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    Mar 12, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Will Obama launch a drone attack on U.S. soil?

    Who would have thought that within President Barack Obama beats the heart of a civil rights antediluvian?
    Who would have thought that within President Barack Obama beats the heart of a civil rights antediluvian? Could Obama, beloved of the American Civil Liberties Union, be guilty of harboring thoughts of calling down a fatal drone attack on an American...

    Tags: New York University, Politics, Rand Paul, Civil Rights, Interior Policy

    2. Mar 11, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Rand Paul talks the talk

    WASHINGTON -- Rand Paul was right. There, I said it.
    WASHINGTON -- Rand Paul was right. There, I said it. The Republican senator from Kentucky, whom I've ridiculed as an archconservative kook -- because that's basically what he is -- was right to call attention to the growing use of drone aircraft in...

    Tags: Politics, Timothy McVeigh, National Government, Eric Holder, Oklahoma City Bombing (1995)

    3. Feb 10, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  3. McManus: The other drone question

    It has been 11 years since the United States began using missile-firing drones to attack Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. But only now are we beginning a full public debate on this new form of warfare, and it took the nomination of the Obama administration's drone czar, John Brennan, as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to force it.
    It has been 11 years since the United States began using missile-firing drones to attack Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. But only now are we beginning a full public debate on this new form of warfare, and it took the nomination of...

    Tags: ABC (tv network), Dianne Feinstein, Stanley A. McChrystal, Politics, Yemen

    4. Feb 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Obama's license to kill by drone

    If you really want Washington's chattering classes to pay attention to something, an old saying goes, leak it to the media. Whoever leaked the Justice Department's 16-page confidential "white paper" memo on the use of armed drones to NBC News sparked...

    Tags: The Washington Post, Anwar al-Awlaki, Al-Qaeda, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder

    5. May 4, 2011 | Chicago Tribune

  5. Stumbling on bin Laden story

    Page's Page
    Bin Laden's human-shield wife? Not so much....
    6. Feb 15, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  6. Are Drone Attacks Legal and Humane?

    Orlando Opinionators - Orlando Sentinel
    In 2013, war is no longer combat between two groups of human beings, but instead it is computerized man-less flying machines that seach and destroy designated areas. Technology has created these computerized flying war-machines and they are designed to...
    7. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Rand Paul's filibuster worked

    Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul got a lot of attention Wednesday for mounting an honest-to-God filibuster of President Barack Obama's nominee for CIA director, John Brennan. The nation's political class marveled at his real-life Mr. Smith act, the funny stuff his...

    Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Ron Paul, Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Al-Qaeda

    8. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  8. Release Report On CIA's Use Of Torture

    When I was a child, my parents made me and my brother say grace before meals. My mother is a preacher in the United Methodist Church, and my faith is part of my daily life. We often thanked God for our country. We expressed gratitude for our government leaders who valued freedom and for Founding Fathers who ascribed the rights of life and liberty to all.
    The Hartford Courant
    When I was a child, my parents made me and my brother say grace before meals. My mother is a preacher in the United Methodist Church, and my faith is part of my daily life. We often thanked God for our country. We expressed gratitude for our government...

    Tags: Dianne Feinstein, George W. Bush, Abusive Behavior, Politics, Ronald Reagan

    9. May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Holder defends subpoena of journalists' phone records

    WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the criminal investigation into the leak of classified details about a successful U.S. undercover operation, calling it "within the top two or three most serious leaks" of government-protected information since he became a federal prosecutor more than 35 years ago.
    WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the criminal investigation into the leak of classified details about a successful U.S. undercover operation, calling it "within the top two or three most serious leaks" of...

    Tags: Lawyers, FBI, Politics, Emergency Incidents, Police Investigations

    10. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  10. 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' civil liberties.
    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: Dick Durbin, Politics, Military Equipment, Rand Paul, Al-Qaeda

    11. May 17, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  11. CIA chief makes unannounced Israel visit amid growing concerns over Syrian weapons

    JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel. The official says CIA chief John Brennan met Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon. He did not disclose other...

    Tags: Lebanon, Espionage and Intelligence, Israel, Politics, Central Intelligence Agency

    12. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. 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: Terrorism, FBI, Politics, Al-Qaeda, Police Investigations

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