Articles in the War on Terror Category
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Oh boy.
“President Obama’s advisers are nearing a recommendation that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, be prosecuted in a military tribunal, administration officials said, a step that would reverse Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s plan to try him in civilian court in New York City.
The president’s advisers feel increasingly hemmed in by bipartisan opposition to a federal trial in New York and demands, mainly from Republicans, that Mohammed and his accused co-conspirators remain under military jurisdiction, officials said. While Obama has favored trying …
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At the point we don’t know for sure what was being planned, as the CIA isn’t divulging details. More as it comes in.
9/11, Barack Obama, News, War on Terror »
Bush, War on Terror »
The one consistent about the Bush administration is that no one who’s worked there can keep their mouth shut afterwards. Nevertheless the latest blabber-puss is Matt Latimer, who obviously is trying to make a buck or two, has published a book about off-the-cuff statements by President Bush while he was his speech writer.
CIA, War on Terror, terrorism »
Wanna hear the sound of a deflating balloon?
“WASHINGTON — Since 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency has developed plans to dispatch small teams overseas to kill senior Qaeda terrorists, according to current and former government officials.
The plans remained vague and were never carried out, the officials said, and Leon E. Panetta, the C.I.A. director, canceled the program last month.
Officials at the spy agency over the years ran into myriad logistical, legal and diplomatic obstacles. How could the role of the United States be masked? Should allies be informed and might they …
