500 inmates freed in attack on Abu Ghraib prison
The Baghdad prison was hit by a military-style raid Sunday night, freeing senior members of al Qaeda and others.
On Jul 22, 2013 by Audra Schroeder
State Department’s al-Qaeda spoof is a flop with Syrian audiences
A comedic overdub of a speech by al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri didn’t make the State Department many new friends.
On Jul 9, 2013 by Tim Sampson
Terrorists known for grisly murder photos return to Twitter
An Al Qaeda–affiliated group that threatened murder on Twitter and posted gruesome photographs of at least one victim was suspended for two weeks. Now it’s tweeting again.
On Feb 5, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Al Qaeda sites suffer DDoS attacks in advance of propaganda film
The terrorist group had planned to announce a return to power last week with the debut of a propaganda film, Salil al-Sawarim 3.
On Dec 20, 2012 by Curt Hopkins
Facebook helps prevent terroristic attack on Federal Reserve
An FBI informant used Facebook to communicate with—and ultimately stop—a 21-year-old Bangladeshi national who wanted to bomb the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan.
On Oct 18, 2012 by Fidel Martinez
7 best answers from David Copperfield, Mathew Lillard, and more
The best answers from the last week’s Reddit interviews are just a click away.
On Jun 5, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Al-Qaeda Web forums suffer sustained outage, baffling experts
At least five sites have been taken down, leading to speculation about a cyberattack.
On Apr 2, 2012 by Kris Holt
Donald Rumsfeld and others take to Twitter after the death of al-Awlaki
Reaction to the death of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American cleric with ties to Al Qaeda, spread quickly and varied strongly on Twitter.
On Sep 30, 2011 by Fernando Alfonso III
Counterterrorist agent’s turn to get grilled
Reddit quizzes Ali Soufan, author of “The Black Banners,” on his years as an FBI agent. Can crowdsourced Q&A dig deep?
On Sep 26, 2011 by Kevin Morris
In Reddit and CNN’s battle of the Sikh photo, nobody wins
Sometimes a photo of a Sikh is just a photo of a Sikh. But on the Internet? Things rarely stay that simple.
On May 10, 2011 by Grant Robertson
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