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Christopher H. Schroeder: Why the Justice Department May Be Right

2013-05-17T14:27:37Z

Critics of the Justice Dept.'s subpoena of AP telephone records have shamelessly mischaracterized the Dept.'s actions and the purposes for them. Any interference with the free press merits close scrutiny, but that scrutiny needs to consider just what the Dept. actually has done and why.

Read more: Whistleblowers, Freedom of the Press, Obama Whistleblowers, Whistleblower, Terrorism, Obama Justice Department, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Ap, Al Qaeda, Ap Phone Records, Politics News

Andrew Cotto: An Interview with Dennis Lehane

2013-05-17T11:19:55Z

Dennis joined me to discuss a myriad of current projects, his novels as films, the state of the publishing industry, the state of his hometown after the Boston Marathon bombings, as well as this season's Yankees/Red Sox rivalry.

Read more: Edgar Awards, Art, Terrorism, Writing, Boston, Andrew Cotto, Violence, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boardwalk Empire, Gone Baby Gone, Dennis Lehane, Ben Affleck, Movies, Mystic River, Books News

Darryl Woodard: Asymmetrical Warfare: For all Americans a 21st Century Challenge

2013-05-17T10:25:44Z

The United States is now the sole technological super power in the world, and spends far more on defense than any other nation in the world. America had spent $711 billion on the War on Terror which also included the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and the brief involvement in Libya.

Read more: Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Politics News

Rev. Chuck Currie: Star Trek Demands Path Out Of The Darkness

2013-05-17T10:08:04Z

"Star Trek Into Darkness" does what Star Trek has always done best: holds up a mirror to the United States and asks, "Are we the moral people we want to be?"

Read more: Civil Liberties, Sojourners, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Star Trek Into Darkness, Terrorism, Drone Strikes, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Religion and Politics, War on Terror, Religion News

Accused Idaho Terrorist Heads To Court

2013-05-17T08:21:16Z

BOISE, Idaho — He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for ...

Read more: Fazliddin Kurbanov Terrorist, Idaho Terrorist, Fazliddin Kurbanov Trial, Terrorism, Idaho Terrorist Case, Fazliddin Kurbanov Charges, Fazliddin Kurbanov Court, Fazliddin Kurbanov, Idaho Crime, Crime News

Robert Koehler: Know-Nothing Security

2013-05-16T13:24:32Z

Security is a real need, of course, but know-nothing security flouts that need, often enough both ignoring and aggravating the real dangers we face while, at the same time, inflicting massive inconvenience on people innocently caught in its web.

Read more: Hunger Strike, Force Feeding, National Security, Terrorism, Guantanamo, Community Partners Against Terrorism, Racial Profiling, September 11th, Internet Privacy, National Security Privacy, Politics News

Samantha Paige Rosen: So, Are You Still an Island?

2013-05-15T16:20:23Z

How does one conduct herself each day among such partisanship, isolation, domestic and international disasters, and what seems like the daily fracturing not only of our nation, but also of our relationship with other nations? It's been a harrowing week trying to figure all of this out -- here's what I've established.

Read more: Congress, Terrorism, Economy, Gun Control, Benghazi, Barack Obama, Guns, Federal Budget, Isolation, Cleveland Kidnappings, Kidnapping, Federal Budget Deficit, Nuclear Weapons, Federal Government, Fiscal Cliff, Syria Chemical Weapons, Politics News

Common Ground News Service: What Muslim parents tell their kids

2013-05-15T11:34:29Z

by Naazish YarKhan

Chicago - Like all parents, Muslim parents have their fair share of do's and don'ts for their children. Unlike most parents though...

Read more: Muslim Stereotypes, Boston Bombing, Parenting, Muslim-Western-Relations, Terrorism, Muslim Americans, Muslim Parenting, Religion News

Stephen Mansfield: Crucifying Terrorists

2013-05-14T08:09:01Z

As Jesus hung upon a Roman cross, he forgave one of those with him and promised him a place in paradise. This challenges our tendency to think of terrorists as pure evil, unrepentant and undeserving of good will.

Read more: Death of Jesus, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Crucifixion of Jesus, Boston Marathon Bombing, Teachings of Jesus, Christianity, Terrorism, Forgiveness, Religion News

Dr. David P. Gushee: National Repentance Begins With Guantanamo

2013-05-13T16:00:08Z

We have not repented of the torture that we facilitated after 1993 and implemented after 2001. Because we have not repented, we are all the more at risk of doing the exact same thing under new conditions or a new president.

Read more: Religion and Politics, Guantanamo Hunger Strike, War on Terror, Torture, Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Ethics, Repentance, Religion News

Patricia DeGennaro: Hillary Was Right!!

2013-05-13T16:01:25Z

You heard it here, the former Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton was right. Like she said, "what does it matter?". What does matter is that the Congress is wasting our time and money rehashing rhetoric instead of reason.

Read more: Usaid, John McCain, Congress, Benghazi Attack, Benghazi Hearing, Benghazi Hearings, Terrorism, Hillary Clinton Benghazi, State Department, Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Libya Protests, Politics News

Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH: A Month After the Boston Bombings: What Public Health Can Offer

2013-05-13T14:48:18Z

If you ask the question, "What does public health have to do with response to and recovery from the Boston Marathon bombing and to terrorism in general?", my answer is "everything."

Read more: Boston Marathon Bombing, Public Health, Fear, World Health Organization, Anxiety, Terrorism, Impact News

Nick Turse: Nuclear Terror in the Middle East

2013-05-13T09:51:21Z

Iranian cities -- owing to geography, climate, building construction, and population densities -- are particularly vulnerable to nuclear attack, according to a new study.

