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Reflections After Reporting In Yemen

There is growing concern over al-Qaeda's ability to operate in Yemen. Sudarsan Raghavan, Baghdad bureau chief for The Washington Post, discusses his impressions of the situation in the country following a recent two-month reporting trip there.

Reflections After Reporting In Yemen

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TSA Officers Among Lowest Paid Of Federal Workers

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TSA Officers Among Lowest Paid Of Federal Workers

As painful as the security screening process can be for travelers, it's no picnic for transportation security officers. The salaries for TSOs, who are on the front lines of the battle to keep the skies safe, start at about $25,000 a year. They also have one of the highest injury rates.

TSA Officers Among Lowest Paid Of Federal Workers

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Monday

Yemen Rewarded For Tougher Stance On Al-Qaida

A Yemeni soldier operates at the checkpoint on the northern entrance of the capital, San'a, on Jan. 13. Nasser Nasser/AP hide caption

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Yemen Rewarded For Tougher Stance On Al-Qaida

In a sharp change of direction, the government in Yemen is showing a willingness to counter the growing presence of al-Qaida. Airstrikes and raids have been carried out on suspected al-Qaida operatives over the past month. In exchange, there has been a spike in military aid from the Obama administration.

Yemen Rewarded For Tougher Stance On Al-Qaida

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Bomb Plot Suspect Tied To Alleged U.K. Terrorists

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused in the attempted Christmas Day airliner attack, had contacts with at least two suspected terrorists while a student in London, investigators tell NPR. Intelligence officials have linked him to a suspect in a 2006 plot against airliners and to a man implicated in a plan to behead a Muslim soldier.

Bomb Plot Suspect Tied To Alleged U.K. Terrorists

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Thursday

What Makes A Terrorist?

A young Nigerian man attempts to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day; an 88-year-old white supremacist opens fire in Washington, D.C.'s Holocaust Museum. Experts on extremism in the U.S. and abroad examine the psychology of terrorism.

What Makes A Terrorist?

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The Shootings At Fort Hood

Army Doctors May Face Discipline For Fort Hood

The Army said it's going to decide whether psychiatrists at Walter Reed Army Medical Center "failed to take appropriate action" against shooting suspect Nidal Hasan and were "derelict" in their duties. Among the doctors apparently under investigation is the only supervisor who actively tried to kick Hasan out of the psychiatry program.

Army Doctors May Face Discipline For Fort Hood

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Wednesday

FBI Obtained Phone Records Illegally, Report Says

FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies Wednesday on Capitol Hill on the bureau's counterterrorism efforts. During the hearing, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy confronted Mueller on a report that was released by the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General saying the FBI illegally obtained thousands of Americans' telephone records during the Bush administration. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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FBI Obtained Phone Records Illegally, Report Says

The FBI illegally obtained thousands of Americans' telephone records during the Bush administration, according to a scathing report released Wednesday by the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General. The report describes how the FBI got them without going through formal channels.

FBI Obtained Phone Records Illegally, Report Says

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Officials Take Blame For Christmas Day Security Gaps

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Officials Take Blame For Christmas Day Security Gaps

In hearings on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Obama administration officials accepted blame for intelligence failures leading to the attempted attack on a Detroit-bound plane. Republicans questioned why the suspect is being tried in federal, rather than military, courts.

Officials Take Blame For Christmas Day Security Gaps

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Nigerian Bomb Plot Suspect Had Upscale Upbringing

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, here in Milan, Mich., was charged in federal court Dec. 28, 2009, with trying to detonate an explosive device on a Dec. 25 flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. U.S. Marshals Service/AP hide caption

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Nigerian Bomb Plot Suspect Had Upscale Upbringing

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound trans-Atlantic airliner on Christmas Day, spent much of his life outside his native Nigeria. But those who remember him from his days in Kaduna are trying to sort out what went wrong with this unassuming boy.

Nigerian Bomb Plot Suspect Had Upscale Upbringing

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Monday

Chinese Attack On Google Seen As Cybertheft

Someone is stealing the secrets of one of the most innovative companies on the planet. China experts say this may be the real story behind Google's threat to pull out of China.

Chinese Attack On Google Seen As Cybertheft

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National

Report: U.S. Failed To Connect Dots In Airline Plot

After Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian accused of attempting to blow up a Northwest airliner, was taken into custody, it was revealed that U.S. intelligence had been warned by his father that he was involved with jihadist groups in Yemen — and that U.S. intelligence had picked up word out of Yemen about a Nigerian who was about to do something. Now, the New York Times is reporting that U.S. intelligence had picked up a lot more than that, and still failed to connect the dots. New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti talks to Robert Siegel about his report.

Report: U.S. Failed To Connect Dots In Airline Plot

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Saturday

Haiti Quake: Ruin And Recovery

Quake Prompts Respite For Haitians Illegally In U.S.

Bowing to pressure from Congress, the Obama administration said Friday that tens of thousands of Haitian immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally will be allowed to stay for the next year and a half. That means that none will be deported to their devastated homeland for now. But any Haitians who attempt to flee to the U.S. will be sent back.

Quake Prompts Respite For Haitians Illegally In U.S.

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Thursday

New Airport Body Scans Don't Detect All Weapons

A man stands inside a backscatter scanner at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Backscatter technology uses low-level X-rays to detect hidden metallic and nonmetallic objects, such as weapons and explosives, without physical contact. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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New Airport Body Scans Don't Detect All Weapons

The Transportation Security Administration is about to put hundreds of high-tech scanners in U.S. airports to deter terrorists. The scanners use a technology called backscatter X-ray. It's impressive, but some say it's far from perfect

New Airport Body Scans Don't Detect All Weapons

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Tuesday

Timeline: Al-Qaida Attacks

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Timeline: Al-Qaida Attacks

The attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit is just the latest in a string of attacks that have been linked to al-Qaida, the terrorist network led by Osama bin Laden, and its affiliates. Here is a timeline of attacks and bombing plots claimed by or linked to al-Qaida — either directly or indirectly — over a nearly two-decade span.