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9/11 Text Messages Released: Wikileaks Publishes Intercepted Government Pager Texts As They Were Sent

Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Msnbc, New York City, Terrorism, Washington DC, 9/11, 9/11 Record, Intercepted Messages, Messages From 9/11, Wikileaks, Journalism, 9/11 Events, World Trade Center, Dc, Government Issued Pagers, Open Government, Wikileaks 9/11, 9/11 Series of Events, Pagers, Text Message Pagers, Politics News

Government employees sent more than 500,000 text pager messages In the hours before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. At 3 a.m. (...

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Breaking the Silence on America's Third War

Rahim Kanani | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Cdc, Violence Against Women, Afghanistan, Terrorism, United Nations, 9/11, Unite States, Iraq, Domestic Violence, World News
Rahim Kanani

If the United States is truly interested in protecting innocent Americans from being killed, a national discussion about the nation's treatment toward its women should be a top priority for the country moving forward.

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9/11 Defendants Will Plead Not Guilty, Will Explain 'What Happened And Why They Did It: Lawyer

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11, 9/11 Trials, World Trade Center, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, September 11th Trial, 2001 Attacks, Scott Fenstermaker, Terrorism, New York News

NEW YORK — The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy,...

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9/11 Defendants Want Platform For Views, Will Plead Not Guilty: Lawyer

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, 9/11 Terrorists, Ali Abd Al-Aziz Ali, Scott Fenstermaker, 9/11 Trial, Ammar Al-Baluchi, Politics News

NEW YORK — The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy,...

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New York's Tough Enough for Terrorist Trials

Michael Winship | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Casablanca, Zacarias Moussaoui, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Rudy Giuliani, David Paterson, 9/11, Mike Bloomberg, Giuliani 9/11, John Shadegg, War on Terrorism, Eric Holder, New York News
Michael Winship

Most of us who live not far from Ground Zero, and who were here on 9/11, see New York as an appropriate and just venue, and aren't afraid that the trial will result in terrorist retribution.

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Death Penalty A Question For 9/11 Jury

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Death Penalty New York, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, September 11th, New York News

NEW YORK — New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists. In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin ...

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed And The Death Penalty: Why We Can't Kill Him

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: September 11, 9/11 Trials, Al-Qaeda, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11, Death Penalty, 9-11 Mastermind, New York, Politics News
Beau Friedlander

There is no solving the problem of mass murder. We can only hope to move past it, and perhaps that the spiritual and emotional wounds of 9/11 will turn into the proud flesh of a new humanist outlook.

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Gross Failure of the Media

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Conservative Media, Saddam Hussein, Acorn, Public Policy Polling, 9/11, Media, Iraq, Press, Journalism, Media News
Cenk Uygur

How can over a quarter of the country believe something that is patently untrue, utterly ridiculous, and lacking even one iota of proof?

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Obama & Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: If One Branch is Good, Two Must be Better?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Phil Bronstein, September 11th, Barack Obama, Politics, 9/11, Ksm, Politics News
Phil Bronstein

President Obama is judging Khalid Sheikh Mohammed guilty of the 9/11 crimes before the system Obama is supposed to uphold even brings the guy to court.

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KSM: Ready For His Closeup?

Michael Smerconish | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nyc, Judiciary Committee, Senator Specter, Ksm, Civilian Trial, Eric Holder, Arlen Specter, KSM Trial, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Nuremberg Trials, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, 9/11, Politics News
Michael Smerconish

Sen. Arlen Specter would like to see Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial be televised, stemming from a prosecutorial belief that trying him in a federal civilian court is the right decision.

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Terror in Mumbai -- One Year Later

Dan Reed | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: 9/11, India's 9/11, India, Mumbai Terrorism, Mumbai, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, India 9/11, World News
Dan Reed

Cell phone recordings allow us, for the first time ever, to see right inside the workings of the minds and methods behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks, which killed 166 people last November.

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Obama: Professed 9/11 Mastermind Will Be Convicted

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, 9/11, Eric Holder Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed New York Trial, Eric Holder, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and executed as Attorn...

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That Something Is Published Does Not Make It True

Judith M. Bardwick | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Watergate, Jack Cashill, Richard Nixon, Joan Swirsky, 911, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Media News
Judith M. Bardwick

I'm not on anyone's list to receive emails or blogs or even solicitations for money from extremely right wing, politically conservative organizations ...

