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¬The anti-terrorism program initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice is designed to deter residents from joining violent extremist groups. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI

Boston to serve as pilot city for counterterrorism program

Alexandra David September 26, 2014

The United States Department of Justice selected Boston as one of three cities to serve as a testing ground for a series of counter-terrorism pilot programs. The programs, announced Sept. 15 by former...

Massachusetts State Police, the Boston Police Department and the Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation all work together to handle any terrorist attack in Massachusetts, such as with the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. KENSHIN OKUBO/DFP FILE PHOTO

BU, City, State detail counter-terrorism measure

Stephanie Pagones September 11, 2014

In the weeks after Islamic militant group ISIS killed two American journalists and made several threats to terrorize the United States from within its borders, representatives from Massachusetts, the...

Marathon bombing preventable, congressional report suggests

Daily Free Press Admin March 30, 2014

A vastly expository congressional report released by the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security revealed law enforcement agencies dismissed information that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a threat to the United...

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