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Christian Science Monitor, 29 Dec 09, by Dan Murphy
What other Al Qaeda-linked attacks have involved Yemen?
With mounting evidence that alleged airplane bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received his explosives and guidance in Yemen, eyes are turning to the Arab country that has been the source of Al Qaeda-linked attacks in the past.

Washington Post, 18 Nov 09, by Perry Bacon Jr.
In Senate vote, signs of shift on detainees
'Democrats reject ban on using funds for U.S. facilities to house Guantanamo prisoners'

BBC, 19 Nov 09
Guantanamo calm as deadline shifts
'The deadline President Obama set to close down Guantanamo is fast approaching. But at the US military outpost on the island of Cuba there is little to suggest it is going to happen soon.'

Christian Science Monitor, 11 Nov 09, by Patrik Jonsson and Tracey D. Samuelson
Fort Hood suspect: Portrait of a terrorist?
'Ties surface between chief suspect in the Fort Hood rampage and a jihadist cleric in Yemen, giving impetus to arguments that the tragedy was a terrorist act.'

Washington Post, 14 Oct 09, by Sudarsan Raghavan and Peter Finn
U.S. Sees Saudi Program As an Option for Detainees
'The rehabilitation of militants such as Jehani has convinced the Obama administration that Saudi Arabia is the ideal place to send dozens of Yemenis being held at Guantanamo.'

Washington Post, 06 Oct 09, by Anne E. Kornblut
Obama Team Says Zazi Case Illustrates Balanced Approach to Terror Threat
'The White House has been charting a delicate course as it attempts to turn the page on Bush-era anti-terrorism policies.'

Christian Science Monitor, 05 Oct 09, by Ron Scherer
New York to fight terrorism with more street-corner cameras
'Mayor Bloomberg moves to expand high-tech surveillance to midtown Manhattan. But civil liberties groups are concerned, and some security experts question its value.'

Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep 09, by David Montero
Al Qaeda takes multiple hits from US forces
'In September, Al Qaeda took losses in Somalia, Indonesia, and Pakistan.'

Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep 09, by Michael B. Farrell
Zazi case: How far should FBI go in tracking Muslims?
'Muslim groups say the surveillance techniques authorized by the Patriot Act and credited with helping nab alleged New York bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi are alienating potential allies against terrorism.'

New York Times, 23 Sep 09, by Peter Baker
Obama to Use Current Law to Support Detentions
'In concluding that it does not need specific permission from Congress to hold detainees without charges, the Obama administration is adopting one of the arguments advanced by the Bush administration in years of debates about detention policies. But President Obama’s advisers are not embracing the more disputed Bush contention that the president has inherent power under the Constitution to detain terrorism suspects indefinitely regardless of Congress.'

Washington Post, 25 Sep 09, by Anne E. Kornblut and Dafna Linzer
White House Regroups on Guantanamo
'With four months left to meet its self-imposed deadline for closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Obama administration is working to recover from missteps that have put officials behind schedule and left them struggling to win the cooperation of Congress.'

Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep 09, by David Montero
Patriot Act: Obama mum on civil liberties safeguards
'The Patriot Act is up for review, but Obama is poised to keep several of its key national surveillance provisions.'

Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep 09, by Michael B. Farrell
Terror probe: Why is threat level still yellow?
'DHS didn't change the threat level before and after agents nabbed Najibullah Zazi because advisories to local police were deemed sufficient.'

Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep 09, by Tom A. Peter
Panel to Homeland Security: terror warning system doesn’t work
'A task force Tuesday recommended eliminating or overhauling the color-coded system, which has become a source of jokes and political controversy.'

Washington Post, 08 Sep 09, by R. Jeffrey Smith
U.S. Tried to Soften Treaty on Detainees
'Bush White House Sought to Shield Those Running Secret CIA Prisons'

New York Times, 01 Sep 09, by Mark Mazzetti
C.I.A. Resists Disclosure of Records on Detention
'The Central Intelligence Agency is refusing to make public hundreds of pages of internal documents about the agency’s defunct detention and interrogation program, saying such disclosures would jeopardize national security by revealing classified intelligence sources and operations.'

New York Times, 25 Aug 09, by Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane
C.I.A. Abuse Cases Detailed in Report on Detainees
'The Justice Department released a long-secret report Monday chronicling abuses inside the Central Intelligence Agency's overseas prisons ...'

New York Times, 23 Aug 09, by David Johnston
Justice Dept. Report Advises Pursuing C.I.A. Abuse Cases
'The Justice Department's ethics office has recommended reversing the Bush administration and reopening nearly a dozen prisoner-abuse cases, potentially exposing Central Intelligence Agency employees and contractors to prosecution for brutal treatment of terrorism suspects, according to a person officially briefed on the matter.'

