Attorney General Eric Holder, maintaining that people accused of terrorism against the United States can be tried in federal courts, says those who say the courts can’t handle such high-profile cases “are not just registering a dissenting opinion — they...
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Sen. Rand Paul is seen on a TV monitor as he participates in a filibuster on the Senate floor March 6, 2013 on Capitol Hill.
Paul: Next Filibuster, More Fuel — and ‘Hurrah’ for Holder’s Reply
There may be no pressing reason for Sen. Rand Paul to again embark upon an old-fashioned Senate filibuster, now that Attorney General Eric Holder has given him the answer on drone attacks he sought in launching yesterday’s 13-hour talkfest. But if Paul does...
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Sen. Rand Paul is seen on the television in the Senate Press Gallery as he filibusters to the nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA.
Rand Paul’s CIA-Brennan Filibuster
Updated at 2:55 pm EDT Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has taken the Senate floor to slow down the confirmation of John Brennan as CIA director. “I rise today to begin to fillibuster John Brennan’s nomination for the C.I.A.,” the...
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Men look at the wreckage of a vehicle near Ain Amenas, Algeria. Algerian bomb squads scouring a gas plant where Islamist militants took dozens of foreign workers hostage found "numerous" new bodies on Jan. 20, 2013 as they searched for explosive traps left behind by the attackers, a security official said, a day after a bloody raid ended the four-day siege of the remote desert refinery.
Terrorists Tagged Twice by State — In Case They Didn’t Get the Memo
The Abdallah Azzam Brigades, a militant organization based in Lebanon and the Arabian Peninsula, is a bad, bad group of terrorists. So bad, in fact, that the U.S. has officially declared them a terrorist organization – for the second time...
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Algerian men look at national newspapers headlining the terrorist attack and kidnapping in Amenas at a news stand in Algiers, on Jan. 17, 2013.
Obama Administration Rations Words — Algerian Terrorism Post-Benghazi
In the aftermath of a bruising partisan battle over what the Obama administration knew about an extremist attack in Benghazi, Libya, and when it knew it, officials are rationing their words for a new crisis in Algeria. White House Press...
Read more »Gallup: Democrats and Republicans Even on Combating Terrorism
Democrats have pulled to a rare point of political parity with Republicans on the question of combating terrorism and military threats. Each party drew 45 percent support in a Gallup survey released today that asked respondents to identify “which political...
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An armed man waves his rifle as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames after being set on fire inside the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi late on September 11, 2012.
Obama-Romney: World Closing In
Ominous thunderclouds hung over Jacksonville, Florida, this morning as Republican Mitt Romney’s campaign motorcade rolled southward along Interstate-95. Not a full-length presidential motorcade, but close enough, with all the trappings — motorcycle escorts leading the way and an ambulance trailing the...
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David Peters displays a jacket with a painting of the Twin Towers outside of the World Trade Center site on the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2012 in New York City.
Obama, Romney Mark 9/11 Anniversary With Somber Statements, No Negative Ads
To mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Mitt Romney stopped on the tarmac of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to greet about 20 firefighters and emergency workers. On hand to provide security for Romney, the first responders took part in a...
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A photo downloaded from the Arabic language Internet site www.muslm.net and purporting to show a man identified by the Internet site as Khalid Sheik Mohammed.
Sept. 11: Mastermind’s Court Date
Written by David Lerman Last year, the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks played out in commemoration. This year, it could play out a military courtroom. The anniversary of the hijacked airliner attacks on the World Trade Center...
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