Archive for the 'Terrorism' Category
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
Unchecked aliens cram flight schools
by Bill Hutchinson
Daily News staff writer
Thursday, February 28th 2008, 4:00 AM
Despite tough post-9/11 laws, thousands of foreign students are training at U.S. flight schools without proper visas or security background checks, government documents show.
“TSA’s enforcement is basically nonexistent,” Bill McNease, a former Federal Aviation Administration inspector, said in an interview aired […]
Posted in Business, administration, Terrorism, 9/11, Airlines, Aircraft |
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Britain says North Sea incident “contained”
21 minutes ago
(Reporting by John Joseph, Adrian Croft; Editing by Sami Aboudi)
London (Reuters)-Britain evacuated of(sic) oil workers from a North Sea accommodation platform on Sunday after reports of a bomb threat but officials said the incident was quickly contained and there was no need to send in a bomb squad.
About […]
Posted in Great Britain, Energy, Terrorism |
Friday, February 1st, 2008
Keith Olbermann: Special Comment Regarding FISA
By Keith Olbermann
MSNBC Countdown
Thursday 31 January 2008
Transcript
And finally, as promised, a Special Comment - of FISA and the telecoms.(video link)
In a presidency of hypocrisy - an administration of exploitation - a labyrinth of leadership - in which every vital fact is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an […]
Posted in Business, Constitution, Bush, Terrorism |
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
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Special Comment:
On waterboarding and torture
Nov. 5: Keith Olbermann comments on Pres. Bush and Michael Mukasey’s response to allegations of waterboarding in the Bush administration. Why was an Acting Assistant Attorney General forced out – just because he had the guts to do what Pres. Bush couldn’t?
Posted in Bush, Torture, Terrorism, Cong-SENATE, Judge Mukasey |
Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Plant refuses to see counselors.
Fri Nov 2, 2007 10:47pm EDT
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Palo Verde nuclear power plant, the largest in the United States, was sealed off for much of Friday after guards found a pipe bomb in a worker’s truck as he tried to enter the facility, officials said.
Posted in Nuclear Issues, Terrorism, Arizona |
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
From the Desk of Donald Rumsfeld . . .
In Sometimes-Brusque ‘Snowflakes,’ He Shared Worldview, Shaped Policy
By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 1, 2007; A01
In a series of internal musings and memos to his staff, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld argued that Muslims avoid “physical labor” and wrote of the need to “keep elevating the […]
Posted in Iraq, Pentagon, Terrorism, Rumsfeld, War, Iran |
Saturday, October 20th, 2007
IEDs Seen As Rising Threat in The U.S.
As Preparedness Is Criticized, Bush Works on a Plan
By Spencer S. Hsu and Mary Beth Sheridan
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, October 20, 2007; Page A01
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI agree that the homemade explosive devices that have wreaked havoc in Iraq pose a rising threat to […]
Posted in FBI, Bush, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Chertoff |
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Early August: False Intelligence + Frightened Congress =
W’s Expanded FISA Bill
Posted in Congress, Constitution, Terrorism |
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Arianna Huffington
HUFFINGTON POST
In the Age of Terror, Isn’t Busting Toe-Tappers an Insane Use of Our Law Enforcement Resources?
Posted September 3, 2007 | 05:18 PM (EST)
In the consensus judgment of America’s 16 intelligence agencies, the terrorist threat to our homeland is “persistent and evolving,” placing our country in “a heightened threat environment.”
Given that chilling assessment, isn’t […]
Posted in Law, Republicans, Terrorism, Health, Cong-SENATE, Gay Issues, Airlines, Larry Craig |
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Foreign Policy
The Terrorism IndexSeptember/October 2007
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In the third Terrorism Index, more than 100 of America’s most respected foreign-policy experts see a world that is growing more dangerous, a national security strategy in disrepair, and a war in Iraq that is alarmingly off course.
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Posted in Bush, Polls, Terrorism, Middle East, Pakistan, Politics, War |
