Tag: chicago
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homegrown terrorists or dupes?
from sun-sentinel: The charges were stunning: Seven men accused of trying to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up the FBI headquarters in Miami Beach and the Sears Tower in Chicago. On closer examination, however, the accusations fizzled. Even government officials described the groups’ plans as “more aspirational than operational.” Now, more than a year…
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chicago video surveillance gets smarter
from ap: A car circles a high-rise three times. Someone leaves a backpack in a park. Such things go unnoticed in big cities every day. But that could change in Chicago with a new video surveillance system that would recognize such anomalies and alert authorities to take a closer look. On Thursday, the city and…
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sears tower ‘plotters’ just ‘wannabes’
from raw story: In a BBC news broadcast today, Miami Herald reporter Mani Garcia remarks that the government’s arrest of seven men in connection with a ‘plot’ to blow up the Sears Tower is probably overblown. “They’ve been described to us by sources as ‘wannabes’ — still to be determined if making a connection about…