Archive for the 'Al-Qaeda' Category
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
From CIA Jails, Inmates Fade Into Obscurity
Dozens of ‘Ghost Prisoners’ Not Publicly Accounted For
By Craig Whitlock
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, October 27, 2007; Page A01
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — On Sept. 6, 2006, President Bush announced that the CIA’s overseas secret prisons had been temporarily emptied and 14 al-Qaeda leaders taken to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But since then, […]
Posted in CIA, Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Al Gore |
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
U.S. Working to Reshape Iraqi Detainees
Moderate Muslims Enlisted to Steer Adults and Children Away From Insurgency
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 19, 2007; Page A01
The U.S. military has introduced “religious enlightenment” and other education programs for Iraqi detainees, some of whom are as young as 11, Marine Maj. Gen. Douglas M. Stone, the commander […]
Posted in Military, Iraq, Al-Qaeda, Terror, Holier Than Thouists--Muslim Arm |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
All of us realize bin Laden will becaome a martyr in the eyes of his followers. I say take him alive and bury him in Marion, IL Big House. Then, leak out to the press that he is living in the Witness Protection Program and has secured the services of a theatrical agent. He is […]
Posted in Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, 9/11, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Fred Thompson |
Monday, June 4th, 2007
Judge dismisses charges against detainee
By ANDREW O. SELSKY, Associated Press Writer 15 minutes ago
A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, in a stunning reversal for the Bush administration’s attempts to try Guantanamo detainees in military court.
The chief of military defense attorneys at Guantanamo […]
Posted in Congress, Constitution, Bush, USA, Al-Qaeda, Guantanamo, Taliban |
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
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President Bush, right, and George J. Tenet stop to pose on the CIA seal in the main entrance of agency headquarters Tuesday March 20, 2001 in Langley, Va.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais — AP
Reaping the Whirlwind
Sunday, May 6, 2007; BW03
AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM
My Years at the CIA
By George Tenet with Bill Harlow
HarperCollins. 549 pp. $30
In […]
Posted in administration, Bush, CIA, Al-Qaeda, Condoleezza Rice, Tenet, White House |
Saturday, April 7th, 2007
White House Watch by Dan Froomkin
Cheney Sticks to His Delusions
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, April 6, 2007; 1:20 PM
Faced with overwhelming evidence to the contrary, even President Bush has backed off his earlier inflammatory assertions about links between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.
Please find the piece here.
Posted in Iraq, CIA, Pentagon, Cheney, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Al-Qaeda |
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
We know this guy is a dog, but is he also an egomaniac? Or, is he a living proof of the futility of torture?
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In a file photo Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan Saturday March 1, 2003, in this photo obtained by […]
Posted in Torture, Movies, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Guantanamo |
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images file (MSNBC)
Speaker Pelosi–Smarter, Tougher, Better.
Cheney won’t take back Pelosi comment
Fri Feb 23, 9:41 AM ET
WASHINGTON - Vice President
Dick Cheney refused Friday to take back his charge that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record)’s opposition to President Bush’s Iraq war buildup is playing into the hands of the al-Qaida […]
Posted in Cheney, Democrats, Cong-HOUSE, Al-Qaeda, Nancy Pelosi |
Saturday, November 4th, 2006
The Washington Post reports that W and his merry government have asked a Federal judge to prevent C.I.A. detainees from revealing to their own attorneys what method of “alternative interrogation” caused thm to spill the beans.
People who want to kill us are perforce dangerous, but tearing down 217 years of American beliefs will only […]
Posted in administration, Law, Bush, Courts, Torture, CIA, Cheney, Al-Qaeda, 9/11, Terror |
Monday, October 30th, 2006
‘Private expert Evan Kohlmann, who consults for the Feds on terror probes, says Al Qaeda has lately released tapes at a rate of two or three per month. This month, he says, they are “short by one or two,” so he thinks a pre-election message is a “very good likelihood.”‘
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They are short “one or two”? […]
Posted in News Media, 2006 Election, Al-Qaeda |
