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Surveillance Video Suggests ISIS Is Interested In Building A Dirty Bomb

11:38am March 30, 2016

by Dina Temple-Raston

Members of ISIS had been spying on a Belgian nuclear researcher. Police think they were considering kidnapping his family to force the researcher to give them material they needed for a dirty bomb.

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What Are We Missing In The Fight Against ISIS?

4:38pm March 29, 2016

The recent terror attacks in Belgium and Paris are only now being understood as part of wide-ranging plans for other attacks. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi.

A protester supporting Apple in its battle against the FBI holds up an iPhone that reads "No Entry" outside an Apple store in New York on Feb. 23.

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Apple Vs. The FBI: The Unanswered Questions And Unsettled Issues

4:29pm March 29, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

The FBI isn't saying if it can reuse its mystery digital crowbar to unlock other iPhones. The standoff is likely to be replayed as new technologies become a growing element of criminal investigations.

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DOJ Finds A Way To Break Into Terrorist's Locked iPhone

2:28pm March 29, 2016

by Martin Kaste

The Justice Department says it no longer requires Apple's help to retrieve data on a phone linked to the San Bernadino attacks. The government moved to drop the court order demanding Apple assist.

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Police Radio Chatter Is Open To All Ears. But Should It Be?

8:27am March 29, 2016

by Martin Kaste

Why are police radio communications in the U.S. open for the public to hear? Some say this creates a weakness when confronting terrorist attacks, but others say it's important for police transparency.

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Customers visit the Apple store at Grand Central Terminal in New York on March 1.

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The FBI Has Successfully Unlocked The iPhone Without Apple's Help

9:37pm March 28, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

The Justice Department says it is withdrawing its legal action against Apple because it has been able to get data from a terrorist's phone. A spokeswoman says the FBI is reviewing the data.

Sgt. Kelly Brown adjusts her helmet before a weapons check last year at the Marine Base at Twentynine Palms in the Mojave Desert, Calif. The Marine Corps set up a months-long training exercise to determine whether women could serve in ground combat jobs l

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Marines Gear Up For Women In Combat, But Will They Sign Up?

1:43pm March 28, 2016

by Tom Bowman

Women can now apply for ground combat positions in the Marines, and training female recruits for those jobs will begin in June. But so far, no women have signed up.

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'Dark Territory' Examines The Long History Of Cyber War

5:35pm March 27, 2016

So many things in our lives are plugged into networks vulnerable to hacking. Fred Kaplan's new book Dark Territory looks at how this came to be and what it means for the future.

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Problems Plague European Intelligence Sharing

5:15pm March 27, 2016

In the wake of the Brussels attacks, Jeremy Shapiro of the European Council on Foreign Relations talks about the problems security agencies are facing in the European Union.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter (left) and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, speak at the Pentagon on Friday. They announced that U.S. forces killed a senior Islamic State leader in an airstrike.

Pentagon's Evolving Strategy: Treat The Islamic State Like A State

2:30pm March 26, 2016

by Philip Ewing

The U.S. government objects to calling ISIS a state. But the military bombs the trappings of statehood: oil facilities, financial resources and "cabinet ministers."