Terrorism: Major Cases Past and Present

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Terrorism is nothing new in the United States; we’ve been investigating and helping to prevent terrorist attacks since the 1920s. Below are some of our most significant cases; you can find more described in the various Terrorism publications covering from 1996 to 2005 posted on our Reports and Publications webpage.  

2008

• Holy Land Foundation
• Hassan Abu-Jihaad
• Jose Padilla
• Torrance Plot: Story | Guilty Plea

2007

• Derrick Shareef
• Fort Dix Plot
• Hamid Hayat
• New York Airport Fuel Tanks Plot
• Nuradin Abdi

2006

• Operation Backfire
• International Drug-for-Weapons Program
• Sami al-Arian
• Operation ‘White Terror’
• Infocom
• Ahmed Omar Abu Ali
• Ali Asad Chandia and Mohammed Ajmal Khan
• Gale Nettles, Homegrown Terrorist
• Uzair Paracha

2004

• Abdurahman Alamoudi: Story | Press release
• Matthew Hale
• Operation Pop Concert

2003

• Earnest James Ujaama
• Iyman Faris
• Lackawanna Six
• Hamant Lakhani: Story | Press release
• Maher Hawash
• Portland Seven
• Virginia Jihad

2002

• Beltway Snipers: Part 1 | Part 2

2000-2001

• 9/11 Investigation
• Anthrax/Amerithrax
• Richard Reid
• USS Cole bombing

1990s

• 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
• East African Embassy Bombings
• Eric Rudolph: Part 1 | Part 2
• Millennium Plot/Ahmed Ressam
• Oklahoma City Bombing
• The Unabomber

1980s

• Fawaz Younis: The Yachted Terrorist
• Judge Vance Mail Bomb Murder
• Pan Am 103
• TWA Flight 847

1970s

• Symbionese Liberation Army
• Weather Underground

1920s

• Palmer Raids
• Wall Street Bombing

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