Washington Post Saturday:
Obama administration officials, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, are crafting language for an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations.
Such an order would [...]
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Meet the New Boss… Same as the Old Boss?
Posted in Human Rights, Meet the New Boss... Same as the Old Boss?, Politics, War on Terrorism on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On October Surprises and al Qaeda
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics, War on Terrorism on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton (the man from who Rudy Guiliani has stolen much credit from for “cleaming up” New York City) and former NSC counterterrorism director R.P. EDDY today in the NY Daily News:
Al Qaeda has a history of trying to influence elections, most notably with the 2004 train attacks in Madrid. Just [...]
American Predator Drone Reportedly Kills Senior Al Qaeda official
Posted in Pakistan, War on Terrorism, al Qaeda, tagged masri, Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LA Times
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN — A Pakistani security official said an apparent U.S. missile strike early Monday may have killed a senior Al Qaeda trainer believed to be a chemical weapons expert.
Local officials in the tribal region of South Waziristan said that at least 12 people died in the attack, believed to have been carried [...]
