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Thwarted Plane Bombing Shows Continuing Threat and Diversity of Jihadist Radicalism

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 12.28.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Airplanes, Yemen, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Salafist, Aviation Safety, 9/11, Ksm, Osama Bin Laden, Anwar Al Awlaki, Uss Cole, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Northwest Flight 253, World Trade Center, Abdul-Farouk-Abdulmutallab, September 11th, Fort Hood Shootings, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, World News
Brian Levin, J.D.

A worldwide struggle by a transnational movement aided by the Internet and social media enables would-be "lone" fanatics anywhere to market themselves to terror groups as recruits.

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Upholding the Constitution

David Vines | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Cornyn, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ksm, Terrorism, 9/11, New York, Eric Holder, Politics News
David Vines

There is no "oh, well, except for terrorists" clause to the Sixth Amendment. And that is what makes our country so great.

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Downtown Dispatch: Fear and Anxiety Grip Lower Manhattan as It Braces for the Terror Trials

Julie Menin | Posted 12.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Militray Tribunal, New York, Eric Holder, Terrorism, Torture, KSM Trial, 9/11, Lower Manhattan, World Trade Center, Ksm, New York News
Julie Menin

Emotions bubbled to the surface in lower Manhattan this week. Neighborhood activists lambasted Eric Holder's decision to hold the KSM trial in the shadow of the World Trade Center site.

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What Will The KSM Trial Really Mean?

Slate | Dahlia Lithwick | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: ACLU Torture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Eric Holder Attorney General, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Obama Justice Department, Obama, Ksm, Eric Holder, Torture, Politics News

For close to a year now, the Obama administration has been playing judicial Whac-a-Mole over accountability for Bush administration torture policies. ...

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Eric Holder Personally Inspects Courthouse Where 9/11 Trial Will Take Place

AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Terror Trial, 9/11 Trial, Terrorism, 9/11, Ksm, Eric Holder, New York News

NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric Holder made an unannounced visit to a Manhattan courthouse Wednesday to inspect security for the pending trial ...

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The KSM Trial And Republican Attacks

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Ksm, Rudy Giuliani, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, War on Terror, John Ashcroft, Terrorism, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, New York, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

For many Republicans, none more so than Rudy Giuliani, the KSM trial is merely an opportunity to get some media attention and take a cheap shot at the president.

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Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: 60 Votes, Leadership, White House, Debate, Floor, Ron Paul, Reform, Alan Grayson, Gray Hair, Eric Holder, Sarah Palin, Conyers, Amendments, John Kerry, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic Caucus, Health Care, Majority Leader, Reid, Reconciliation, John Conyers, Conference Committee, Grey Hair, Kerry, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Robert Byrd, Congress, Democrats, Paul, Election, Holder, Byrd, Barack Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mddotw, Harry Reid, State of the Union, Eating, Longest, Senate, Bill, Healthcare, Pumas, President Obama, Cloture, Filibuster, Obama, Democratic, Media, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Lieberman, Pelosi, 2010, Baucus, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Midterms, Skinny, Ksm, House, Attorney General, Matt Osborne, Puma, Thin, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Palin, Sotu, Max Baucus, Joe Lieberman, Party Unity My Ass, Osborne, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.

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Bush DOJ Vets Defend Holder's KSM Decisions

Washington Post | Jim Comey and Jack Goldsmith | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Eric Holder, Comey Goldsmith Ksm, Ksm, Jack Goldsmith, Obama Ksm, Jim Comey, Holder Ksm, Ksm Prosecution, Politics News

Reasonable minds can disagree about Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged Sept. 11 perpetr...

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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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Imagine if the Today's Right-Wing Were Around for Nuremberg

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama-Bows-to-Japanese-Emperor, Right Wing Media, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Nuremberg Trials, Marshall Plan, Rush Limbaugh, Demagogue, George W. Bush, Bow-Gate, King Abdullah, Right Wing, Glenn Beck, Ksm, Bill O'Reilly, Barack Obama, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

The right-wing radicals, unanimous in their agreement that KSM should not be tried in the U.S. courts, aren't just crazy, they're un-American. We don't take people out and shoot them without trials.

