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Search results for "Sept. 11" ...
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright examines the rise of terrorist organization al-Qaeda, and how the U.S. intelligence community was unable to check it. Sources included Arabic press, captured al-Qaeda documents, jihadis and members of U.S. and Saudi Arabian intelligence.
Tags: al-Qaeda; Osama Bin Laden; terrorist groups; extremists; hijacking; terroorist attacks; Sept. 11, 2001
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9/11 Money Trough
The series examined what happened to the $21.4 billion that President Bush promised to help New York City recover in the aftermath of Sept. 11. The results are disheartening, finding widespread waste, fraud and mismanagement.
Tags: terrorism; 9/11; fraud; Government Accountability Office; FEMA; Ground Zero; World Trade Center; Federal Aid; SBA disaster loans
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Sept 11 - Lax loans
The governments $5 billion effort to help small businesses recover from the Sept 11 attacks was so loosely managed that it gave low-interest loans to companies that didn't need terrorism relief - or even know they were getting it.
Tags: 9/11; World Trade Center attacks; federal loans; small business loans; FOIA; NICAR; Small Business Administration; disaster loans
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The Illusion of Homeland Security
"The series questioned the common assumptions that lawmakers, policy leaders and law-enforcement officials had a meaningful and strategic plan to fight and thwart terrorists in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The research done in these stories showed that U.S. Department of Homeland Security grants were not based on risk, but were distributed and spent like entitlements, often without a concerted plan. Furthermore, supposed successes by the U.S. Department of Justice in rounding up would-be terrorists were found to be trumped up once the facts behind the statistics were unearthed."
Tags: FOIA; terrorism; homeland security; defense; money; government grants; government spending
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Security fears at Newark Airport
This series of stories examines the security deficiencies at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the three airports breached by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. More than two years after Sept. 11, thousands of bags each day are not being scanned for explosives and security checkpoints remain seriously understaffed, the newspaper found. Subsequent stories revealed equipment problems, security lapses and significant employee absences by security personnel.
Tags: airport security; Newark Liberty International Airport; Sept. 11; TSA; Transportation Security Administration
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Dubai's Financial Centre Troubled by Insider Deals
"Dubai, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East, promised to tighten lax financial rules that allowed the 9/11 terrorists to launder their money there. Prompted partly by this promise, many large banks, including some in the United States, formally expressed their interest in investing in the new Dubai International Financial Centre, designed to diversify the country's oil-based economy. However, Simeon Kerr's investigation revealed that the Centre's chairman, and by extension its CEO, and a board member were involved in questionable inside property and construction deals that besmirched the Centre's reputation."
Tags: contracts; money laundering; Sept. 11; banking; investment; finance
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Missing the Target: A flawed plan to protect the homeland
Throughout its counties, California officials deal with the misappropriation of homeland security funding. Some of the smaller counties used the anti-terrorism funding for such minor repairs such as fixing courthouse doors, instead of becoming better prepared for future terrorist attacks. The money, approved by Congress to help officials better prepare for potential terrorist attacks, was distributed to the states following Sept. 11. "The federal government gave money to states ito parcel out in an attempt to get everyone talking about how to prepare for another terror attack. But that level of planning isn't happening."
Tags: terror funding; September 11; Determined Promise '04; homeland security grants
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Unclear Danger: Inside the Lackawanna terror case
In the spring of 2001, seven young Yemeni-American from Lackawanna, New York went to Afghanistan to train for Jihad. What followed is one of the most intense and high profile terrorism cases since Sept. 11. The story offers the perfect backdrop for a story about how terrorist cases are pursued in the wake of the Patriot Act.
Tags: jihad; al qaeda; buffalo; sleeper cell; terrorist; bombing; yemen
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Anti-Terror Funds Buy Wide Array of Pet Projects
The Washington Post traced the path of the region's first wave of homeland security aid from its distribution through its final use, a trail that has been largely unexamined by federal regulators. The reporters found that much of the $324 million directed to the Washington region after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks remained unspent or was funding projects with questionable connections to homeland security. The analysis included a review of contracts, grant proposals, and purchasing databases. Results showed millions were spent on items such as leather jackets for police officers.
Tags: anti-terrorism; anti-terrorism funds; terrorism; homeland security; Prince George's County prosecutors; Congress; The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments; World Trade Center; Pentagon; Department of Homeland Security; Bethesda-Chevy Chase Fire Squad; Tom Ridge; District of Columbia Hospital Association; Psychiatric Institute of Washington; Kroll Government Services; bioterrorism; Prince William County; D.C. Department of Mental Health; D.C. Emergency Management Agency; anthrax; Montgomery County; Fairfax County; Federal Communications Commission
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In hard times, shelters empty beds
After Sept. 11, domestic violence shelters suffered a major financial blow, sometimes losing federal, state and local funding. To supplement their funding, some shelters have turned to unique forms of raising money.
Tags: Battered women; abuse; Sept. 11; economy