Annie Jacobsen

Annie Jacobsen writes about aviation and intelligence. She blogs at TheAviationNation.com and is working on a new book for Little Brown and Company.

Al-Qaeda Somalia Abroad: A Threat to Israel and the U.S.

Friday, November 20th, 2009 - by Annie Jacobsen

A daring U.S. raid kills wanted terrorists in Somalia. Al-Shabaab — al-Qaeda's Somalian proxy — vows revenge.

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Federal Air Marshal on Trial for Rape in UK

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 - by Annie Jacobsen

There’s a major story brewing across the pond — one that threatens the entire future of the secretive U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service.

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Could Terrorists Attack Pakistan’s Nuclear Facilities? They Already Have

Monday, November 2nd, 2009 - by Annie Jacobsen

Despite Hillary Clinton's assurances, we are relying on nothing but Pakistan's word. The facilities have already been attacked three times in the past couple years.

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Is the White House Really Neglecting Bioterror?

Sunday, October 25th, 2009 - by Annie Jacobsen

A government commission wastes time and money to determine what they should already know: Al-Qaeda is looking to use biological weapons.

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Inside the Predator’s War on Terror

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 - by Annie Jacobsen

A firsthand look at the Air Force's hi-tech hunting of terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Two European Nuclear Scientists Arrested as Al-Qaeda Suspects

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 - by Annie Jacobsen

Nabbed working at one of the most sensitive nuclear facilities in the world, this huge story has received almost no press.

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Zazi, Homegrown Terrorists, and the American Mosque

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 - by Annie Jacobsen

Was the Colorado terror suspect radicalized in an American mosque?

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Trouble in Saudi Arabia: Al-Qaeda’s ‘Bum’ Assassination Attempt

Thursday, September 24th, 2009 - by Annie Jacobsen

A suicide bomber almost managed to kill a heavily guarded Saudi prince, passing through several security checkpoints with a bomb hidden in his rectum.

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Does Omar Bin Laden’s Tell-All Reveal the Contents of Sandy Berger’s Pants?

Friday, September 18th, 2009 - by Annie Jacobsen

Osama's son is releasing a memoir telling of a failed Clinton attempt on his father's life.

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Al-Qaeda Murders Its Way Across the Sahara

Thursday, August 27th, 2009 - by Annie Jacobsen

A suicide bomber attacks a French embassy in Mauritania in response to Sarkozy's stance on the burqa.

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