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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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If This Is War, What Are We Doing?

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Capital Punishment, Fort Hood, Ksm, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Nidal Malik Hasan, Death Penalty, September 11th, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Al Qaeda, Denver News
Craig Alan Silverman

The government's easier path toward execution is through a tribunal, and yet Holder has chosen the risky path of seeking the death penalty in New York. This is political correctness run amok.

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Just a Few Blocks Away...

Gerald Shargel | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Southern District, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, World Trade Center, Ksm, September 11th, New York News
Gerald Shargel

Even Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a self-described "jackal," will be presumed innocent. But with all the constitutional embroidery, will Mohammed receive a fair trial in Manhattan?

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Mayor Mike and the Imam

Len Levitt | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Fort Hood, Nypd, Michael Pigott, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Tasers, Ray Kelly, Norman Siegel, Omar-Abdel-Rahman, Siraj Wahhaj, Ksm, David Cohen, New York News
Len Levitt

Perhaps we should be relieved the feds are trying Khalid Sheikh Mohamed. If left to the locals, we might have a lapse like City Hall's invitation to a Brooklyn imam linked to the first World Trade Center attack.

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New Khalid Sheik Mohammed Photo Surfaces Days Before 9/11 Anniversary

Huffington Post | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Ksm Photo, Ksm, Khalid Sheik Mohammed Photo, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Terrorism, 9/11 Anniversary, 9 11 Anniversary, 9-11 Anniversary, Khalid Sheik, Sheik, Khalid Sheik Mohammed Pic, World News

A new photograph of Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM), one of the accused masterminds of 9/11, surfaced on the internet on Wednesday, the Miami Herald repor...

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11 Mastermind: HIs Days In N.C. 'Helped Propel Him To Terrorism'

WSJ | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Ksm, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, KSM North Carolina, 9/11 Plotter, KSM North Carolina A, 9/11 Mastermind, World News

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, known inside the government as KSM, is the archetype of the evil genius, the man whose imagination gave birth to the twisted d...

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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Says He Lied To CIA Under Torture

Los Angeles Times | Julian E. Barnes and Greg Miller | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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Reporting from Washington -- Accused Sept. 11 organizer Khalid Shaikh Mohammed told U.S. military officials that he gave false information to the CIA ...

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Former Senior Interrogator in Iraq Dissects Cheney's Lies and Distortions

Matthew Alexander | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Interrogations, Abuse, Vice President Cheney, Torture, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, National Security, Abu Zubaydah, Cheney Speech, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Enhanced Interrogations, Waterboarding, Ksm, Dick Cheney Speech, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Matthew Alexander

Our greatest success in this conflict was achieved without torture or abuse. My interrogation team found Abu Musab Al Zarqawi using relationship-building approaches and non-coercive law enforcement techniques.

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Justifications for Torture: You've Heard the Rest, Now Here's the Best

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ksm, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Warrantless Surveillance, Bush Administration, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News
Russ Wellen

The obsessive pursuit of information has traditionally been the mark of a regime that rules by force and sees enemies at every turn.

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Gitmo War Court: Two Accused Of Orchestrating 9/11 Attacks Offer Confessions

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 02.19.2009 | World

Read More: GuantáNamo Bay, Afghanistan, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Admission, 9/11, Ramzi Binalshibh, Guantanamo War Crimes Court, Ksm, Gitmo Hearings, Gitmo, September 11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Barack Obama, Obama Guantanamo, 9/11 Attackers, Omar Khadr, Gitmo Detainees, World News

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Two alleged orchestrators of the 2001 attacks on America casually declared their guilt on Monday in a messy an...

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