According to the U.S. Justice Department, "Juan Javier Cardenas of Miami pleaded guilty [Wednesday] to one count of conspiracy to traffic in and possess unauthorized credit card numbers with intent to defraud, and one count of trafficking in unauthorized credit card numbers."

When the Secret Service raided Cardenas' home they found more than 25,000 credit card numbers stored on his computer.

The U.S. announced a few legal actions against the Pakistani Taliban, aka Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), on Wednesday (9/1).

First, the U.S. Justice Department charged Hakimullah Mehsud, the self-proclaimed emir of the Pakistani Taliban, for his alleged involvement in the murder of seven CIA agents on Dec. 30, 2009 at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.

Second, through the Rewards for Justice program, a $5 million reward is being offered for information leading to Mehsud's capture, and another $5 million is offered for the apprehension of Wali Ur Rehman, another Taliban leader.

Lastly, the State Department designated TTP as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).

A police sniper shot and killed a gunman wearing on his body what appeared to be explosives after he took three people hostage at the Discovery Channel's headquarters in Silver Springs, Maryland on Wednesday. The suspect, James Lee, had a history of protesting the channel's programming.

Authorities spent the night combing through the building for any explosive devices, and gave the "all clear" for people to return to their offices Thursday (9/2) morning.

It is being reported that an armed man has taken at least one person hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters building in Silver Spring, Maryland this afternoon (9/1).

A Dutch judge ordered the release from custody of the two Yemeni men who were under investigation in Amsterdam after U.S. authorities became suspicious of their behavior and the contents of their airline luggage earlier this week.

The two were not charged with any crime. It isn't clear if U.S. authorities plan to conduct any further investigation of the incident.

Very early this morning unknown assailants firebombed a nightclub killing at least 8 people in the Mexican resort town of Cancun.

According to various reports, police are unsure of the attackers' motive at this point. A drug gang dispute or extortion are possibilities.

Beginning September 1, 2010 the entire southern U.S. border with Mexico will be patrolled by Predator Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) flights. Up until now there were no UAS flights on the entire Texas/Mexico border all the way to the Gulf.