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Investigators had the flat of a person they suspect was planning a terrorist attack bugged for months Two men currently awaiting trail for planning an act of terrorism were reportedly filmed by investigators as they made the explosive they intended to use in the bombing, according to TV2. The revelation gives an insight into the investigative techniques used by PET, the domestic intelligence agency, during the months-long investigation that culminated with a series of arrests in and around Copenhagen in September. Eight men have been charged as a result of the investigation. The two men caught on film are the...

FBI Agents Say Phone Records Link Illinois Student to Sept. 11 TerroristsBy Mike Robinson Associated Press WriterPublished: Mar 20, 2002 CHICAGO (AP) - FBI agents searching telephone records have linked a 36-year-old Illinois student to the terrorists who attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon, according to newly unsealed court papers. Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri has not been charged with any role in the Sept. 11 attacks and his lawyer, Richard Jasper Jr., questioned the link. Al-Marri was arrested Jan. 28 and is being held in New York on a federal charge of unlawful possession of more than 15 credit...

Recently, I had an end-of-day conversation with my wife concerning how her day had gone. She explained that she had spent an infuriating hour on the phone with an (unnamed here) telephone company, trying to get information out of them about a new promotional rate for long-distance calling. It was like pulling teeth. My wife had initially called the (toll free for your convenience) number from the TV screen, and was first confronted with a maze of bewildering and contradictory instructions. ("Child-proof messaging," she called it.) When she finally did reach a human at the other end, the operator was...

WASHINGTON — Documents seen by FOX News suggest a conflict of interest may exist between Kofi Annan's (search) son, the Swiss company he worked for and the United Nations. Congressional investigators are examining those records and thousands of pages of others as part of their probe into the controversial U.N. Oil-for-Food (search) program. FOX News was permitted to review some documents but not make copies. Kojo Annan (search), the son of the U.N. secretary general, claims he has never been involved directly or indirectly with any business related to the United Nations. And Cotecna Inspection S.A., the company Kojo worked...

Help Our Troops Call Home Military Exchange Prepaid Calling Cards The Department of Defense Military Exchanges have been authorized to sell the following prepaid calling cards to individuals and organizations who wish to purchase these cards for our troops serving overseas in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Operation Phone Home Update: 03.06.03 Operation Phone Home, an effort to support troops stationed overseas with calling cards (calls from Kuwait cost upwards of $1.55/minute), personal hygiene products and other care package items is gaining support. Since my first post here, over 100 generous FReepers have contacted me about supporting our troops through Operation Phone Home. In addition, Boar Hunter Magazine (www.boarhuntermagazine.com) has agreed to support our troops with copies of the Boar Hunter magazine. I am also in touch and working with several other magazine publishers to gain their support as well. I will be sending out the first...

Operation Phone Home is an effort by FReepers across the US to show our support for the troops stationed overseas. At present, we are gathering specific items to send to a division stationed in Kuwait. I have been in contact with their commander, a friend of mine, and we are going to send these items to his division and others over the next few months. The items needed include: Phone cards (calls from Kuwait to the States run $1.55+ per minute - calling cards will help defray that cost for the troops and their families) Letters of support, particularly from...