“The Secret Service is investigating the circumstances surrounding an eye-opening Facebook poll that asked whether Obama should be assassinated, a Secret Service spokesman confirms to us. ‘We are taking the appropriate investigative steps,’ the spokesman, Ed Donovan, told our reporter, Amanda Erickson. ‘We are aware of it.’ The poll asked: ‘Should Obama be killed?’ It [...]

“Disputes between House and Senate versions of the FY 2010 appropriations measure for the Department of Homeland Security remain unresolved as the end of the fiscal year approaches, and are not likely to get solved in the next two days. The Senate version of the funding measure requires Homeland Security to build 700 miles of [...]

“Two men charged in North Carolina last month with plotting terrorist attacks overseas also planned to attack the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, authorities said on Thursday. The two were among seven suspects arrested in August for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and for conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure [...]

“An Illinois man was ordered held on Thursday on charges he tried to blow up a federal building in the state capital, a case unrelated to the New York terrorism plot. Michael Finton, also known as Talib Islam, was arrested in Springfield, Illinois, and charged with attempted murder of federal officers or employees and trying [...]

“Federal authorities arrested a 19-year-old Jordanian citizen whom they said placed an inactive car bomb today at Fountain Place, a 60-story skyscraper in downtown Dallas. Hosam Maher Husein Smadi has repeatedly voiced his intent to serve Osama bin Laden and al-Qa’ida and commit ‘violent Jihad,’ authorities said in a prepared statement” (Source: Man arrested in [...]

“New concerns are swirling about potential terror attacks on stadiums, hotels, and other places where large numbers of people gather. These concerns are outlined in a new warning from federal counterterrorism agents to police around the country. The bulletins went out Tuesday, urging police to be on guard anywhere people come together in groups. The [...]

“A fast-growing FBI data-mining system billed as a tool for hunting terrorists is being used in hacker and domestic criminal investigations, and now contains tens of thousands of records from private corporate databases, including car-rental companies, large hotel chains and at least one national department store, declassified documents obtained by Wired.com show. Headquartered in Crystal [...]

“Counterterrorism officials have issued security bulletins to police around the nation about terrorists’ desire to attack stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels – the latest in a flurry of such internal warnings as investigators chase a possible bomb plot in Denver and New York.” (Source: Terrorism security alerts add stadiums, hotels)

“Law enforcement officials say the alleged terror plot against New York City may be ‘still alive’ despite the arrest of its alleged ringleader, 24-year-old Najibullah Zazi of Denver, Colorado. “ (Source: NY Terror Plot: Officials Worried Attack Plan Could Still be Lurking – ABC News)