Challenge (Jan. 12, 2005) 
  
• A DNA Success Raises Bioterror Concern (Jan. 12, 2005) 
  
• Supreme Court Limits Detention of Immigrants (Jan. 12, 2005) 
  
• Defense Rests, Assailing Case Against Lawyer for Sheik (Jan. 11, 2005)
  
• Ridge Outlines Security Efforts for Bush's Inauguration Ceremony (Jan. 11, 2005)   
  
• Homeland Security Nominee Gets Mixed Reception (Jan. 11, 2005)  
  
• Bush Picks Judge to Head Homeland Security (Jan. 11, 2005)
  
• Millions in al - Qaida Assets Stopped (Jan. 11, 2005)
  
• Report: Terror Witnesses' Visas Canceled (Jan. 11, 2005)
  
• CIA Director Cuts Meetings On Terrorism (Jan. 10, 2005)
• Guantanamo Takes on Look of Permanence (Jan. 10, 2005)
  
• Limits and Liabilities in the 'War on Terror' (Jan. 7, 2005) 
  
• Judge Drops Charges Vs. Ex - FBI Informant (Jan. 7, 2005)
  
• All Charges Are Dismissed in Spy Case Tied to F.B.I. (Jan. 7, 2005)
  
• Specter Expects Gonzales Confirmation (Jan. 7, 2005)
  
• TSA: Tests going well for Secure Flight (Jan. 7, 2005)
  
• Attorney General Nominee Hit for Prisoner Policy (Jan. 7, 2005)
  
• Gonzales Speaks Against Torture During Hearing (Jan. 7, 2005)
  
• A Security Blanket for Pennsylvania Avenue (Jan. 7, 2005)
  
• CIA Report Weighs in on Pre - 9 / 11 Lapses (Jan. 7, 2005)
  
• Specter Questions Patriot Act in Hearing (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Ridge: U.S. Hears Lull in Terror 'Chatter' (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Analysis: Gonzales Supports Wartime Powers (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• National Emergency Response Plan Unveiled (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Bush Expected to Seek Near - Freeze in Spending (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Possible Questions for Alberto Gonzales (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Ridge: Terror threat 'chatter' down (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Concern over radical relief group (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Homeland Security to release national emergency plan (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• U.S. to Unveil National Response Plan (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Pilots want warnings, training about laser dangers (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Terror Suspect Says He Was Tortured in Egypt – Wpost (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Gonzales Pledges to Abide by Treaties as Justice Dept. Chief (Jan. 6, 2005)   
  
• Attorneys Challenge U.S. on Terror Case (Jan.6, 2005) 
  
• U.S. to Launch Guantanamo Abuse Probe (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Newly Released Reports Show Early Concern on Prison Abuse (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• FluMist Sales Falling Short, Survey Finds (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• U.S. Military Probes FBI Guantanamo Abuse Claims (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Army Doctors Implicated in Abuse (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Gonzales's Clemency Memos Criticized (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Detainee Seeking to Bar His Transfer (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Timeline on Terror Prisoners' Treatment (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Bush Nominee Plans to Stand Firm on War-Captive Memo (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Homeland Security Goes Begging (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Radical Lawyer's Defense Claims Lack of Evidence (Jan. 6, 2005)
  
• Gonzales Promises Non - Torture Policy (Jan. 5, 2005)
  
• Possible Questions for Alberto Gonzales (Jan. 5, 2005)
  
• Defense Assails Terror Case Against Sheik's Lawyer (Jan. 5, 2005)
  
• Feds Probe Attempted Explosive Purchase (Jan. 5, 2005)
  
• Bush's Counsel Sought Ruling About Torture (Jan. 5, 2005)
  
• Gonzales Promises Non - Torture Policy (Jan. 5, 2005)
  
• Prosecution in Lawyer's Terror Trial Is Accused of Playing on Fear (Jan. 5, 2005)
  
• C.I.A. Chief Names Deputy and Ends Meetings (Jan. 5, 2005)
  
• Official calls for plan in case of flu pandemic (Jan. 5, 2005)
  
• Defense for Sheik and Aide Is Suspicious of Gaps in Tapes (Jan. 5, 2005)
  
• Gonzales Helped Set the Course for Detainees (Jan. 5, 2005)
  
• FBI Probes Man on Ties to Islamic Charity (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• 3 to Testify Against Gonzales at Hearing (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Ugly Truths About Guantanamo (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Battle to oversee Homeland Security (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Homeland security turf war is likely (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• N.J. man charged with pointing lasers at aircraft (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Trial Date Set for Radical Cleric in U.K. (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Ethiopian Torture Suspect Arrested in Ga. (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Gonzales' Nomination Concerns Ex – Officers (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Gonzales Torture Memo Controversy Builds (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Congress Urged to Fix Terror Oversight (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Six Terror Suspects Go on Trial in France (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Ex - FBI Agent Admits Giving Data to Traders (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Prosecution Concludes Case in Terror Trial (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Arrested Calif. Mosque Leader Leaves U.S. (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• House GOP creates permanent Homeland Security panel (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• Funding for Defense vaccine treatment centers in question again (Jan. 4, 2005)
  
• DHS Entry-Exit System Meets 2004 Goals Ahead of Schedule (Jan. 3, 2005)
  
• House speaker faces challenge on permanent Homeland Security panel (Jan. 3, 2005)
  
• U.S. begins screening immigrants at busiest land crossings (Jan. 3, 2005)
  
• U.S. Now Fingerprinting at 50 Crossings (Jan. 3, 2005)
  
• Terrorism Fight Prods NSA to Look Beyond Its Fortress (Jan. 3, 2005)
  
• Lugar Condemns Plan To Jail Detainees for Life (Jan. 3, 2005)
  
• Laser aimed at Chicago-bound jet (Jan. 3, 2005)
  
• US plans permanent Guantanamo jails (Jan. 3, 2005)
  
• Security for Bush inaugural exhaustive (Jan. 3, 2005)
  
• Tracking Down Immigrant Fugitives (Jan. 2, 2005)
  
• Long-Term Plan Sought For Terror Suspects (Jan. 2, 2005)
  
• Authorities Investigate Laser Beam Case (Jan. 2, 2005)
  
• F.B.I. Agent Who Wrote Critical Memo Retires From Agency at 50 (Jan. 2, 2005)


• Justice Dept. Toughens Rule on Torture (Jan. 1, 2005)
  
• Fresh Details Emerge on Harsh Methods at Guantánamo (Jan. 1, 2005)
  
• FBI questions people over lasers aimed at planes (Jan. 1, 2005)
  
• Congress Resists Key Recommendation of 9/11 Panel (Jan. 1, 2005)

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