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9 11

'Please Remove Your Jackets, Sweaters and Pants, and Place All Laptops and Electronics...'

Andy Ostroy | Posted 12.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Northwest Airlines, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 9/11, 9-11, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

So what now? Will the Department of Homeland Security now require that we remove our pants too, leaving us standing there even more humiliated in our underwear and tees?

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Ward Churchill Asked To Pay $52,000 For Legal Fees

Daily Camera. | Daily Camera | Posted 10.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Ward Chruchill, 9-11, University of Colorado, September 11, Denver News

The University of Colorado is seeking to recover more than $52,000 from Ward Churchill to cover costs the school incurred fighting a lawsuit filed by ...

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What Would 9-11 Be Like in the Age of Social Media?

Alexia Tsotsis | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: 9-11, Social Media, Twitter, Facebook, Cnn, Media News
Alexia Tsotsis

For the most part we spent 9-11 watching CNN. The Web in '09 is more about doing rather than watching.

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8th Anniversary of Sept 11: Do We Understand Them?

Mohamed Elmenshawy | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Arabs, Terrorism, 9/11 Anniversary, George W. Bush, 9/11, Admiral Mike Mullen, 9-11, Muslim, September 11th, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, World News
Mohamed Elmenshawy

For the Obama administration to continue its focus only on improving the image of the United States abroad, through the approach of "strategic communication" or "public diplomacy," is to see only half of the picture.

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Punishing September 11 Culprits: Some Inmates Weigh In

Joseph Cooper | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Criminal Punishment, Crime, Terrorism, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, Criminal Justice, 9/11 Families, 9-11, 9/11 Victims, Politics News
Joseph Cooper

Shouldn't a victim of crime have some say in how his or her attacker is dealt with? What's so wrong with retributive justice? I've posed these questions to inmates at a facility where I teach.

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Eight Weeks of America's War, Not Eight Years of "Obama's War"

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Obama Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan Surge, War in Afghanistan, Afghan War, President Obama, George W. Bush, 9/11, Admiral Mike Mullen, Obama, Taliban, Obama National Security, Obama's War, September 11, Obama's Vietnam, National Security, Bush Legacy, 9-11, President Bush, September 11th, Us Troops Afghanistan, Bush, Afghanistan, Sept. 11, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Bush Administration, Al Qaida, Admiral Mullen Joint Chiefs, Taliban Afghanistan, Surge in Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban, Politics News
Jonathan Morgenstein

The Obama administration is trying to salvage the situation in Afghanistan after the Bush Administration lost the war over eight years.

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A 9/11 Anniversary Call for Public Service

Laurie M. Tisch | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Laurie M. Tisch, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, Laurie Tisch, 9-11, 9/11 Families, New York, 9/11 Victims, New York News
Laurie M. Tisch

I can't imagine a more appropriate manner in which to observe this solemn anniversary and honor the memory of Sen. Kennedy than through public service.

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Van Jones: The Partisan Politics of Mutually Assured Distraction

Beau Friedlander | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Nash Equilibruium, Game Theory, Van Jones Resigns, Green Jobs, Aces, Mad, Health Care Reform, Katrina, White House Special Advisor, Jeremiah Wright, 9-11, Van Jones, Mutually Assured Destruction, Climate Bill, Politics News
Beau Friedlander

Van Jones was the best person for the job he just relinquished. He would have helped Republican lawmakers in their districts. He would have created jobs. He would have made a difference.

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"We're Going to Kill Your Children": The CIA Inspector General's Report

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rendition, Waterboarding, Detainees, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA Interrogations, Torture, George W. Bush, Attorney General John Ashcroft, CIA Interrogators, Attorney General Eric Holder, Glen Beck, Robert F. Kennedy, Dick Cheney, Waterboard, Savak, CIA Torture Policies, Sean Hannity, CIA Prisoners, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, 9-11, CIA Inspector General, John Durham, Dina, Orden, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

A.G. Holder's appointment of John Durham to investigate this sordid episode should be only the first step in a wholesale reevaluation of American national security priorities in the post-9-11 world.

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Build More Autos Overseas: Marginalize More U.S. Families

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

Read More: NewPage Corp., Ford Ranger, Usw, China, Chevy Silverado, Toyota Celica GT, Unemployment, General Motors, Copper, Nissan, Hurricane Katrina, Jim Henson, 9-11, U.S. Economy, Ge, Gm, Steelworkers, United Steelworkers, Congress, Hbo, Goodyear Tire, Keep It Made in America, Wall Street, Bush Administration, Molybdenum, Ball Corp., Molly, Fraggle Rock, Chino Mine, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, Freeport McMoRan, Rubber Worker, Doozers, Auto Bailout, Fraggles, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

As I toured the U.S. last week on the 11-state, 32-city "Keep it Made in America" bus tour. I talked to unemployed manufacturing workers who are desperate.

