Maggie Ybarra

U.S. citizens want Justice Dept. to indict Hamas officials for war crimes

A group of U.S. citizens is asking the Department of Justice to indict members of Hamas for war crimes associated with the 2014 missile strikes on Israel's main international airport.

March 31, 2015

Libya calls for global task force to create anti-terrorism charter

The Embassy of Libya chargé d'affaires is calling for a global task force to produce an international charter that establishes laws for how nations can react to the whims of radical religious groups that commit acts of terrorism.

March 30, 2015

Federal agents charged with stealing bitcoins

Two former federal agents were charged Monday in federal court of stealing digital currency, known as bitcoins, during a probe of an online black market that allowed users to conduct illegal transactions.

March 30, 2015

Obama admin declassifies Israel nuke secrets in wake of Netanyahu visit

The Obama administration has declassified a secret Pentagon document from 1987, which shows how Israel developed new nuclear technologies and kinetic energy weapons in the 1970s and 1980s.

March 27, 2015

Con man with fake gov’t IDs sentenced to prison

A federal judge sentenced a 55-year-old Florida man to a year and a day in prison for possessing fake government identification badges, including one designed to help him pass as a special agent for the Pentagon's Defense Criminal Investigative Service.

March 27, 2015

Chuck Grassley, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, asks for investigation of FBI program

Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking the Department of Justice's Inspector General to investigate claims of nepotism and favoritism in an FBI surveillance program.

March 27, 2015

Hasan Edmonds, U.S. National Guardsman, arrested for trying to join Islamic State, authorities say

The FBI has arrested a U.S. National Guardsman from Illinois suspected of trying to join Islamic State group. The man allegedly tried to enlist the help of his cousin.

March 26, 2015

Abdullah Abdullah of Afghanistan worries about Islamic State’s presence in his nation

Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah urged caution on Thursday about the amount of power that the Islamic State has been able to wield in Afghanistan following reports that the terror group has begun to recruit and gain supporters in the country.

March 26, 2015

FBI needs better intelligence analysis: report

The FBI has a hard time keeping up with evolving terrorist threats because of the agency's slow pace in improving its intelligence-collection abilities, according to a new Sept. 11 Review Commission report.

March 25, 2015

Intel community wary of Islamic State influence on U.S. citizens

The intelligence community's inability to identify Americans who are susceptible to the "siren song" of the Islamic State before they make their way to Syria to fight alongside the extremist group is troubling lawmakers and the country's top spies.

March 25, 2015

FBI faces challenges keeping up with counterterrorism, needs better intelligence collection: report

The FBI is challenged in keeping up with evolving terrorist threats due to the slow pace at which the agency is moving toward improving its intelligence-collection abilities, according to a new 9/11 Review Commission report.

March 25, 2015

Operation Choke Point victims, small business owners, decry government overreach

Allison Deguisne, the owner of a small chain of Westshore Cash and Loan, says she will stop running the two-shop operation by the end of the month, and she blames federal government regulators.

March 24, 2015

Michael Hayden, ex-CIA director: U.S. looks like a nation ‘in retreat’ combating Islamic terrorists

Former CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden said the U.S. looks like a "nation in retreat" as it withdraws its U.S. diplomats and military officers from failing countries like Libya, Syria and Yemen — countries that are becoming a breeding ground for Islamic extremism.

March 24, 2015

George Zimmerman has no ‘survivor guilt’ over Trayvon Martin’s death

George Zimmerman said in a newly released video that someone like him cannot feel guilty for surviving the type of deadly altercation that led to Trayvon Martin's death.

March 23, 2015

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Wisconsin voter ID law

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal to overturn Wisconsin's voter identification law, upsetting civil rights activists concerned the law discourages minorities from casting their ballot.

March 23, 2015

Former Army finance officers sentenced for embezzlement

A federal court has sentenced two former Army finance officers to four years and nine months in prison for embezzling more than $2.7 million that was supposed to pay for a U.S. military training mission in Saudi Arabia.

March 23, 2015

Obama: Congress endangers national security with Loretta Lynch delay

President Obama is accusing Congress of playing politics with law enforcement and national security by holding hostage attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch in exchange for leverage on legislation.

March 21, 2015

Protests over Brandon Tate-Brown shooting leads to arrests in Philadelphia

Ten people have been charged with disorderly conduct after they pushed police officers and threw chairs at a Philadelphia community meeting in response to the district attorney's decision not to press charges in a fatal police-involved shooting.

March 20, 2015

Islamic State chemical attack possible at home, U.S. officials say

Lawmakers and municipal officials are growing increasingly concerned about the Islamic State's efforts to obtain and use chemical weapons to attack soft targets within the United States.

March 19, 2015

House mulls bill letting child sex-crime victims seek more lawsuit damages

Less than one percent of child sex-crime victims have sought monetary restitution from the individuals who exploited them, leading Congress to examine a bill that would broaden the definition of what constitutes a loss to the victim.

March 18, 2015