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www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-assistant-president-homeland-security-and-counterterrorism-john-brennan-csi # Note: The following text is a quote: Home • Briefing Room • Statements & Releases The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 26, 2010 Remarks by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan at CSIS “Securing the Homeland by Renewing American Strength, Resilience and Values” Thank you very much John, and I would like to take a moment to express my appreciation to CSIS for inviting me back. You invited me here a little after six months after I came into this administration and I greatly appreciate the invitation...

Israeli consulate plot mastermind going to jail Ringleader Kevin James was 'architect, mastermind of very troubling offense, judge says AFP Published: 03.06.09, 23:58 / Israel News The ringleader of a radical Islamic group that planned to bomb Israeli assets and US military facilities in California was on Friday jailed for 16 years, justice officials said. Kevin James, 32, pleaded guilty to conspiring to wage war against the United States through terror for his part in the plot, which involved three co-conspirators currently in custody. Prosecutors said the plotters were part of Jam'iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh (JIS,) which was founded by James...

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...

A terrorist plot to attack military and Jewish sites in the Los Angeles area this coming Sept. 11 was devised inside a cell at the New Folsom State Prison, a maximum-security prison outside Sacramento, Calif. Law enforcement officials told ABC News that Peter Martinez, a former Oakland street gang member, and his cellmate Kevin James organized the plot and recruited as many as 13 other inmates in a jihad against the United States. The two inmates have since been placed in special confinement, according to officials. "Al Qaeda recruits in prisons. They really do," said Edward Caden, a retired prison...

During the raid to arrest two robbery suspects at a local apartment, police said officers uncovered details of a possible terrorist cell, with alleged plans for an attack in the Southland. Images In an exclusive investigation, Channel 4 News has learned more about the two suspects under investigation by the FBI's counter terrorism task force and an alleged plot that targeted several prominent locations in the Los Angeles area.ANA GARCIA (REPORTER): Is it possible that an Islamic Prison Gang with possible links to Middle Eastern operatives were planning to blow up these targets? El Al Airlines at LAXIsraeli Consulate On...

Possible Connection To Terrorism Locally TORRANCE — What started as a police investigation into a string of gas station robberies in the South Bay has now turned into a full-blown counter terrorism investigation. The FBI is investigating two suspected Southland robbers for possible connection to terrorism. A target list said to include two synagogues, the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles and at least 17 military installations in the Los Angeles area was reportedly found at the home of one of the two robbery suspects. The list is supposed to have been found at the home of Levar Haney Washington, 25,...