Category Archives: Terrorist

Matalin: With Afghan surge, Obama resembler George W. Bush

By doris | Published: December 8, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) – A leading Republican strategist and one-time aide to former Vice President Cheney said Sunday that President Obama’s recently announced decision to send an additional 30, 000 troops to Afghanistan is “a reassertion of the Bush doctrine.” “The [Bush] doctrine is no safe havens [for terrorists intent on harming [...]

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Report: ‘Bin Laden was within our grasp’

By doris | Published: December 1, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Obama got some political cover Sunday for his upcoming announcement on sending more troops to Afghanistan. A report released by the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee blamed the Bush administration for failing to capture or kill Osama bin Laden when the al Qaeda leader [...]

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Inside Fort Hood center, where horror unfolded

By doris | Published: November 7, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — I was in the building at Fort Hood, Texas, in June where 43 people were shot this week. I was sent to Fort Hood along with CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr and videographer Phil Littleton. During our visit, we were in and out of several buildings. One of [...]

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Hillary Clinton urges openness between U.S., Pakistan

By doris | Published: November 1, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she did not come to Pakistan for “happy talk.” Her three-day trip is aimed at getting frank, open discussions going about the fight against terrorism, and that includes presenting U.S. concerns about how much success Pakistan is having, she [...]

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Papers detail FBI, CIA struggle over detainees

By doris | Published: October 31, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Newly released documents show the FBI interviewed a naked, chained terror suspect back in 2002 as the bureau struggled with the CIA over how to treat high-value prisoners. Details of the interrogation were contained in documents released late Friday as part of Freedom of Information Act lawsuits brought by [...]

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Obama on 9/11: ‘No words can ease the ache of your hearts’

By doris | Published: September 12, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Obama laid a wreath of white flowers at the Pentagon, where 184 people lost their lives when a hijacked jet smashed into the military icon outside the nation’s capital. “No words can ease the ache of your hearts,” Obama told a crowd of relatives and friends standing under umbrellas in a [...]

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Could George W. Bush end up behind bars?

By doris | Published: September 5, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com It’s extremely unlikely, but the Obama administration is taking its first steps along a path that could lead in that direction, with the investigation of Central Intelligence Agency interrogators involved in the war on terror. “You don’t know where these things are going to end up,” former CIA agent Peter Brookes [...]

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Judge: Terrorist can sue over torture memos

By doris | Published: June 14, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture, ruled a federal judge who said he was trying to balance a clash between war and the defense of personal freedoms. The order by U.S. District Judge [...]

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