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Obama Creating Crisis "100 Times As Grim As 9/11": Annapolis Teabaggers

Legum's New Line | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, Tea Bag, Tea Party Protests, Tax Day Tea Parties, 9/11, Boston Tea Party, 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists, 9-11, Tea Parties, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Tea Bagging, Politics News

Today, I went down to the City Dock in Annapolis to check out the local "tea party," one of many anti-Obama protests occurring around the nation today...

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Could Gitmo Get Worse? The Policy Implications of Executive Accountability

Shahid Buttar | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Rule of Law, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Treason, Surveillance, Obama Transition, Dick Cheney, Torture, Special Prosecutor, Congress, Accountability, Eric Holder, Military Commissions, 9/11, Paul Wellstone, 9-11, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

If we can't attain a national consensus against surveillance trampling the rights of every American, what hope exists of a progressive consensus emerging on torture or detention?

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McCain, Palin Draw Surprisingly Small Crowds In Ohio

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Mccain Rally, George W. Bush, Ohio Vote, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Diane Tucker, 2008 Election, New York City, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Offthebus, Independents 2008, Rednecks for Obama, Rudy Giuliani 2008, Obama Rally, 9-11, McCain Speech in Columbus, Gretchen Wilson, On the Ground 2008, Home News
Diane Tucker

John McCain and Sarah Palin crisscrossed Ohio over the weekend, appearing at multiple rallies that drew surprisingly small crowds -- especially taking...

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Electing Obama Would Show America's Greatness

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aol Hot Seat, Saddam Hussein, Muslim, World, American Ideals, 9-11, Barack Obama, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Can we put aside superficialities to elect the most competent man no matter what his name or race is? Are we big enough to do that?

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Political Fiction on Economic Crisis, 9-11: Slattery's Liberation and DeLillo's Falling Man

Jeff VanderMeer | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Political Satire, 9-11, Books, Economy, Terrorism, Don Delillo, Daily Show, Fiction, Politics News
Jeff VanderMeer

"The collapse was a tsunami, and all of us and the American dream had been on the beach, eyes closed, chairs angled at the sun, too close to the water to get away."

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Reflecting on Our Response to 9/11

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Terrorism, Sept. 11, War, September 11, 9/11, Diplomacy, 9-11, Faith, Peacemaking, Torture, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Seven years later, as we remember that day, it is appropriate to reflect on the statement and to wonder how the world would be different if its counsel had been heeded.

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Watch Rush Limbaugh Take A Royal Dump on 9-11

Steve Young | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media

Read More: 9-11, Rush Limbaugh, Media News
Steve Young

Whether mocking Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's or lying about...well, anything to make his point, Rush Limbaugh has never met a swamp bottom he couldn't...

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Court: Ex-EPA Chief Not Liable For 9/11 Air Pollution Claims

Washington Post | Robin Shulman | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: EPA 9/11, EPA Air Safety, 9/11, Christine Todd Whitman, 9/11 Air Quality, EPA Christine Todd Whitman, 9-11, Politics News

Christine Todd Whitman, the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, cannot be held liable for assuring residents near the burning detritus...

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Al Qaida Number 2: Iran Propagated 9/11 Conspiracy Theory

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 04.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Warwire, Al Qaida, Iran, 9/11, 911, 9 11, Iran 9/11 Theory, Al Qaida Iran 9/11 Theory, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Home News

CAIRO, Egypt — Osama bin Laden's chief deputy in an audiotape Tuesday accused Shiite Iran of trying to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida terror netwo...

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Giuliani Op-Ed: I Prepared New York To Handle 9/11

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Florida Primary, Firefighters, Giuliani and 9/11 Firefighters, Rudy Giuliani Florida, Rudy 2008, 2008 Elections, Rudy Giuliani Controversy, Rudy Giuliani Presidential Campaign, Wall Street Journal, 2008 Election, Giuliani Firefighters, September 11, Republican Primary, Rudy Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani 9/11, New Hampshire Primary, Firefighters Radios Rudy Giuliani, Wsj Oped, Giuliani and Firefighters, Rudy Giuliani 2008, Rudy Giuliani Falling, Florida, Repubican Primary Race, 9-11, September 11th, Politics News

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed today on homeland security, Rudy Giuliani references September 11 nine separate times. In one of those instances, he cl...

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