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Bush defends decisions on North Korea, Olympics
President Bush on Sunday defended removing North Korea from the list of state sponsors of Terrorism and attending the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics as world leaders assembled to address soaring ... Full Article At San Francisco Chronicle
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In Japan, Bush Defends N. Korea Shift
Arriving in Japan for the Group of 8 summit, President Bush defended his decision to remove North Korea from the list of state sponsors of Terrorism.... Full Article At New York Times - Front Page
Bush Defends N. Korea Shift to Japan
In a media availability with Prime Minister Fukuda in Tokyo Sunday the President reaffirmed his decision to remove their neighbor to the north from the list of state sponsors of Terrorism. Japan and North Korea have tension because of the North&rsquo... Full Article At Time - The Page
Obama, McCain split over Afghan strategy
Washington - Barack Obama and John McCain are proposing sharply different strategies to seize the initiative from a resurgent Taliban and ... Full Article At Boston Globe (National)
Found: An Alternative To Guantánamo Bay
HI HO, HI HO. OFF TO MICHELLE’S HOUSE WE GO In one fell swoop, the Supreme Court’s Boumediene decision undercut the whole reason for detaining Terrorism detainees at Guantánamo Bay. This is because a majority of the Supremes gave the... Full Article At The Moderate Voice
AK-Sen: Begich on Protecting Our Rights
While this is a message intended for Alaskans , it makes sense for the entire West, not to mention the country. The Begich plan includes: Standing Up Against Government Interference - including warrantless wiretapping, the assault on habeas corpus, the pursuit of Real ID cards, and retroactive... Full Article At Daily Kos
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David Wild: Suck My Hancock, The Hammer is What Hollywood Should be Erecting
Last night my wife and I were debating whether to order tickets to see Hancock with the kids this weekend -- as we sat down together to watch a rented copy of Adam Carolla's movie The Hammer. We decided to invite our two sons who are eight and ten and just back from a week at sleep away camp to... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Yesterday’s Attacks Demonstrate the Challenges Israel Has Always Faced (Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen)
Yesterday’s incident illustrates the threats that engulf the State of Israel – from Hamas and other violent Islamist extremist groups in Gaza and the West Bank; to Hezbollah in Lebanon; to state-sponsors of Terrorism such as Iran and Syria... Full Article At The Hill
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Justice Department Considers Racial Profiling For Terror Prevention
The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups. Law enforcement officials say the... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Judges to start hearings, rulings on Gitmo cases
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will hold its first hearing Tuesday on cases of detainees at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that granted the Terrorism suspects access to federal... Full Article At Washington Times
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Feds Use “Terrorist Liaison Officers” in Colorado
Mike mentioned this in his Round Up, but it definitely merits its own post. Denver Post: Hundreds of police, firefighters, paramedics and even utility workers have been trained and recently dispatched as “Terrorism Liaison Officers” in Colorado... Full Article At Crooks and Liars
Mairi Beautyman: Does Terrorism Make us Travel Greener?
Photo: Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images The other day a friend mentioned his drug of choice for an upcoming flight: Anxiety pill Xanax. When I asked if he was afraid of flying, he said no, he was afraid of checking in. A few months ago, I was given the choice between a train or a plane from Berlin to Cologne... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
China's Olympic Anti-Terror Forces Ride Segways
Who needs an armored, mine-resistant fighting vehicle to fight terrorists when you have a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric scooter? In Jinan, Shandong province yesterday, armed Chinese police were photographed executing counter-Terrorism drills... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Terrorism fears are fading, poll shows
As Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama battle over who has the best approach to National Security, a new CNN ... Full Article At CNN - Politics
Poll: Terrorism fears are fading
Mourners throw flowers in a reflecting pool at Ground Zero. (CNN) – As Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama battle over who has the best approach to ... Full Article At CNN - Political Ticker
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Michael Russnow: Patriotism is not Synonymous with the Republican Party: It's Time They Stopped Using the "P" Word
Whether Obama or McCain is better fit to deal with defense and overseas issues, I'm constantly amazed how those who can't really defend our failed foreign policies choose to hit below the belt using the "P" word, hoping such an asinine... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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TODAY ON TAP ONLINE: TERROR AND DOCTORS.
Paul Waldman wonders why , if McCain is so knowledgeable about Terrorism, his actual position is so divorced from the facts on the ground: Given the propaganda value of the war and the way al-Qaeda has become a franchise operation, it isn't surprising... Full Article At The American Prospect - Tapped
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McCain: Noun, Verb, Terrorism
For all John McCain's supposed experience, he has the same absurdly simplistic and factually ignorant understanding of the problem as President Bush.... Full Article At The American Prospect
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Spencer Ackerman: Al Qaeda Goes Viral
In 2004, one of the most important documents in the history of Islamist Terrorism began to appear on jihadist Internet forums. Serialized in Arabic over 40 installments, "The Global Islamic Resistance Call" caused a sensation within radical Islamic... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
