Major Terrorism Cases
Major Terrorism Cases
Past and Present
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Terrorism is nothing new in the United States; we’ve been investigating and helping to prevent terrorist attacks since the 1920s.
Below are some of our most significant cases; you can find more described in the various Terrorism publications covering from 1996 to 2008 posted on our Reports and Publications webpage.
More recent information on terrorist incidents can be found in the National Counterterrorism Center's Worldwide Incidents Tracking System. You can also search for terrorism incidents and significant dates in a database maintained by the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism.
2010
- New York Terror Plot Convictions
- Faisal Shahzad: Guilty Plea | Sentencing
- Smadi: Guilty Plea | Sentencing
- Najibullah Zazi: Press Release | Story
- Khalid Ouazzani: Guilty Plea
2009
2008
- Holy Land Foundation
- Hassan Abu-Jihaad
- Jose Padilla
- Torrance Plot: Story | Guilty Plea
2007
2006
- Operation Backfire
- International Drug-for-Weapons Program
- Sami al-Arian
- Operation ‘White Terror’
- Ahmed Omar Abu Ali
- Ali Asad Chandia and Mohammed Ajmal Khan
- Gale Nettles, Homegrown Terrorist
- Uzair Paracha
2004
- Abdurahman Alamoudi: Story | Press release
- Matthew Hale
- Operation Pop Concert
2003
- Earnest James Ujaama
- Iyman Faris
- Hamant Lakhani: Story | Press release
- Maher Hawash
- Portland Seven
2002
2000-2001
1990s
- 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
- East African Embassy Bombings
- Eric Rudolph: Part 1 | Part 2
- Millennium Plot/Ahmed Ressam
- Oklahoma City Bombing
- The Unabomber
1980s
1970s
1920s
