Update 1, 23rd June, 2010: President Obama has accepted the resignation of General McChrystal and appointed General David H. Petraeus as his replacement.

In a classic case of the pen being mightier than the sword, General Stanley McChrystal has cut off the hand that feeds him and even faces the prospect of being replaced following his interview and profile feature with Rolling Stone magazine.  General McChrystal made some pretty disparaging remarks about President Obama's administration. McChrystal seems to have offered his resignation already to military top brass but Obama is clear that any decision on McChrystal's future is down to him as Commander in Chief.

New York Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad has detailed much of the operation he put in place last May as he attempted to detonate a car bomb packed with homemade explosives, propane and fireworks. The bomb failed to ignite allowing police to clear the area and prevent casualties. Shahzad was arrested aboard a plane as he attempted to flee the country.

The latest in a growing list of drone strikes has killed a top commander in al-Qaeda - Sheik Sa'id al-Masri. Masri was believed to be 3rd in command of the terrorist organisation and played a key role in both 9/11 and the foiled plot by Najibullah Zazi to blow up a New York subway. His death would be the most high profile al-Qaeda killed in over 18 months.

Attempted attacks against the United States have never been as high said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). CNN obtained an unclassified memo circulated to various law enforcement groups which warned that terrorist groups are expected to increase attempted attacks from within the United States. The number of attacks "surpassed the number of attempts during any other previous one-year period," said the memo.