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Defense official says U.S. has authority to target terrorists anywhere
WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee Thursday that the U.S. would be at war with Al Qaeda for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under a law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Tags: George W. Bush, Al-Qaeda, Laws, Angus King, Politics
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Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Civil Rights, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Counter-terrorism leak compromised an informant, sources say
WASHINGTON -- The unauthorized disclosure of a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....Tags: Eric Holder, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Department of Justice, News Media, Emergency Incidents
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Leak ended informant's rare opportunity, U.S. officials say
WASHINGTON — Disclosure of a highly classified intelligence operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....
Tags: Eric Holder, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Department of Justice, White House, Emergency Incidents
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McManus: Rebooting the war on terror
President Obama's speech last week on the future course of America's 11-year-old war against Al Qaeda was long overdue. Never before has he offered the public such a detailed explanation of his anti-terrorism strategy. In part, that's surely because...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, White House, Wars and Interventions, Politics, John O. Brennan
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Dems, GOP press Obama administration on drone use
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday challenged the Obama administration to spell out its justification for using drones for targeted killings amid growing concerns about unchecked powers of the presidency and Americans'...
Tags: Eric Holder, Al-Qaeda, Washington, DC, Politics, John O. Brennan
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McManus: Obama's Gitmo woes
President Obama sounded genuinely outraged last week when he talked about the Kafkaesque situation at the Guantanamo prison camp, where the United States has been holding 166 men without trial for terms that are, at this point, officially endless. "It's...Tags: George W. Bush, Robert Mueller, Al-Qaeda, Wars and Interventions, David Petraeus
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'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars
In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...Tags: U.S. Military, The New York Times, David Petraeus, Politics, Leon Panetta
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Obama renews call to close Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON — Confronted with a mass hunger strike and the use of forced feedings to keep inmates from starving, President Obama broke a long silence on the military prison for suspected foreign terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, declaring it "not...Tags: George W. Bush, White House, Wars and Interventions, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
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Justifying assassination
A federal judge in New York ruled this week that the Obama administration may withhold from the public a document providing the legal rationale for the targeted killing in Yemen of Anwar Awlaki, an Al Qaeda operative who was also a U.S. citizen. But...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, The New York Times, White House
May 19, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 26, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Apr 24, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
May 4, 2013
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May 3, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
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Jan 4, 2013
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