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Small-Time Terrorists
The article raises questions about both the government's case and the true motivation of four small-time crooks who got caught up in a terror plot.
Tags: Terrorist; Terror; Small-Time Crooks; Village Voice
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National Security and Terrorism Beat
The Brian Ross Investigative Unit looked at various national security issues including the Seattle Bomb Plot, the killing of Osama bin Laden, the war in Libya, the killing of Anwar al Awlaki and the killing of a Saudi ambassador to the U.S. that was thought to have been sought by the Iranian government.
Tags: broadcast; terrorism; Seattle Bomb Plot; Osama bin Laden; Libya; Anwar al Awlaki; national security
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Brian Ross Investigates: The Printer Bomb Plot
Exclusive reports reveal key details in the plot to send packages containing explosive devices to the US. ABC's stories include the first identification of the suspect and the first photo of the suspected package.
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"Tracking a Terrorist"
After the Sept. 11, 2009, FBI raids in New York, the 9Wants to Know team caught wind that a Denver man was connected with the national terror plot. They were the first team to interview the suspected terrorist. They tracked down the chemicals he planned to use and how he planned to carry out his attack.
Tags: Najibullah Zazi; terrorist; Denver; FBI raids
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Economic Stress Map
The AP Economic Stress Map was conceived as a way to graphically analyze the impact of the recession on American communities, and to track changes over time. The map was first published on May 17, 2009 and is updated monthly. It plots three key economic indicators: unemployment; foreclosures; and bankruptcies.
Tags: economic meltdown; foreclosures; bankruptcies; unemployment; mapping; US; America; United States
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Dateline NBC: Inside the Cell
Dateline NBC investigates an alleged terrorist plot to blow up a transatlantic airliner in flight using liquid explosives concealed as sports drinks. Some critics challenged the viability of the plot and the new security measures restricting liquids on airplanes. However, Dateline discovered the conspiracy was far more developed than the public had known and that plotters had received direction from individuals linked to al-Qaida's senior leadership.
Tags: al-Qaida; terrorism; airline; explosive; Pakistan; counterterrorism; Great Britain; London
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Where Are Houston's Cops
KTRK-TV investigated just how many police are patrolling Houston's streets. They found an average of 286 officers "patrolling America's fourth largest city at any given time; less than 200 at 2:00 in the morning when crime is near its peak." They then "went several steps further plotting the department's patrol car GPS data." They "looked at normal patrol times, shift changes, crime peaks, and a few high profile crime areas." Afterwards they made it interactive and posted it on the Web.
Tags: crime; police; police officers; police force; police department; patrols; mapping; Houston;
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Living Nightmare
This investigation exposes a dramatic revenge plot, in which a Fresno County jail guard spent nearly ten months sending at least a dozen racially charged letters to violent gang members, all in the name of machine operator Paul Perry, who angered the guard over a traffic ticket.
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A Heartless Doctor
"A young cardiac surgeon from the Bialystok clinic wanted to take revenge on the head of the ward. He arranged a plot with two criminals and several policeman from the department against corruption, although the latter was an honest man."
Tags: Poland; Tomasz Hirnle
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Six Feet Underhanded
Seattle Weekly discovered that bodies were being buried in wrong plots and cremated when they should be planted. Also funeral employees were disrespectful of privacy of the bodies of they were to bury and the families.
Tags: funerals; coffins; bodies; funeral director; embalmers;