It's not often we learn about the secret world of government-paid hackers, but when we do, it's fascinating to see how they they leave their mark.
There's some very disturbing news out of Yemen today: A suicide bomber dressed in military uniform detonated explosives in the middle of a parade rehearsal, and according to reports killed at least 96 and wounded at least 300. Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility.
On Sunday, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said whoever leaked the underwear bomber story must be prosecuted. Does that include White House officials?
The Secretary General of the United Nations says he believes al-Qaeda is responsible for two massive bombs that killed 55 people in Damascus last week.
The heat is on a U.S. official responsible for leaking details of al Qaeda's disrupted bomb plot to the Associated Press.
It's difficult to exaggerate the value of the sting operation that foiled Al Qaeda's latest underwear bomb plot.
Somewhere, secretly, some American spies deserve a pat on the back and a hero's high five for thwarting an Al Qaeda bomb plot that was supposed to bring down a United States-bound plane.
Sprinkled between rants about mobilizing jihadi fighters and destroying the United States, there's an a lot of commentary about the American media in the recently released Osama bin Laden letters. The only problem is that Bin Laden probably didn't write these things.
Original document buffs, today is your lucky day: The U.S. government has finally released a trove of 17 documents declassified after the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbotabad, and you can download them in full from the Combatting Terrorism Center.
Infamous terrorist network Al Qaeda may be many terrible things but it's no Anders Breivik.
Is Al Qaeda "in ruins" or "far from defeated"? On the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, it's impossible to say.
In a major embarrassment for U.S. and Pakistani intelligence officials, new details reveal that the world's most-wanted terrorist wasn't exactly keeping a low-profile in the aftermath of 9/11.
Several attacks and car bombings across Iraq today have killed at least 55 people and injured hundreds more. The Iraqi Interior Ministry called it a "frantic race" by insurgents to undermine the nation's stability.
There are reports from the Philippines that government forces killed Zulkifli bin Hir, a man with links to Al Qaeda, for whom the United States posted a $5 million bounty.
Around 15 al Qaeda militants busted out of a jail in the city of Aden today, making it the fourth jailbreak by al Qaeda in the past eight years, which makes having an al Qaeda prison in Yemen not like having one at all.
In exchange for releasing Warren Weinstein, a 70-year-old American aid worker who they may or may not be holding captive, al Qaeda is demanding an end to airstrikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen; the release of Taliban suspects worldwide; and the release of all Guantanamo detainees.
For instance: did the drone strike violate the constitutional guarantee to due process?
The terrorist group is a little to eager to claim credit for 9/11
An unnamed official says Abu Hafs al-Shahri was killed earlier this week
New York and D.C. police on alert as Sunday's memorial approaches
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