New York Times, 24 Aug 09, by David Johnston
Rendition to Continue, but with Better Oversight, U.S. Says
'The Obama administration will continue the Bush administration's practice of sending terrorism suspects to third countries for detention and interrogation, but pledges to closely monitor their treatment to ensure that they are not tortured, administration officials said Monday.'

Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug 09, by Warren Richey
Review of alleged detainee abuse to have narrow scope
'"Preliminary review" looks at whether interrogations followed guidance of the Bush "torture memos."'

Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug 09, by Arthur Bright
Report: militia activity on the rise in US
'The Southern Poverty Law Center warns that US antigovernment militias are gaining traction.'

New York Times, 12 Aug 09, by David Johnston and Mark Mazzetti
A Window Into C.I.A.’s Embrace of Secret Jails
'The existence of the network of prisons to detain and interrogate senior operatives of Al Qaeda has long been known, but details about them have been a closely guarded secret.'

New York Times, 11 Aug 09, by Scott Shane
2 U.S. Architects of Harsh Tactics in 9/11’s Wake
'Jim Mitchell and Bruce Jessen were military retirees and psychologists, on the lookout for business opportunities. They found an excellent customer in the Central Intelligence Agency, where in 2002 they became the architects of the most important interrogation program in the history of American counterterrorism.'

Washington Post, 06 Aug 09, by Spencer S. Hsu and Joby Warrick
Obama's Battle Against Terrorism To Go Beyond Bombs and Bullets
'The U.S. government must fundamentally redefine the struggle against terrorism, replacing the "war on terror" with a campaign combining all facets of national power to defeat the enemy, John O. Brennan, President Obama's senior counterterrorism adviser, said Wednesday.'

New York Times, 21 Jul 09, by David Johnston
For Holder, Inquiry on Interrogation Poses Tough Choice
'As the attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., debates whether to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate the interrogations of terrorism suspects after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he is at the brink of a career-defining decision that risks the anger of the White House and the Central Intelligence Agency, one of the Justice Department’s main partners in combating terrorism.'

Washington Post, 21 Jul 09, by Peter Finn
Reports on U.S. Detention Policy Will Be Delayed
'The Obama administration is delaying completion of reports examining U.S. detention and interrogation policy, officials said Monday, in a sign of the formidable issues it faces in grappling with how to handle terrorism suspects as it prepares to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay.'

NewsHour, 13 Jul 09, with Gwen Ifill et al
Calls Intensify for Investigation Into Bush-era CIA Program
'Democrats are demanding a fresh investigation into whether the Bush administration failed to brief Congress on the existence of a secret program to target, capture, or kill al-Qaida operatives. Gwen Ifill examines the story with two journalists.'

Washington Post, 13 Jul 09, by Carrie Johnson and Joby Warrick
Bush Anti-Terror Policies Get Reluctant Revisit
'Recent disclosures prompt Obama administration to rethink approach to inquiries.'

Christian Science Monitor, 07 Jul 09, by Alexandra Marks
Bring terrorists to US? Better than leaving Gitmo open, panel says.
'In a letter to Congress Tuesday, 17 terrorism experts said America's super-maximum security prisons can handle detainees from Guantánamo.'

Washington Post, 17 Jun 09, by R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick
CIA Fights Full Release Of Detainee Report
'The CIA is pushing the Obama administration to maintain the secrecy of significant portions of a comprehensive internal account of the agency's interrogation program, according to two intelligence officials.'

Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jun 09, by Warren Richey
Guantánamo's untouchables: What to do with Uighurs
'The US moves toward sending the Chinese Muslims to Palau, a remote Pacific island. But some experts say that would be a mistake.'

New York Times, 10 Jun 09, by Judy Dempsey
Finding a Way to Take Guantánamo Detainees
'Well away from the limelight, European Union ambassadors met Wednesday in Brussels for sensitive discussions over how to help President Barack Obama close the Guantánamo Bay detention center by agreeing to accept inmates whom the U.S. authorities have cleared for release.'

Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jun 09, by Warren Richey
Guantánamo's untouchables: What to do with Uighurs
'The US moves toward sending the Chinese Muslims to Palau, a remote Pacific island. But some experts say that would be a mistake.'

Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jun 09, by Patrik Jonsson
Shooting of two soldiers in Little Rock puts focus on 'lone wolf' Islamic extremists
'Did alleged attacker Abdulhakid Mujahid Mohammed act on his own, or was he a trained jihadist?'

Christian Science Monitor, 03 Jun 09, by Caryle Murphy
Obama vs. bin Laden: A battle for Muslim hearts
'Two recordings from the Al Qaeda chief and his deputy may signal that Obama's overtures, particularly his speech in Cairo Thursday, have put the organization on the defensive.'

NPR, 03 Jun 09, by Liz Halloran
Cheney's Role In CIA Briefings Unusual, But Legal
'The long-playing saga over who was briefed about the Bush administration's harsh interrogation techniques and by whom took another turn Wednesday.'

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