Anti Terrorism

Protecting Detroit From Terrorists: How a Softer Approach Overseas Could Help

Dr. Richard Chasdi | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Soft Line Approach, Counter Terrorism, Anti-Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks, Ambassador Bridge, Detroit News

Here is a scenario of a terrorist assault against the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel along with a set of counter-terror practices we could employ to protect ourselves. It's an unsettling story but one that needs to be heard.

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Confronting Neo-Nazi And Skinhead Fanaticism In Northern Europe?

Kemal Argon | Posted 03.24.2012

This kind of interfaith work might be compared to throwing a small stone into a pond: there is usually not a big splash but the ripples slowly proceed everywhere, bringing their important message.

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Anyone for Proactive Nonviolence Against Terror?

Kemal Argon | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Interfaith Engagement, Nonviolence, Anti-Terrorism, Interfaith Dialogue, Interfaith Cooperation, Religious Tolerance, Terrorism, Religion News

If I listen to ordinary Americans talking candidly about their views of Muslims, I too often hear deep grief, anger, bitterness and resentment. But I believe that most of these folks are actually not Islamophobic and don't want to be.

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What's The CIA Doing At NYPD? Depends Whom You Ask

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Spy Unit, Spy, Anti-Terrorism, Nypd, Cia, Ny News, Terrorism, Nypd Program, New York Crime, Muslims, Racial Profiling, Cia Nypd, New York News

WASHINGTON — Working inside the New York Police Department is one of the CIA's most experienced clandestine operatives. He arrived in July as th...

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WATCH: A Rare Look Inside Ray Kelly Anti-Terrorism Force

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Video, Anti-Terrorism, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Ny News, September 11th, New York News

NEW YORK — The chief of the New York Police Department says city police could take down a plane if necessary. Commissioner Ray Kelly tells CBS' "...

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Leaked FBI Materials Reveal More Shocking Anti-Muslim Bigotry

wired.com | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, FBI Counterterrorism, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Antiterrorism, Anti-Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Muslims, Fbi, FBI Training Materials, Anti-Muslim Bigotry, Politics News

Following months of denials, the FBI is now promising a "comprehensive review of all training and reference materials" after Danger Room revealed a se...

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NYPD Eyed US Citizens In Intel Effort

AP | MATT APUZZO, EILEEN SULLIVAN and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: New York Crime, Demographics Unit, Nypd Cia, Moroccan Group, Anti-Terrorism, Nypd, Cia, Nypd Scandals, New York News

NEW YORK — The grainy photographs could have come from any undercover police file: A man in jeans talking on his cell phone. Another in a windbr...

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A Fitting Tribute to 9/11 Victims: No Easy Access to Guns for Terrorists

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 11.10.2011

Read More: Assault Weapons, Terrorism, 9/11, Gun Control, Nra, Guns, Osama Bin Laden, Gun Violence, September 11, Anti-Terrorism, Decade After 9/11 - National Security, September 11 Anniversary, Politics News

In response to the horrific tragedy of September 11, 2001, federal officials have taken extraordinary steps to prevent other airliners from being turned into incendiary devices. Yet Congress has repeatedly failed to deny suspected or known terrorists easy access to guns and explosives.

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NYPD's Anti-Terror Surveillance Not Unfair To Muslims: Bloomberg

Yahoo! News | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 11.08.2011

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Officially, There Is No Terrorism In Brazil

AP | By JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Brazil World Cup, Terrorism Policy, Brazil Terrorists, Anti-Terrorism, Brazil Terrorism, Terrorism, Brasilia Terrorism, Anti-Terror Laws, September 11 Anniversary, World News

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Khaled Hussein Ali lives in Sao Paulo and allegedly works for al-Qaida. But this does not mean he is a terrorist. In fact, no one i...

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Obama Expected To Announce Major Afghanistan Troop Reduction

AP | ROBERT BURNS and JULIE PACE | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: U.S. Troops, Anti-Terrorism, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Taliban, US Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan Troop Reduction, World News

WASHINGTON — Facing a war-weary public, President Barack Obama is expected to call for a major withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan We...

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Renewing the Patriot Act: Who Will Protect Us From Our Government?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Surveillance, Patriot Act, Civil Liberties, Patriot Act Renewal, Renew Patriot Act, Reauthorize Patriot Act, Patriot Act Reauthorization, Terrorism, Patriot Act Civil Liberties, Anti-Terrorism, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties Patriot Act, US Surveillance, Parea, Politics News

What the Patriot Act did was legitimize a violation of Americans' long-cherished privacy rights. Its passage has snowballed into a massive assault on our constitutional freedoms.

