The death of the Lockerbie bomber: Did he get off too easy?
Posted on May 21, 2012, at 10:00 AMThe man convicted in the 1988 terrorist attack, which killed 270 people, dies in Libya, rekindling debate over whether he deserved the mercy he received in his last few years
9/11 mastermind KSM's military trial: Already a disaster?
Posted on May 9, 2012, at 10:50 AMThe chaotic arraignment of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other al Qaeda defendants highlights the stubborn challenges of bringing terrorists to justice
The foiled al Qaeda underwear bomb plot: 5 takeaways
Posted on May 8, 2012, at 3:40 PMAuthorities thwart another plan to blow up a U.S.-bound plane, but the threat is still fueling concerns about America's vulnerability to terrorist attacks
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
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
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
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?
Did anti-Muslim U.S. bloggers inspire the Oslo massacre?
Posted on July 26, 2011, at 10:03 AMA Norwegian who allegedly murdered nearly 100 people cited several American writers in his lengthy anti-Muslim, anti-immigration manifesto
The Oslo massacre: Norway's anti-Muslim terrorist attack
Posted on July 25, 2011, at 10:32 AMThe perpetrator of Oslo's twin massacres isn't an Islamist, as many suspected, but a homegrown extremist looking to strike a blow against Islam
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