Read more: Middle East, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, Tehran Nuclear Attack, Iran Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Attack Casualties Study, World News

Holder Claims Critics 'Are Simply Wrong'

2013-05-11T16:15:15Z

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder says those who argue that civilian courts are incapable of handling terrorism cases "are simply wrong....

Read more: Terrorism Cases, Civilian Courts, Terrorism Trials, Eric Holder Civilian Courts, Terrorism, Eric Holder, Eric Holder Terrorism Cases, Politics News

Lorraine Devon Wilke: So, No More Disneyland in the 'Age of Terrorism'?

2013-05-10T12:17:29Z

Dangers exist everywhere. They existed before the Boston Marathon bombing and will exist, likely and unfortunately, for the rest of time.

Read more: Overprotective, Fear, Children, Age of Terrorism, Terrorism, Boston Marathon Bombing, Raising Children, Crowded Places, Parenting, Children's Safety, Disneyland, Child Safety, Parents News

Tunisian Man Charged In NY In Terror Cell Plot

2013-05-09T16:01:33Z

NEW YORK — A Tunisian man accused of radicalizing a Canadian resident charged in a plot to derail a train has been charged with trying to stay i...

Read more: Terror Charges, Ahmed Abassi Terror Plot, Video, Ahmed Abassi Charged, Ahmed Abassi Terrorist, Ny News, Terrorism, Ahmed Abassi Arrested, Ahmed Abassi Terror, Ahmed Abassi, New York City Terrorism, New York News, New York News

Sanjay Sanghoee: The Case for American Intervention in Syria

2013-05-09T12:33:40Z

America's motives for intervening in Syria, as they were in World War II, might be a mix of humanitarian ideals and selfish agendas, but that does not mean that we should shy away from our responsibility to others or to ourselves.

Read more: Libya, Arab Spring, Hitler, Muammar Gaddafi, Middle East, Terrorism, Boston Marathon Bombing, Hezbollah, Bashar Assad, World War II, Israel, Syrian Rebels, Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, Syrian Uprising, Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, World News

Daoud Kuttab: Will Palestinian Negotiations Tactics Work?

2013-05-09T09:33:53Z

One of the hardest decisions that a political leader has to take is when to engage in negotiations and when to refrain. This has been the dilemma faci...

Read more: Netanyahu, Negotiations, Israel-Palestine Talks, Oslo Accords, Abbas, Palestine, Foreign Affairs, Terrorism, Settlements, World News

Matthew L. Skinner: When 'Homeland Security' Keeps Us From Encountering God

2013-05-08T17:27:18Z

To arm ourselves to the teeth and make self-protection our greatest value makes it harder to love, at least to love those most different from us. The result could be our inability to be swept into the breadth and fullness of love residing in the heart of God.

Read more: Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, John 17:20-26, Gospel of John, Terrorism, Immigration Reform, Teachings of Jesus, Christianity, Immigration, Encountering God, Video, Religion News

Common Ground News Service: Dancing to the beat of a new drum twelve years after 9/11

2013-05-08T14:49:32Z

Endy Bayuni

Jakarta - The Western and Muslim worlds drifted apart in the wake of 9/11. The 11 September 2001 suicide hijackings in the United States ...

Read more: Muslim Culture, Suicide Bombers, Muslim-Western-Relations, Common Ground, Clash of Civilizations, Terrorism, September 11th, World News

Arturo Lopez Levy: It's Time to Delist Cuba

2013-05-08T14:11:31Z

Characterizing Cuba as a terrorist state--and more generally implying that the island in any way poses any threat to U.S. security--hinders the United States' ability to develop a strategic vision for post-Fidel Cuba.

Read more: U.S.-Cuba-Relations, U.S. Cuba Relations, States Sponsors of Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Cuban American Voters, Counter-Terrorism, Terrorism, President Obama, United States, Cuban Americans, U.S.-Cuba Policy, Barack Obama, Cuba, State Department, List, Politics News

Brian Glyn Williams: Reevaluating the Usefulness of Predator Drone Strikes: A Bostonian Perspective

2013-05-08T12:04:15Z

While there is no such thing as an excusable killing of a civilian, these statistics, and the constant pressure to prevent further terror acts on American soil, somewhat mitigate the harm caused by the CIA's controversial drone assassination campaign.

Read more: Pakistan Drones, Anwar Al Awlaki, Drones Strikes, Boston Bombers, Pakistan Drone Strikes, Counterterrorism, Drones, Terrorism, World News

Raymond Barrett: The War on Terror Is Over...But Osama Bin Laden Won.

2013-05-07T17:22:11Z

Committing atrocities is one thing, but institutionalizing them with the full imprimatur of the US government is another, and a more definitive way to ensure Bin Laden enjoys a posthumous victory.

Read more: Guantanamo, War on Terror, Drones, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Politics News

Bill Shireman: The Burden of Anti-Terror Security

2013-05-07T13:24:04Z

"Boston exposes antiterror frailties," says the Washington Post.

Last Thursday, I arrived early for a breakfast meeting at a New York hotel, placed m...

Read more: Boston Marathon Bombing, Airport Security, National Security, Terrorism, Boston, Politics News

Alex Pattakos: Boston Strong: The Athens of America

2013-05-07T12:54:10Z

Once again, the people of Boston demonstrated, individually and collectively, that they are a true beacon of hope and inspiration for the nation and the world.

Read more: Democracy, American Revolution, Greece, Terrorism, Boston Marathon, Beacon Hill, Boston Global Forum, Boston, Boston Marathon Bombing, Paul Revere, Boston Strong, Politics News