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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: Military Equipment, George W. Bush, Politics, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Dianne Feinstein, Politics, Justice and Rights, Government, Ali Abdullah Saleh
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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: Military Equipment, Explosions, Politics, Eric Holder, U.S. Navy
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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: Explosions, Eric Holder, FBI, Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bringing drones out of the shadows
The use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists, a practice that has dramatically escalated during the Obama administration, is receiving fresh and welcome scrutiny in Congress and elsewhere even as the number of drone strikes seems to be on the...
Tags: Politics, Afghanistan, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Defense, Georgetown
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Military plane crashes in Yemeni capital during training flight
Associated PressSANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni military plane on a training exercise exploded in midair over the country's capital on Monday, killing the pilot and slamming into a residential neighborhood, according to an army official. Fragments of the plane hit...Tags: Military Equipment, Sana'a (Yemen), Vladimir Putin, Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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The Guantanamo dilemma
When he ran for president, Barack Obama laid out the case against the detention of inmates at Guantanamo Bay: "It is expensive. It is inefficient. It hurts us in terms of our international standing. It lessens cooperation with our allies on...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Politics, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Elections
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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, David Petraeus, Politics, Wars and Interventions, FBI
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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: Military Equipment, David Petraeus, Politics, Afghanistan, Police Investigations
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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: Health and Medical Professionals, George W. Bush, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Defense
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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: Military Equipment, Politics, Eric Holder, Dick Durbin, Ted Cruz
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With Al Qaeda shattered, U.S. counter-terrorism's future unclear
WASHINGTON — Skilled in tracking foreign terrorists, Jarret Brachman once was a sought-after expert on Al Qaeda, advising several federal agencies and speaking regularly around the country. Now the former research director of the Combating...Tags: Politics, FBI, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Police Investigations, Government
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May 13, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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May 4, 2013
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Apr 24, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
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