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Reject False Choices Between Law Enforcement & Military

Christine Pelosi | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Zacarias Moussaoui, Law Enforcement, Military Tribunal, Terrorists, President Obama, 9/11, Founding Fathers, George F. Will, Independent Judiciray, John Kerry, Constitution, Separation of Powers, Prosecutors, London Terror, False Choices, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

As Obama tasks our independent judiciary with trying more suspected 9/11 terrorists, count me among those who agree with Mayor Giuliani's first position on trying alleged terrorists in US courts: in the yes column

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Giuliani the Brave

Dan Collins | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Giuliani, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Rudy Giuliani New York Terror Trial, Rudy Giuliani, September 11 Trial, President Obama, 9/11, September 11th, New York News
Dan Collins

The outcry against trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York is strange. The same people who tell us to stand up to terrorists feel it's too scary to have them in a U.S. courtroom. Giuliani is livid at the idea.

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Justice American Style

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ksm, Constitution, Bush Administration, Donald Rumsfeld, 9/11, Alberto Gonzales, Al Jazeera, Twin Towers, 9/11 Victims, Islamist Extremism, 9/11 Widow, Politics News
Kristen Breitweiser

Now more than ever, Americans need to trust our own judicial system to fully and openly prosecute the mass murderers of 9/11 while the rest of the world bears witness.

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Mad Men and the Decline of America

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 9/11, America Decline, Consumerism, Mad Men, Pr, Advertising, Don Draper, Freud, American Dream, Jon Hamm, Entertainment News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

As Don Draper reminds us again and again, love is something a guy like him creates to sell us nylons. We buy, we consume, we dream, but we need to build something real again.

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Daniel Pearl's Family Disagrees WIth NYC Trial For Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, 9/11 Trial, Daniel Pearl Foundation, Terrorism, Pakistan, 9/11, Marianne Pearl, Ruth Pearl, Wall Street Journal, Gitmo, New York City, Judea Pearl, Jew, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Nyc, Mariane Pearl, Daniel Pearl, Jewish, Nyc Trial, Danny Pearl, Israel, Adam Daniel Pearl, Gitmo Detainees, World News

The mother and father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl are disappointed with the federal government's decision to try Pearl's profes...

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NYC Terror Trial Poses Legal, Political Risks

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, 9/11 Terror Trial, 9/11, Guantanamo, Eric Holder Trial, New York 9/11 Trial, Mohammed Trial, New York, Eric Holder, Gitmo, New York News

WASHINGTON — In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. ...

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Obama In Flux

William Bradley | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

Read More: Al Qaeda, Tony Blair Dmitri Medvedev, Iran, Singapore, Democratic Party of Japan, Pakistan, 9/11, Korea, Russia, Taliban, Palestine, Israel, Nobel Peace Prize, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Asia, Barack Obama, European Union, World News
William Bradley

As he embarks on his first big trip to Asia, President Barack Obama's strategies are in flux in many areas.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Coming To New York: A Look At The 10 Terror Suspects Headed To US

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Terror Charges, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed New York, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, 9/11, World Trade Center, New York News

WASHINGTON — Ten high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees are being transferred to face justice in the United States. The five detainees heading t...

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Dave Schultheis Compares Obama To 9/11 Hijackers On Twitter

Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: 9/11, Westword, Twitter, Colorado Springs, Danve Schultheis, Barack Obama, Colorado, Denver News

Republican State Senator Dave Schultheis, who recently announced his retirement, has compared President Barack Obama to the 9/11 hijackers on his twit...

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Is Ft. Hood Like Columbine? By Columbine's Dave Cullen

Newsweek | Dave Cullen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Dylan Klebold, Islam, Ft. Hood, Columbine Book, Crime, Eric Harris, Ethnicity, Bullying, Terrorism, Fort Hood, Fort Hood Victims, 9/11, Virginia Tech, Guns, Colorado, Texas, Columbine, Religion, Soldiers, Military, Fort Hood Analysis, Psychiatrist, US Soldiers, Nidal Hasan, Ptsd, Home News

My brain is about to bust with all the apparent parallels to Columbine, Virginia Tech and 9/11, and the startling differences to each as well. But the...

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Global Beat Fusion: Norah Jones and Goodness from Benin & Martinique

Derek Beres | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 9/11, World Trade Center, Caribbean, Martinique, Norah Jones, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

Two albums have recently exploded into my inbox that are strong contenders for the "Best of" list for '09. Ironically, they are "albums" made in the '60s-'70s in lands overseas and from other time zones than Brooklyn.

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USS New York Commissioning To Include Hillary Clinton

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York

Read More: USS New York Arrives, WTC Steel, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, 9/11, World Trade Center Attacks, Hillary Clinton, World Trade Center, New York, New York City, USS New York, New York News

WASHINGTON — A White House official says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will represent the administration at Saturday's commissioning...

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