Obama Terrorism

Obama Uses 'Kill List' To Target Terrorists

New York Times | Posted 05.29.2012

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This was the enemy, served up in the latest chart from the intelligence agencies: 15 Qaeda suspects in Yemen with Western ties. The mug shots and bri...

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Bin Laden Raid: 'Obama Made The Decision'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan appeared on three separate Sunday morning programs to discuss the administration's eff...

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White House Holding Summit On Crucial Issue

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 03.19.2012

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WASHINGTON — State and local law enforcement officials convened at the White House on Wednesday for a daylong discussion about how police can ma...

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Congress Presses Ahead With Massive Bill Despite Obama Veto Threat

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — Congress is pressing ahead with a massive $662 billion defense bill that requires military custody for terrorism suspects linked to...

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Freshman GOP Senator Challenges Obama On Controversial Policy

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.29.2012

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WASHINGTON — The face of Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's policy for handling suspected terrorists is a 43-year-old former pros...

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SLIDESHOW: Soft On Terror? A Look Back On GOP Attacks On Obama's Terrorism Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.03.2011

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A couple days after President Obama announced that he had ordered the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen who had become a leading propaga...

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Dick And Liz Cheney: Obama Owes Bush Administration An Apology

Posted 12.02.2011

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney, along with his daughter Liz, praised President Barack Obama Sunday for the drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki...

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Does Killing Of U.S.-Born Cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki Make America Safer?

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The killing of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen has brought cheers from lawmakers and terrorism experts, but it remains an ...

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American Al-Awlaki Killed Abroad Without Trial

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON - The United States government killed an American citizen in Yemen on Friday in hostile action, despite not having declared war on the coun...

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WH Advisor John Brennan To Congress: Stop Playing Politics With 'Counterterrorism Cavalry'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House's chief counterterrorism advisor expressed frustration Thursday that the administration remains unable to make good on i...

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Rudy Giuliani: Obama Administration's 'Political Correctness' Led To 'Missed Signals' On Terrorism (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani sharply criticized the Obama administration on Sunday for reading suspected terrorist Faisal Shahzad his Miranda r...

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Obama's Juggling Act: Dealing With A Deluge Of Crises

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Unpredictable and tough to solve, the stack of problems on President Barack Obama's desk is growing unwieldy. It's presenting him w...

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Obama: Al Qaeda Would Use Nuclear Weapon If It Could

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - If al-Qaida acquired nuclear weapons it "would have no compunction at using them," President Barack Obama said Sunda...

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Bush Official Criticizes Obama For Killing Too Many Terrorists

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just how unpopular are President Barack Obama's anti-terrorism policies with his Republican critics? Even when he's killing terrorists they find flaws...

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McCain: Brennan Has No More Use At Current Post

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Add another name to the list of Republican lawmakers who think homeland security adviser John Brennan should step down from his post in the Obama admi...

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You Have the Right to Silence and New Underwear: Conservatives Play Their Miranda Canard

David Coleman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The purpose of this article is to correct facts and legal misimpressions that have arisen concerning the application of Miranda when terrorist suspects are arrested.

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Hold Onto Your Underwear: This Is Not a National Emergency

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since September 11th, terror in the U.S. has rated above fatalities from shark attacks and not much else. This is seldom highlighted in a country perversely convulsed by fantasies about being besieged by terrorists.

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Criticism Of Holder's Decision On Terror Trials Is Flawed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The latest criticism of Attorney General Eric Holder for his decision to try terror suspects in the U.S. criminal justice system turns out to be hugel...

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Mixed Signals in GOP Terrorland

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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GOP critics of Obama's homeland security have the shortest memory in American history -- or is it the greatest gall and smallest amount of moral intelligence?

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Jane Norton, GOP Candidate: Obama Values Terrorist Rights Over American Lives (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Efforts to seek political gain from the botched Christmas Day terrorist attack have resulted in plenty of hyperbole. And GOP Senatorial Candidate Jane...

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Lieberman: The United States Must Pre-Emptively Act In Yemen

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, (I-Conn) a renowned hawk and one of the foremost champions of the invasion of Iraq, warned on Sunday that the United States fac...

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Cooling It On al-Qaeda

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

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The threat presented by the franchise operation we call al-Qaeda can only be neutralized by first class intelligence and police work. Rampaging through Islamic Asia as al-Qaeda's recruiting agent is manifestly counter productive.

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Winston Churchill Still Instructs

Tony Blankley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Contrary to complaints from Democrats, there is nothing partisan or improper about criticizing Obama's policy. Dissenting with honesty, ferocity and courage is one of Churchill's lessons to us.

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President Grown-Up

Steve Benen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama has scored the kind of counter-terrorism victories that, if they'd come a couple of years ago, would have led the White House to release photos of Dick Cheney and Bill Kristol chest-bumping each other on the South Lawn.

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Obama's Approach To Major Terror Threat Becomes More Clear

Washington Post | Anne E. Kornblut | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama will make his first visit to the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean on Tuesday morning, telling intelligence officials that th...

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