A lawyer for Najibullah Zazi disputes claims that bomb-making plans were found on his client's computer.

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The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have issued security bulletins to raise awareness regarding "terrorist interest" in attacking sports and entertainment venues as well as luxury hotels.

The bulletins, which were sent to law enforcement Monday, said that authorities did not know of any credible or specific terrorist plots to attack U.S. stadiums, arenas or luxury hotels.

However, it said that terrorist groups such as al Qaeda view crowded stadiums and arenas as potential targets. It said hotels are also attractive targets for terrorists.

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Scott Roeder, 51, is being held on a first-degree murder charge and two counts of aggravated assault.

Chuck Hadad
AC360° Producer

Anti-government militias are gaining momentum in America and the reason might surprise you: the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States.

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Director of Research, Heidi Beirich, says Obama’s election and the country’s subsequent move to the left in politics has “started putting air in the balloon of the anti-government movement.”

She says the anti-government movement hit its height in 1996 after Waco and the Oklahoma City bombing but that movement started to collapse in the late 1990’s, in part as a result of intense government scrutiny and prosecution.

The number of anti-government groups operating in the U.S. reached all the way up to about 800 back then. The number was still about 149 as of last year 2008, the Center estimates.

Now the concern is that number will grow again. Beirich cites recent examples including Scott Roeder, the alleged killer of Dr. George Tiller, who belonged to an anti-government group called “The Freeman.”

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