Terrorism and Security
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Man guilty over nail bombs plot
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - BBC News
A Nazi sympathiser who kept nail bombs and knives under his bed is convicted of three terrorism offences.
Nazi paedophile
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - BBC News
'Racial war' terrorist who viewed child abuse images
McCain disavows aide's terrorism comment
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - MSNBC.com: US News
A top adviser to John McCain said another terrorist attack on U.S. soil would be a "big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate, drawing a sharp rebuke Monday from McCain and Barack Obama.
McCain:Looking for a Few Good Terrorists?
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - TPMCafe - Blogs
Will stupid American voters fall for the fear card....again? Charlie Black, an adviser to the McCain campaign - "When asked whether a terror attack on US soil would help Mr McCain's campaign, Mr Black told the magazine: "Certainly it would be a big advantage to him." link If Republicans think a terror attack would be a big advantage politically, why would they stop one? They control the reins of government law enforcement and any real investigation of another terror attack would occur after the next president takes office. Does Obama need to get out in front of this one, if...
Court Hands President, DOJ OLC Legal Counsel Another War Crimes-Terrorism Problem
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - TPMCafe - Blogs
Don't underestimate the implications of the Guantanamo rulings in the wake of the Supreme Court decision on habeas. They help peel away some of the lawyers of obfuscation the President and DOJ OLC created to hide this President's war crimes against protected civilians. The President and others did not take the (required) time to ensure civilians were protected. The ruling declaring a POW was not properly classified as an enemy combatant turns Addington's applecart upside down. Here is the ruling, in part: "Pursuant to the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, the court held invalid a decision of a Combatant Status...
The unpardonable sin....
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - TPMCafe - Blogs
Charlie Black, Senator McSame's most senior advisor... Senator McCain and his presidential campaign are publicly rejecting a statement by one of his top aides, Charles Black, that the presumptive Republican nominee would benefit politically if America is attacked by terrorists before the fall election. Mr. Black told Fortune Magazine that such an event "would be a big advantage" to Mr. McCain. Over the last thirty years or so, the Repugnican party has appropriated or co-opted most of what we once thought of as "American" values. From the "sanctity" of marriage between a man and a woman, to the "right to...
Israel-Hamas Cease-fire: A Very Big Deal
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - TPMCafe - The Coffee House Feed
The cease-fire is still in effect, which is something of a surprise. After all, this is a cease-fire few like -- especially in Israel. Some of the same government officials who secured it wasted little time in saying that they did not expect it to last and that, when it did collapse, Israel would launch its long-deferred invasion of Gaza. In essence, the critics are saying that all the cease-fire will accomplish is a delay in the deaths of, I don't know, dozens or hundreds of Israeli soldiers and hundreds or thousands of Palestinians. Rather than plunge hundreds or thousands...
Opening thoughts and questions
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - TPMCafe - The Coffee House Feed
A hundred years ago in Boston, the Congo Reform Association published a pamphlet by Mark Twain called "King Leopold's Soliloquy, A Defense of His Congo Rule." The text takes the form of a monologue by the Belgian monarch, as he reads through a stack of protest literature, describing crimes perpetrated by his colonial agents against his Congolese subjects: torture, abduction, enslavement, starvation, mutilation, extermination. "Blister the meddlesome missionaries!" the king fulminates. "They seem to be always around, always spying, always eye-witnessing the happenings; and everything they see they commit to paper." But, even as he rails, Leopold comforts himself with...
Beyond the Abu Ghraib Sound Byte
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - TPMCafe - The Coffee House Feed
As a memoirist, I'm constantly in the position of having to distrust images that come to me embedded with deep, almost unassailably powerful reservoirs of feeling. The sound bytes in which I like to remember myself in kidhood as a wise and noble girl thriving in Dickensian circumstances don't account for the kid I shot at with a bee bee gun or picketing my neighbors' house (It was a union town) so other kids wouldn't play with them. Case in point: for twenty years I remembered my teen years as the time my beloved, oil worker daddy had bailed out...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Message to Obama and McCain: Don't Waste Time on Paul's Backers
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - Huffington Post - Full Blog
The message to Republican presidential contender John McCain and his Democratic rival Barack Obama don't waste any time courting no shot former GOP presidential contender Ron Paul's backers especially since Paul has not endorsed either candidate. From his few stray comments on the race, he likely won't. Yet the intense debate, speculation, and media talk continues that McCain at least will make a concerted effort to get Paul's backers on board. If true that won't do much for his campaign and even less for his image. The scary thing about Paul's candidacy was never his fringe views on taxes, social...
McCain adviser sorry for terrorism comments
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - CNN Politics
An adviser to Sen. John McCain apologized Monday for saying a terrorist attack on the United States would be "a big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate.
McCain adviser sorry for terror comment
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - CNN U.S.
An adviser to Sen. John McCain apologized Monday for saying a terrorist attack on the United States would be "a big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate.
McCain disavows aide's comment about terrorism
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - AP Politics
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- A top adviser to John McCain said another terrorist attack on U.S. soil would be a "big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate, drawing a sharp rebuke Monday from both the presumed GOP nominee and Democrat Barack Obama....
Our view on clean campaigns: All Washington lobbyists, insiders aren't created equal (USATODAY.com)
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - Yahoo News Opinion/Editorial
USATODAY.com - John McCain and Barack Obama are battling over many issues, from energy to trade to terrorism. But nowhere has their sparring been more intense than over which candidate is more reform-minded.
President Bush Discusses the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Funding For Troops
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 - White House News
President Bush on Friday said, "The enemy who attacked us on September the 11th is determined to strike this country again. It's vital that our intelligence community has the ability to learn who the terrorists are talking to, what they're saying, and what they are planning. I encourage the House of Representatives to pass this bill today, and I ask the Senate to take it up quickly so our intelligence professionals can better protect Americans from harm. I'm pleased with the bipartisan cooperation on both these bills, and I thank the members for their efforts."
Officials Change Tune on Torture
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 - NPR Opinion
Many officials who condoned the torture of terrorist suspects immediately after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are now changing their minds, as the threat of another attack becomes less likely.
President Bush Visits Iowa City, Iowa, Discusses Aid for Flooding
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 - White House News
President Bush on Thursday said, "I brought a lot of federal officials with me because it's really important that as the rebuilding phase begins, there's a coordinated effort between the federal government and the state and the local governments. And Michael Chertoff is going to be handling the coordinating effort with the Governor. And the Governor will make sure that the affected communities are represented, as well."
Investigation: In Afghanistan, routine abuse of terror detainees
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 - Christian Science Monitor Blog - Terrorism and Security
An eight-month review by McClatchy newspapers says the US wrongfully imprisoned many suspected Al Qaeda terrorists.
Joint Statement of the President of the Russian Federation and the President of the United States of America for the 4th Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 - White House News
We are pleased to be working closely together with our Global Initiative Partners to combat nuclear terrorism. That so many nations have joined the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism demonstrates a true commitment to defeat this threat to our peace and security.
