terrorism

Boise Man Arrested On Terrorism Charges

Jessica Robinson — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:14 +0000

Federal agents arrested a man in Idaho Thursday suspected of conspiring to support a terrorist organization in Central Asia. Thirty-year-old Fazliddin Kurbanov is from Uzbekistan and lives in Boise.

Two federal grand juries – one in Idaho and one in Utah – handed down a total of four terrorism-related charges against Kurbanov. Federal authorities say he attempted to help the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan with money and computer software between August 2012 and May 2013.

Fear Tactics: A History Of Domestic Terrorism

Producer — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:16:33 +0000

Coming up on Spotlight on Monday, April 29 at 8:00 p.m.

On September 16, 1920, a bomb exploded on Wall Street as workers took their lunch break. The explosion killed 38 people and injured hundreds. The targets? What today we’d call “the one percent” — powerful financiers who ran J.P. Morgan & Co. The Wall Street attack remained the deadliest terrorist bombing in the US until Oklahoma City in 1995. But at the time, people saw it as just one more bombing in a long string of anarchist attacks that historian Beverly Gage calls America's “First Age of Terror.”

Gage and the American History Guys explore the origins of domestic terrorism in the United States and the question of what kinds of people and movements have been identified as “terrorist.” The program traces the relationship between “terror” and the state; considers lynching as a tactic of terrorism; and takes a look at a little known and unfinished Jack London novel, in which the author grapples with the question: When, if ever, is terrorism justified?

Seattle Man Gets 18 Years For Terror Plot

John Ryan — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:59:07 +0000

A Seattle man received an 18-year prison sentence on terrorism charges on Monday after plotting to attack a military installation in South Seattle.

Man Who Plotted Attack On Seattle Military Complex Sentenced To 18 Years

Associated Press — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:08:33 +0000

SEATTLE (AP) -- A man who plotted to attack a Seattle military complex with machine guns and grenades has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Not So Extraordinary Rendition? Comparing Bush And Obama Policies

Ross Reynolds — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:00:00 +0000

When Barack Obama became president he announced a ban on torture and an end to the CIA’s secret prison network. But how exactly is the Obama administration handling terrorism suspects detained abroad? And what’s the difference from the Bush administration?

Ross Reynolds talks with American University law professor, Stephen Vladeck, about how the two administrations compare when it comes to the issue of rendition.