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New York Times, 13 May 09, by Jeff Zeleny and Thom Shanker
Obama Moves to Bar Release of Detainee Abuse Photos
'President Obama said Wednesday that he would fight to prevent the release of photographs documenting abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan by United States military personnel, reversing his position on the issue after commanders warned that the images could set off a deadly backlash against American troops.'

New York Times, 14 May 09, by David Johnston
Bitter Start to a Hearing on Interrogation Tactics
'The first Congressional effort to publicly investigate the Bush administration's brutal interrogations of terrorism suspects opened on Wednesday with a hearing splintered by harshly partisan recriminations.'

Washington Post, 13 May 09, by Carrie Johnson
Former Official: Treatment of Terror Suspects a 'Collective Failure'
'Fresh accounts today by Zelikow and retired FBI special agent Ali Soufan, who dissented from Justice Department conclusions about the legality of waterboarding prisoners, are likely to expose anew rifts within the highest levels of the Bush administration over the practices.'

Washington Post, 09 Apr 09, by Joby Warrick and Candace Rondeaux
Extremist Web Sites Are Using U.S. Hosts
'Reliable service and anonymity provided by U.S. Internet companies attracts anti-American groups, including the Taliban and al-Qaeda.'

Family Security Matters, 30 Mar 09, by W. Thomas Smith Jr.
CRC Open-Source Intelligence Briefs
'On a note related to the soft-soaping of terrorists, Congressman Lamar Smith is "calling out"� the worst culprits in the latest soft-soaping campaign for what he deems to be "political name games."�'

Examiner.com, 01 Apr 09, by Jeff Smith
'Ring of Steel' to protect midtown from terrorists
'Every major daily in the boroughs is reporting on a plan suggested yesterday by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to institute a security zone around Midtown Manhattan, similar to the one near Ground Zero.'

The Sun, 31 Mar 09, by Neil Syson
Jail foils terror copter breakout
'Jail bosses have foiled a plot by some of the country's most dangerous terrorists to escape in a hijacked helicopter. Al-Qaeda henchmen on the outside planned to hire the chopper for "business"�, then force the pilot to land in prison at gunpoint.'

Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar 09, by Alexandra Marks
FBI and American Muslims at odds
'An informant at a California mosque has hampered efforts to find home-grown terrorists.'

International Herald Tribune, 22 Mar 09, by Robert F. Worth
With counterterror program, Saudis have turned the tide
'Many Saudis had refused to recognize the country's growing reputation as an incubator of terrorism, even after the international outcry that had followed the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.'

International Herald Tribune, 18 Mar 09, by John Schwartz
U.S. urged to lift antiterror ban on foreign scholars
'... a coalition of academic and civil liberties groups is calling on the Obama administration to break with the Bush administration’s policies on blocking visas of some foreign scholars, writers and activists. ... the coalition says so-called ideological exclusion "compromises the vitality of academic and political debate in the United States at a time when that debate is exceptionally important."'

Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar 09, by Jonathan Adams
Red Cross report says detainees at CIA 'black sites' were tortured
'The confidential report, published Sunday, could bolster calls for legal action against the Bush administration.'

Washington Post, 16 Feb 09, by Peter Finn
4 Cases Illustrate Guantanamo Quandaries
'Administration must decide fate of often-flawed proceedings, often-dangerous prisoners.'

International Herald Tribune, 18 Feb 09, by Charlie Savage
No sharp break from Bush-era anti-terror policies
'Even as it pulls back from harsh interrogations and other sharply debated aspects of George W. Bush's "war on terrorism," the Obama administration is quietly signaling continued support for other major elements of its predecessor's approach to fighting Al Qaeda.'

Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb 09, by Warren Richey
Next flash point over terror detainees: Bagram prison
'With Guantánamo set to close, more attention is falling on the US military facility in Afghanistan and those in custody there.'

Washington Post, 27 Jan 09, by Craig Whitlock
E.U. Willing to Help U.S. on Guantanamo
'European diplomats said Monday that they are willing to help the Obama administration empty the prison at Guantanamo Bay, but stopped short of making specific promises to give inmates new homes in Europe.'

International Herald Tribune, 26 Jan 09, by Stephen Castle
Guantánamo's closing catches EU off-guard
'In the first test of trans-Atlantic cooperation with the new American administration, a divided European Union said Monday that it wanted to help the United States close the Guantánamo Bay prison camp but made no further promises to take inmates.'

Washington Post, 23 Jan 09, by Dana Priest
Bush's 'War' On Terror Comes to a Sudden End
'President Obama yesterday eliminated the most controversial tools employed by his predecessor against terrorism suspects. With the stroke of his pen, he effectively declared an end to the "war on terror," as President George W. Bush had defined it, signaling to the world that the reach of the U.S. government in battling its enemies will not be limitless.'

2008 On Terror archive
2007 On Terror archive