Controversy and Change: Navigating the Reauthorization of FISA's Section 702
The US House of Representatives passed a two-year reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial expiring warrantless surveillance law, earlier this year. Democrats and Republicans alike criticized the move. Former President Donald Trump urged his allies in Congress to “Kill FISA” days before the House passed the two-year reauthorization. [...]
Pakistan man sentenced to 40 years for planned al Qaeda attack
A Pakistani man on Tuesday was sentenced to 40 years in prison for planning to bomb a shopping center in Manchester, as well as other plans to attack New York City and Copenhagen. Abid Naseer, a 29-year-old extremist who...
The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Friday charged Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, a US citizen, with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. The court issued a complaint and...
Senator Rand Paul's Lawsuit Has a Good Chance of Success on the Merits
Ronald Sievert, University of Texas School of Law
A jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday convicted naturalized American citizen Adis Medunjanin for his role in a conspiracy to bomb the New York City subway system in...
Suspected terrorist Adis Medunjanin pleaded not guilty Friday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York to charges of participating in a plot to detonate a bomb inside the New...
Federal authorities arrested a Chicago man Tuesday night on suspicion that he planned to travel to Somalia and train with terrorist groups there in order to become a suicide bomber. Acording to a complaint filed...
DOJ announces charges against al Qaeda members for NYC subway bomb plot
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced charges against five members of al Qaeda allegedly involved in the New York City subway bomb plot in September 2009. The attempted bombing...
A New York man pleaded guilty Friday for plotting to bomb the New York City subway system in 2009. Zarein Ahmedzay appeared before US magistrate judge Steven Gold on charges of conspiracy to...
Federal judge orders cleric to leave country for lying to FBI about New York subway plot
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Thursday ordered Imam Ahmad Afzali to leave the country within 90 days. Afzali pleaded guilty in March to...
