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Here's a photo of the destroyed al-Kibar reactor in Syria. (Photo courtesy of U.S. government)

Syria suspected of concealing nuclear activity

The International Atomic Energy Agency and Syria are walking a tightrope and appear to be headed toward a collision over two nuclear sites where undeclared uranium was recently found.
Nov 19th - 2:49am | Read More

National Security Roundup - J.J. Green

CIA wins turf battle over DNI: But is it over?
The Central Intelligence Agency and the Director of National Intelligence have been butting heads over whose job it is to be the leader of the intelligence community.
updated: Nov 16th - 5:14am

Out in the cold: Intel agent says U.S. 'betrayed' her
Sabrina De Sousa was one of 26 U.S. agents and accused of planning and carrying out the operation known as an "extraordinary rendition" against someone thought to be one of Italy's most dangerous terrorists.
updated: Nov 10th - 1:31pm

Cyber chaos: Commuters get a glimpse of the future
Two transportation computer glitches gave the D.C. area a look at what could happen if a cyber attack is ever unleashed in the U.S.
updated: Nov 5th - 7:41am

100 days to go, Canada testing Olympic security
In 100 days, 5,500 athletes and team officials and 10,000 media representatives from more than 80 countries will already be set up in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
updated: Nov 4th - 5:25am

'We've just got to get ready' for possible bio-attack
"To protect against a bio-attack, you have to have medical counter-measures available and the government is significantly underfunding the programs that are designed to produce the necessary medial counter measures," says former Sen. Jim Talent.
updated: Oct 22nd - 7:23am

The Birds of Thunder
WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green takes a ride on an F-16 with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
updated: Oct 20th - 11:47am

Ship allegedly hijacked had Russian missiles bound for Iran
Israeli intelligence sources say the vessel was actually under the control of a group renegades shipping a quantity of Russian made S-300 missiles and/or something else very sensitive to Iran. Those missiles are some of the most potent in Russia's arsenal.
updated: Oct 19th - 3:22am

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Federal Air Marshals in a Post-Sept. 11 World

As the nation observes the 7th anniversary of 9/11, WTOP examines how airplane safety has evolved since Sept. 11, 2001.

9/11 Remembered by Fairfax County

Fairfax County police, fire and government officials remember September 11 with a bagpipe procession, singing of the national anthem and a flower laying ceremony at the 9/11 memorial grove.

Hidden Hunter

WTOP's J.J. Green talks about his experience aboard the USS Miami.

Today's America on Alert Headlines

Sears Tower plot leader gets 13-year prison term
The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13 1/2 years in prison by a federal judge.
updated: Nov 20th - 5:06pm

NY ex-lawyer surrenders to serve prison term
Promising "you haven't seen the last of me," a 70-year-old disbarred lawyer convicted in a terrorism case surrendered to U.S. marshals Thursday to begin serving her prison term after a New York appeals court upheld her conviction.
updated: Nov 19th - 6:51pm

Chicago terror suspects investigated in India
Two Chicago men accused of developing what federal prosecutors call a blueprint for a terrorist assault on a Danish newspaper also are being investigated for possible involvement in planning the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, according to authorities in that country.
updated: Nov 19th - 3:37am

First US trial of 9/11 case was full of surprises
Zacarias Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks _ never turning the courtroom into the circus of anti-U.S. tirades that some fear Mohammed will create at his trial in New York.
updated: Nov 17th - 9:50pm

Va. very unlikely to house Gitmo detainees
The federal courthouse in Alexandria has handled terror suspects before, but Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine says he has not heard any suggestion that Guantanamo inmates are to be tried at the court house in Alexandria.
updated: Nov 17th - 3:25am

Dems, GOP split on NY trials of alleged terrorists
Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to propagate their ideology, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday.
updated: Nov 15th - 5:43pm

Ga. judge rejects terror convict's new trial bid
A federal judge in Georgia has rejected a bid for a new trial by a man convicted of terrorism charges earlier this year.
updated: Nov 13th - 4:24pm

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