Accused Terrorist Tells Jury He Was ‘Chasing Women On the Internet’ — Not Planning an Attack
Jurors in Brooklyn heard closing arguments Monday in the terrorism trial of Abid Naseer, a Pakistani man accused of plotting to blow up a Manchester shopping center in 2009 as part of a wide-ranging al Qaeda conspiracy to attack Western targets. Prosecutor Zainab Ahmad said Naseer used coded language, including feminine names and references to […]
Dutch bank hit with record fine for passing money through U.S. financial entities on behalf of Cuban and Iranian clients
In the largest fine ever assessed against a financial institution for violating U.S. sanctions on Cuba and Iran, Netherlands-based ING Bank will pay $619 million to the U.S. government, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. ING agreed to pay the fine for secretly moving more than $2 billion through U.S. financial institutions in 20,000 transactions from […]
Stop Online Piracy Act Vote Delayed
The House Judiciary Committee considering whether to send the Stop Online Piracy Act to the House floor abruptly adjourned Friday with no new vote date set — a surprise given that the bill looked certain to pass out of committee. The committee’s chairman and chief sponsor of the legislation, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), agreed to […]