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Combating Global Terrorism and Crime John Miller, Assistant Director for Public Affairs, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice Foreign Press Center Briefing Washington, DC April 11, 2006 1:00 P.M. EDT MODERATOR: Good afternoon and welcome to the Foreign Press Center. It's nice to see some familiar faces. We're delighted to have the FBI back to give a briefing today. We welcome John Miller, who's the Assistant Director for Public Affairs at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Department of Justice. He's here to talk about counterterrorism and other issues, but I know that we'll try to keep...

State and federal authorities have three men in custody here in what investigators describe as a possible terrorist plot by an obscure Islamic group in California state prisons. FBI officials, who are overseeing the investigation, say they are not convinced that the three men posed a serious threat of violence on their own. But the bureau is continuing to investigate the possibility that they were part of a larger group planning to attack National Guard installations, synagogues and other locations in Southern California. The latest suspect to be arrested is Hamad Riaz Samana, 21, a Pakistani citizen who was taken...