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How to find low hanging DoD spending cut fruit
US sending big helicopters to help flood relief, Pentagon says Rolling Stone writer denied embed
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Defense , Jim McAleese , Rolling Stone , spending cuts
Holbrooke says war is win-able
Difficult but the war in Afghanistan can succeed. The words of Richard Holbrook, the top U.S envoy in Afghanistan and Pakistan yesterday before Congress at an oversight hearing on money being spent on the nine year old war in Afghanistan. Lawmakers expressed concern about corruption that's eaten up millions of dollars. Holbrooke said this is the toughest job he's ever had.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , Afghanistan , Richard Holbrook , Congress , J.J. Green
Taliban planning attacks in Washington
U.S. law enforcement officials would not comment on the investigation or intelligence suggesting that as many as a half dozen plots may have been in the works.
Tags: Faisal Shahzad , Taliban , Times Square bombing , counterterrorism , New York City , Barack Obama , Department of Justice , Osama bin Laden , al-Qaida , Baitullah Meshud , J.J. Green
The Hunt: Shahzad a lone wolf?
Authorities say the man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square is cooperating with investigators. But they say it's still unclear what motivated Faisal Shahzad and whether he was working alone. National Security Correspondent JJ Green has more in The Hunt
Tags: Federal Drive , The Hunt , JJ Green
The U.S. sending Money to Pakistan
The United States plans give the Pakistani government $600 million to pay for military operations they've undertaken in the last 12 months. A pentagon spokesman says, "There has been some concern on the Pakistani's part about the rate at which they are reimbursed for Coalition Support Funds for their efforts in the war on terror on our behalf within their borders." The U.S. owes Pakistan about $2 billion dollars.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green
Man Convicted of Terrorist Financing
Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari pleaded guilty in September to charges of terrorism financing and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Judge Alvin Hellerstein sentenced him to 121 months, plus three years of supervised release. He faced up to 20 years behind bars. The Associated Press reports Alishtari was operating a phony loan investment program when he met the undercover agent. Prosecutors said he accepted an unspecified amount of money from the agent to transfer $152,500 he believed was being sent to Pakistan and Afghanistan to support a terrorist training camp. Alishtari, also known as Michael Mixon, thought the money would be used to buy night vision goggles, medical supplies and other equipment and advised the agent he had to be "three steps away" from the money so it could not be traced back to him. Defense attorneys had initially argued that Alishtari was more interested in potential profits from his loan business than in terrorism activity.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , Rerrorist , Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari , Alvin Hellerstein , Michael Mixon , Afghanistan
Big Arrest or Big Show
The capture of Taliban's #2 could be more than just great intelligence work
Tags: security , Baradar , CIA
Terrorist killed in missile strike
Pakistani officials say a Filipino militant wanted by the United States was killed in an American drone strike earlier this month. Abdul Basit Usman was reportedly killed on Jan. 14 close to the Afghan border. The State Department's list of most-wanted terrorists identifies Usman as a bomb-making expert with links to the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf militant group and the Southeast Asian Jemaah Islamiyah network.
Tags: technology , Pentagon , terrorist , State Department
The Hunt: Pakistan's nukes at risk
A security expert says technology, lack of government control and tension between the U.S. and Pakistan have extended the lifespan of al Qaida. Doug Wankle is a Managing Partner of the Spectre Group. In this week's edition of The Hunt, Wankle tells FederalNewsRadio National Security Correspondent JJ Green that Pakistan's nukes are at risk.
Tags: security , The Hunt , Nukes ,
60 Miles To Disaster
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