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Friday Talking Points [147] -- Democrats Fighting The Good Fight

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Tea Party, Pentagon, Marijuana, Scrooge, Poll, Deficit, Voting Is a Pleasure, Military, National Security, Midotw, Kyl, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Reid, Scrooge McRepublicans, American People, Patriotic Millionaires, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Treaty, Bruce Braley, Democrat, Congress, Joint, Hippies, Democrats, Barack Obama, Socialists, Smoke, Mddotw, Auc, Harry Reid, Tom McMahon, Spain, Senate, Polls, President Obama, Public Opinion, Democratic, Obama, Start, Joementum, Nuclear, Shasta Dam, Charlie Rangel, Friday Talking Points, Braley, Republican, Lieberman, Bush Tax Cuts, Iran, Dadt, Unemployment, Paul Costa, Costa, Tax Cut, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Americans United for Change, Risk, Mcmahon, Texas Sized Hole, Anti-Terrorism, House, Millionaires, Talking Point, Lame Duck, Gay, Pennsylvania, Jon Kyl, Nukes, Nuclear Arms Reduction, Rangel, Chris Weigant, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tax, Joe Lieberman, When Harry Met Sally, Dont Get It, New Start, Politics News

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I thought that was a pretty good week for Democrats. Maybe it's just the subject matter I've been tackling t...

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Ratko Mladic, Europe's Most Wanted War Fugitive, Sought In Serbia

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Crimes, Anti Terrorism, Terrorism, Genocide, Serbia, European Union, Former Yugoslavia, Bosnia War @Y:World, Yugoslavia, Eu, Ratko Mladic, Belgrade, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian authorities conducted another unsuccessful hunt for Europe's most-wanted war crimes fugitive Tuesday, pledging to mee...

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Are So-Called 'Eco-Terrorists' Falsely Prosecuted?

John Robbins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Eric McDavid, Anti-Terrorism, Terrorism, Green Living, John Robbins, Anti-Terror Laws, Eco-Terrorism, Healthy Living News

More than a few public officials have been labeling as "terrorists" people whose beliefs threaten the status quo. If MLK Jr. or Gandhi were alive today, would they be prosecuted as terrorists?

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Can't Win 'Hearts and Minds' Without Speech

Blake Bromley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Supreme Court, Anti-Terrorism, Terrorism, Free Speech, Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Hearts and Minds, Supreme-Court-Anti-Terror-Law, Anti-Terror Laws, Impact News

The U.S. Supreme Court made it more difficult to fight the war on terrorism this week. They removed free speech from the arsenal of weapons available.

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iWATCH: I Protect My Community

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Terrorism, Mayor Villaraigosa, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Iwatch, Los Angeles News

This morning, I was at LAX with Chief Beck, Assistant Chief Michael Moore, Deputy Chief Mike Downing and Chief George Centeno (Airport PD) to launch i...

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Islamic Society Provides Weak Evidence Against Times Square Bomb Attempt

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Koran, Islamic Society of North America, Islam, Anti-Terrorism, Terrorism, Time Square Bombing, Religion News

Next time, Muslim leadership should provide us with a verse strong enough to convince those who read it in context -- including terrorists -- that theirs is a religion of peace.

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Sam Stein Discusses White House Anti-Terror Efforts, Cheney's Interviews

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Anti-Terrorism, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Sam Stein, Morning Joe, Obama, Joe Biden, Iraq, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Sam Stein appeared on "Morning Joe" Monday morning to weigh in on the Obama administration's anti-terrorism efforts. Yesterday, Vice President Joe ...

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John Brennan: Stop Using Christmas Day Plot As A 'Political Football'

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Brennan, Christmas Day, Christmas Day Attack, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Brennan Terrorism, Anti-Terrorism, Underwear Bomber, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Sunday that lawmakers and others are using national security to score po...

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The Real State of the Union

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Terrorism, Economic Crisis, Detention, Terrorism, Economy, George W. Bush, Globalization, Immigration, Obama, State of the Union Address, Foreign Policy, Middle-Class, Health Care Reform, Banks, Obama State of the Union, Security, State of the Union, Torture, Politics News

Citizens, the state of the union couldn't be any worse. In the last 20 years, we've managed to squander the prosperity, moral credibility, and the international legitimacy we won after the demise of the Soviet Union.

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Recognizing the Limits of American Power in Afghanistan

Doug Bandow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, Afghanistan, Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Insurgency, Surge, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Social Engineering, World News

He should not ask, is Afghanistan winnable? Rather, the right question is what should the U.S. attempt to achieve?

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GOP Plays Soft on Terrorism Card Again

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Joe Lieberman, Anti-Terrorism, Bush, Mccain, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Kerry, President Obama, Al Qaeda, Yemen, Terrorism, Northwest Flight 253, Guantanamo, Politics News

It didn't take long for anti-terrorism hawks from Joe Lieberman to GOP congresspersons to dump the lax security, terrorist watch breach, and faulty al Qaeda intelligence on President Obama.

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More FBI Anti-Terror Raids In Queens Set

New York Daily News | James Gordon Meek, Rocco Parascandola, Alison Gendar and Larry Mcshane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Terror Raids, Fbi, Fbi Raids, Queens Anti-Terror Raids, Anti-Terrorism, Queens, Queens New York, New York News

Fearful of a Madrid-style subway train bombing, authorities are poised to make more raids to seize bomb-making materials at locations in Queens, sourc...

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FBI's Anti-Terror Role To Expand In Break From Bush

LA Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Terrorism, Cia, War on Terror, Terrorism, Justice Department, Global Justice, Fbi, Politics News

The FBI and Justice Department plan to significantly expand their role in global counter-terrorism operations, part of a U.S. policy shift that will r...

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