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Red Cross: CIA Tortured, Officials Could Be Guilty Of War Crimes

NY Times | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Cia, Waterboarding Torture, Counterterrorism, Abu Zubaydah, CIA Torture, Secret CIA Prisons, Waterboarding, Cia Waterboarding, White House Torture, Al Qaeda, Torture, Politics News

Red Cross investigators concluded last year in a secret report that the Central Intelligence Agency's interrogation methods for high-level Qaeda priso...

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China's Olympic Anti-Terror Forces Ride Segways

Huffington Post | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Segway, Counterterrorism, Beijing Olympics, Terrorism, Beijing, China, China Counterterrorism, Chinese Police, Olympics, Home News

Who needs an armored, mine-resistant fighting vehicle to fight terrorists when you have a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric scooter? In Jinan, Shan...

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Putting Boumediene in Global Perspective

David Cole | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Boumediene v. Bush, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
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The Supreme Court's latest decision may be novel in U.S. history, but it is consistent with the global growth in recognition of the essential role that courts play in checking the excesses of democracy.

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War on Terror A Boon For Virginia

Washington Independent | Matthew Blake | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Analysis Corp, Henry Waxman, Counterterrorism, Condoleezza Rice, Blackwater, Halliburton, Business News

When three State Dept. contract employees looked into the presidential candidate's passport records, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) didn't ask Condol...

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FBI Agent Criticizes Counterterrorism Measures

USA Today | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: FBI Whistleblower, FBI Counterterrorism, Warwire, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Fbi, FBI Surveillance, American Library Association, Politics News

The FBI's counterterrorism agents lack the language skills and cultural understanding needed to succeed, an agency whistle-blower charged Saturday. B...

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Jury Deadlocked Over Homegrown "Sears Tower Terrorists"

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sears Tower, Bush Administration, Al-Qaeda, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Al-Qaida, Fbi, Homegrown Terrorism, Alberto Gonzales, Justice Department, Politics News

In a stinging defeat for the Bush administration, one of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears T...

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Rudy Giuliani Steps Down From Giuliani Partners

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, Rudy Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani Partners, 2008 Election, Breaking Politics News, Republican Presidential Candidate, Republican Primary, Counterterrorism, Giuliani Terror Ties, Giuliani Consulting Firm, Giuliani Partners, Politics News

Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has stepped down as head of his consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, after months of refusing to disclose...

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Giuliani: "It Wouldn't Quite Be Fair To Say September 11, Like, Made My Career"

DC Examiner | Jeff Dufour, Patrick Gavin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani and 9/11, Rudy Giuliani Partners, 2008 Election, Breaking Politics News, Republican Presidential Candidate, Republican Primary, Counterterrorism, Giuliani Terror Ties, Giuliani Partners, Politics News

Although former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani frequently gets ribbed by his opponents as nothing more than the guy who happened to be the mayor of...

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Giuliani's Firm Lobbied Against US Counterterrorism Efforts

New York Times | ERIC LIPTON and RUSS BUETTNER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, Republican Primary, Rudy Giuliani, War on Terror, Rudy Giuliani Partners, Counterterrorism, 2008 Election, Giuliani Terror Ties, Giuliani Partners, Politics News

Although Rudolph W. Giuliani is campaigning as President Bush's staunch ally in the war on terror, his law office has lobbied Congress on behalf of le...

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Follow The Falafel Trail: FBI Tracked Middle Eastern Food Sales To Find Terrorists In U.S.

CQ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fbi, Counterterrorism, Politics News

Like Hansel and Gretel hoping to follow their bread crumbs out of the forest, the FBI sifted through customer data collected by San Francisco-area gro...

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Europe's New Counterterrorism Weapon: Blind Detectives

International Herald Tribune | Dan Bilefsky | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Europe, Counterterrorism, Politics News

Sacha van Loo, 36, is not your typical cop. He wields a white cane instead of a gun. And from the purr of an engine on a wiretap, he can discern wheth...

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Vegas Becomes The Capital Of High-Tech Surveillance

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Government Surveillance, Us Surveillance, Casinos, Counterterrorism, Privacy, Las Vegas, Home News

This city, famous for being America's playground, has also become its security lab. Like nowhere else in the United States, Las Vegas has embraced the...

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