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White House Gave Hollywood Filmmaker Access To Team That Killed Bin Laden, Records Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Obama administration officials made "a planner, operator and commander of SEAL Team Six" who killed Osama bin Laden available to a Holly...

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Anniversary Of Bin Laden's Death Prompts Terror Bulletin

Posted 04.26.2012

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The FBI and Department of Homeland Security released a bulletin Wednesday warning of possible terror attacks on the one year anniversary of Osama bin ...

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Peter King Says Hezbollah Agents In U.S. Pose Major Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 03.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Iranian-backed Hezbollah agents, not al Qaeda operatives, may pose the greatest threat on U.S. soil as tensions over Iran's suspected nu...

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Ray Kelly Waves the 9/11 Flag

Dan Collins | Posted 05.05.2012

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Kelly says some have "short memories as to what happened here in 2001." This is the ultimate diss. When the fight is between the guy who wants to do more to avoid a terror attack and -- it doesn't matter. The guy who wants to stop terrorism always wins.

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Rep. Peter King Plans To Keep Investigating Muslim 'Radicalization' In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 02.09.2012

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The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee signaled Thursday he intends to keep investigating the American Muslim community despite a repor...

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Stars Join Hollywood's War Over Bin Laden

Posted 03.07.2012

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Kathryn Bigelow's film about the military's hunt for Osama Bin Laden is on the verge of enlisting three new stars. According to a number of reports, ...

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Pentagon Probes Alleged Leaks On Bin Laden Raid

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 01.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has launched an investigation into whether the White House released classified information about the killing of Osama bin L...

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The Contradictions Of Obama's Outreach To American Muslims

Sahar Aziz | Posted 02.18.2012

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If the government is serious about partnering with Muslim communities, it must stop behaving like an adversary. For starters, community outreach programs should not be exploited.

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Rep. Peter King's Spurious Religious 'Enemy Within'

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 02.18.2012

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Two weeks ago, on the 70th Anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Rep. Peter King once again sought the spotlight with a congressional hearing claiming to explore 'homegrown terrorism's threat to military communities inside the United States.'

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Peter King Goes Off On GOP Candidate

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 12.07.2011

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Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) blasted Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich on Tuesday, saying the former House Speaker is "too erratic." "He's ...

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Rep. Peter King's "Homegrown Terrorism" Hearing Risks Repeating History

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 02.06.2012

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The anniversary of Pearl Harbor must not be used to suggest that 2011 America faces a religious "enemy within." Instead, the anniversary serves as a powerful rationale for an informed, precise and moral approach to combating homegrown terrorism, not hyped-up discrimination.

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House Bill Would Authorize Czar To Watch Islamist Extremists But Not Other Domestic Terrorists

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.10.2011

WASHINGTON -- A House bill set for markup on Wednesday would give protection against civil lawsuits to those who report suspicious activity, designate...

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Homeland Security Chair Calls Occupy Wall Street Protesters 'Ragtag Mob,' 'Anarchists'

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 12.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) joined Herman Cain among the ranks of Republican pols who are unimpressed with the Occupy Wall Street protester...

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Bin Laden Movie Controversy Drags In Congress, President, Oscar-Winner

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 10.11.2011

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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee sought an investigation Wednesday into the Obama administration's cooperation...

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Rep. Peter King's Third Muslim Radicalization Hearing Rails Against Somali Threat

Posted 09.26.2011

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By Lauren Markoe c. 2011 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The third in a controversial series of congressional hearings on the "radicalizati...

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Peter King Announces Second Round Of Muslim Radicalization Hearings

The Huffington Post | Bryan Maygers | Posted 08.10.2011

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Representative Peter King (R-NY) has announced that the House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a second hearing on the "radicalization of the ...

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Trustee Swings and Misses with Mets Owners

Brad Kurtzberg | Posted 07.05.2011

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The SEC investigated Bernie Madoff numerous times during the 25 years the Mets owners made investments with him. It hardly seems fair to hold investors, in this case the Wilpons and the Katzes, to a higher standard than the SEC.

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Three Lawmakers Spent Decade Defined By Death And Bin Laden

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The kill shots that took down Osama bin Laden had a special resonance for three New York lawmakers who have spent the past decade recove...

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The Immigration Hall of Shame -- 2011 Edition

Amy Novick | Posted 06.20.2011

Many of the names are familiar. Maybe you've seen their faces before, or maybe you're hearing about them for the first time. But all of them are obstructing the immigration reform that Americans want, need, and deserve.

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GOP Rep Peter King: HIgh-Ranking Feds Squashed Muslim Group Terror Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The House Homeland Security Committee chairman is demanding to know why the Justice Department squashed a prosecution of Islamic advocac...

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Muslim Discrimination Cases Disproportionately High In U.S.

David Morgan | Posted 05.29.2011

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(Reuters) - American Muslims face a rising tide of religious discrimination in U.S. communities, workplaces and schools nearly a decade after the Se...

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Muslim on the Hill

Nafees Syed | Posted 05.25.2011

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I felt like I was in a fishbowl last Thursday. The halls were teeming with visitors for the King hearings. With my headscarf, I was obviously Muslim, and with my Blackberry, a staffer.

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American Muslims Deserve Respect

Rev. Jennifer Butler | Posted 05.26.2011

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We can't achieve the unity we need to effectively fight terrorism if we caricature all stakeholders as either tough guys who confront Islamic terrorists or cowards who coddle them.

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"The King Has No Clothes"

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 05.25.2011

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So what was missing from Rep. Kings hearings? A little thing I like to call: Facts.

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WATCH: 'SNL' Actual March Madness Cold Open

Posted 05.25.2011

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While basketball fans are gearing up for the first round of March Madness this week, the rest of the world is struggling with actual madness. The "Sa...

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