Iran arrests Sunni rebel accused of links with U.S.

TEHRAN -- Iranian authorities have arrested the fugitive leader of the country's main Sunni Muslim insurgent group, Iran's minister of interior told reporters Tuesday.

Najibullah Zazi pleads guilty in New York subway bomb plot

An airport shuttle bus driver who plotted to detonate potent explosives in New York's subway system pleaded guilty Monday for his role in a "martyrdom operation" that authorities called one of the most serious terrorism plots on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001.

At the RealScreen Summit, a blurring of lines between films, message and money

People at the RealScreen Summit, an annual conclave for the documentary and reality television crowd, use verbs like "monetize." And they're not being ironic.

After Texas crash, a debate on terror threat of small planes

GEORGETOWN, TEX. -- After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, cockpit doors were sealed, air marshals were added and airport searches became more aggressive, all to make sure airliners could never again be used as weapons. Yet little has been done to guard against attacks with smaller planes.

Iran might be seeking to develop nuclear weapons capability, inspectors say

U.N. nuclear inspectors, citing evidence of an apparently ongoing effort by Iran to obtain new technologies, publicly suggested for the first time Thursday that the country is actively seeking to develop a weapons capability.

Afghan Taliban's second in command captured in Karachi

The Afghan Taliban's second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, was captured last week in Karachi during a joint operation by Pakistan's intelligence service and the CIA, according to U.S. and Pakistani sources.

Cheney criticizes Obama on national security policy, and Biden fires back

Vice President Biden and his predecessor, Richard B. Cheney, engaged in a virtual debate Sunday that highlighted how little progress has been made over the past year -- and across consecutive administrations -- in resolving the central national security questions raised by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and their aftermath.

Christmas Day bomb suspect was read Miranda rights nine hours after arrest

The 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of attempting to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day was read his Miranda rights nine hours after his arrest, according to a detailed chronology released Sunday by senior administration officials.

Under Obama, more targeted killings than captures in counterterrorism efforts

When a window of opportunity opened to strike the leader of al-Qaeda in East Africa last September, U.S. Special Operations forces prepared several options. They could obliterate his vehicle with an airstrike as he drove through southern Somalia. Or they could fire from helicopters that could land at the scene to confirm the kill. Or they could try to take him alive.

Document confirms CIA '74 mission to lift sunken Soviet sub

In 1974, far out in the Pacific, a U.S. ship pretending to be a deep-sea mining vessel fished a sunken Soviet nuclear-armed submarine out of the ocean depths, took what it could of the wreck and made off to Hawaii with its purloined prize.

U.S. launches major surge against Taliban in Afghanistan

CAMP LEATHERNECK, AFGHANISTAN -- Thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers traveling in helicopters and mine-resistant vehicles began punching into a key Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan early Saturday, as the largest military operation since 2001 to assert government control over this country got underway.

2008 habeas ruling may pose snag as U.S. weighs indefinite Guantanamo detentions

The case against Saeed Mohammed Saleh Hatim seemed ironclad.