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Top Department of Homeland Security officials on Sunday defended an agency intelligence assessment warning that veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan could be susceptible to recruitment by right-wing extremists, though one said it should have been
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AP, Cairo
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A Dutch lawmaker says he plans to make a sequel to the anti-Islamic movie that sparked protests among Muslims around the world last year.
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Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano says she regrets that some people took offense over a report warning that right-wing extremist groups were trying to recruit...
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AP, Washington
Civil liberties officials at the Homeland Security Department flagged language in a controversial report on right-wing extremists, but the agency issued the report...
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AP, Washington
A Homeland Security official says the department’s office of civil rights and civil liberties objected to some of the language in the now-contentious right-wing...
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AP, Washington
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says an agency report warning of potential heightened activity by right wing extremists violated nobody’s rights and...
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AP, Washington
Some Republicans are criticizing a Homeland Security Department intelligence assessment, saying it unfairly characterizes military veterans as right-wing extremists.
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AP, London
Britain will publicly list and ban entry of more than 200 people whose extremist views and “violent messages” are a threat to national security, the home...
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AP, London
Britain will publicly list and ban entry of over 200 people whose extremist views and “violent messages” are a threat to national security, the home...
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AP, London
Britain’s law and order chief says the government will publish lists of radical preachers and other extremists banned from entering the country.
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