Faisal Shahzad

Man Linked To Times Square Bomber Pleads Guilty

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 10.18.2011

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NEW YORK — A Long Island businessman pleaded guilty Thursday to an illegal banking charge, admitting that he unwittingly provided $7,000 to a Co...

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The Feds' Leak Investigation: Probe or Payback?

Len Levitt | Posted 10.01.2011

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Since his appointment as FBI Director in 2001, Robert Mueller has refrained from criticizing Kelly. While Mueller has not changed his public stance about Kelly, one wonders whether the leak probe could be a form of payback.

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Mitch McConnell Drafts Casey Anthony Into the War on Terror

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 09.10.2011

According to Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the Casey Anthony verdict is precisely why the U.S. should no longer be allowed to bring suspected terrorists to trial in its civilian federal courts: because juries cannot be trusted to convict in all cases.

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Counterterror NYC Ignores Inconvenient Truths

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Counterterror NYC, a National Geographic special, blindly and uncritically endorsed NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly's high-tech approach to fighting terrorism. It failed to address Kelly's fatal flaw: his ego.

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How Top Secret America Misfires

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why has Congress not yet awoken to the fact that since 9-11 we have been sailing into a perfect storm? Here are just some of the turbulent winds blowing and pushing officials in the wrong direction.

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The War Over Muslims In America

Qasim Rashid | Posted 05.25.2011

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As 2010 comes to a close, it's clear that this year offered few favors for the American Muslim identity or reputation. Indeed, Pew reports that Muslims in America had a higher approval rating after 9/11 than in 2010.

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Times Square Bomber Faisal Shahzad Gets Life Sentence

AP | TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The Pakistani immigrant who tried to detonate a car bomb on a busy Saturday night in Times Square accepted a life sentence with a smi...

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Muslims Against Muslims: The Struggle Between God's Worshippers And God's Warriors

Fahad Faruqui | Posted 05.25.2011

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Islam is a life-affirming religion and a religion of love that has no space for those of "God's warriors" who are committed to death. Still, within the last 24 hours, at least six were killed in an explosion at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan.

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Juan Williams Is Right: Political Correctness About Terrorists Must End!

Michael Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dear Juan, sorry to hear you got fired by NPR for saying on Fox that you get nervous when you see Muslims on a plane with you. But there's more to this -- and some important things that everyone is missing.

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Times Square Bomber: Theological Confusion & Hypocrisy in Action

Yursil Kidwai | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shahzad's words reek of a disconnection to the truly spiritual elite of Islam, and even the accomplished warriors of Islamic history.

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With Times Square Bomber Sentenced to Life, Ghailani Trial Gets Started

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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The alleged torture of Ghailani in a secret CIA prison hangs heavy over this case -- as it will every other one where detainees were subjected to the so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques."

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Pakistan: Terror Sentences, Protests, and Convoy Burnings

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pakistan has recently witnessed two terror indictments of its citizens in the United States. What it all boils down to is the same old deficit of trust and double dealing in Pakistan. And that's the real tragedy of the Afpak region.

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Predator Drones: Bin Laden's Best Friends

Bruce Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The United States should have anticipated the predator drone blow-back. The 1770 Boston Massacre occasioned but five American deaths, but engendered colonial hatred of the British that cascaded throughout the colonies.

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WATCH: Times Square Bomb Simulation

AP | TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Associated Press) — The man who planted a car bomb in Times Square boasted that he thought it would kill at least 40 people and that h...

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WATCH Woodward: Obama 'Psychologically' Out Of Afghanistan

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama is "psychologically" out of Afghanistan, says author and Washington Post editor Bob Woodward. Woodward appeared on CBS's "Early Show"...

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Investigators Detonate Car Bomb Replica, Prove Killing Power

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Investigators secretly detonated a working replica of the car bomb used in the failed Times Square terror attack, creating a large ex...

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Times Square Bomber INDICTED: Faisal Shahzad Hit With 10 Terrorism, Weapons Charges

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad was charged Thursday with 10 terrorism and weapons counts in an indictment that accuses him ...

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The War Against Iran Begins

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Jeffrey Goldberg's irresponsible myth-building sounds familiar, it's because this is exact the same "journalmalism" technique utilized in the lead-up to the Iraq invasion.

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Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Were Other Terror Targets: Official

AP | TOM HAYS and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — While sequestered in a New York hotel room, the Times Square bomb suspect revealed he had thought about targeting other landmarks and...

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WATCH: Possible Martyrdom Video By Failed Times Square Bomber Emerges

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) CAIRO — The Al-Arabiya TV station says it has video of the failed Times Square car bomb suspect meeting with Pakistani Taliban leaders alon...

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Faisal Shahzad Still A No-Show In Court

AP | TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Where is Faisal Shahzad? The public knew the answer to that question at midnight on May 3, when federal agents pulled the suspected ...

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Faisal Shahzad 'Inspired' By Former GWU Graduate Students

GW Hatchet | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Pakistani-American man suspected of attempting to bomb Times Square earlier this month recently told investigators he was inspired by a former GW ...

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Faisal Shahzad A No-Show In Court

AP | TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Where is Faisal Shahzad? The public knew the answer to that question at midnight on May 3, when federal agents pulled the suspected ...

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Obama's First Guantanamo Conviction Demonstrates Failure of Commissions

Human Rights First | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Renée Schomp, Law and Security It took only two and a half hours here at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Tuesday for a detainee to enter a guilty plea in...

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Eric Holder: Miranda Rights Should Be Modified For Terrorism Suspects

Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Attorney General Eric Holder said for the first time today on ABC's "This Week" that the Obama administration is open to modifying Miranda protections...

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