Terrorism
Norway's Anders Behring Breivik prosecution: A model for U.S. terror trials?
Posted on April 19, 2012, at 9:32 AMThe anti-Muslim extremist is using the courtroom as a soapbox, but he might actually be discrediting his cause and making a case for trying terrorists in civilian court
Is al Qaeda publicizing a planned attack on New York?
Posted on April 4, 2012, at 11:17 AMJihadi-linked websites post a menacing mock movie poster featuring Manhattan's skyline and a warning about al Qaeda's return
Osama bin Laden's life on the run: 5 new revelations
Posted on March 30, 2012, at 4:05 PMFresh details emerge on the terrorist mastermind's post-9/11 life, raising troubling questions about how the world's most wanted man evaded capture for so long
Bin Laden's 'chilling' plot to kill President Obama
Posted on March 16, 2012, at 4:55 PMAt the time of his death, Osama bin Laden was trying to devise ways to shoot down Obama's plane — and leave a presumably flummoxed Joe Biden in command
10 years of Gitmo: The world's 'vortex of shame'
Posted on January 11, 2012, at 10:55 AMWednesday is the 10th anniversary of one of the "blackest moments of the war on terror," says Elizabeth O'Shea at the Sydney Morning Herald: The opening of Guantanamo Bay prison camp
Indefinite detention for terror suspects: Did Obama sell out?
Posted on January 2, 2012, at 1:32 PMProgressive critics cry foul after the president signs a defense law enshrining the military's right to indefinitely hold al Qaeda suspects
Leaked: The legal case for killing Anwar al-Awlaki
Posted on October 10, 2011, at 12:32 PMDoes the Obama administration's secret memo adequately defend the decision to launch a lethal drone strike against a U.S. citizen?
Was the U.S. wrong to kill Anwar al-Awlaki?
Posted on September 30, 2011, at 4:21 PMThe American-born al Qaeda leader is targeted by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen. Is his death a victory in the war on terror or an unconstitutional crime?
Is the FBI 'anti-Muslim'?
Posted on September 16, 2011, at 12:06 PMA federal training instructor reportedly tells agents that the more devout a Muslim is, the more likely he is to be violent
$75 billion in annual domestic security spending: By the numbers
Posted on August 30, 2011, at 3:00 PMIn the ten years since the 9/11 attacks, the government has shelled out hundreds of billions of dollars — some of it on rather bizarre purchases
Atiyah Abd al-Rahman's death: A 'body blow' for al Qaeda?
Posted on August 29, 2011, at 10:33 AMMany people have never heard of al Qaeda's No. 2 guy, but his death by drone strike might just be as big a deal as Osama bin Laden's killing
John Walker Lindh: The first detainee
Posted on August 26, 2011, at 3:00 PMMy son is not a traitor or a terrorist, says Frank Lindh, but a victim of hysteria
The NYPD's 'astounding' domestic spying program
Posted on August 25, 2011, at 3:30 PMThe AP reports that New York City police, with the help of the CIA, skirt domestic surveillance laws to snoop on Americans in minority neighborhoods
Kathryn Bigelow's bin Laden movie: Obama campaign propaganda?
Posted on August 11, 2011, at 11:06 AMA film about the terrorist's death will be released a month before President Obama faces voters in 2012 — and one Republican is calling foul
The New Yorker's 'cinematic' bin Laden raid story: 8 takeaways
Posted on August 2, 2011, at 10:15 AMThe most detailed account yet of the epic raid includes juicy new tidbits on abandoned plans, bin Laden's burial at sea, and a much-hyped war dog
Is al Qaeda collapsing?
Posted on July 28, 2011, at 10:52 AMCounterterrorism officials say the original al Qaeda core behind the 9/11 attacks is nearly kaput. Does that mean the terrorism threat is fading?
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