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Living Costs for UK
Terror Suspects Top $1M

House arrest program for dangerous extremists under fire

Nov 17, 09 2:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Terror suspects have been paid over $1 million in living expenses in the last two years under a controversial British program that keeps them under virtual house arrest. The suspects—who security services say pose a threat, but who can't be prosecuted because evidence against them is too sensitive to... More »

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house arrest • Britain • MI5 • terror suspects

CIA Officer: We 'Broke the Law' With Kidnapping

She's one of 23 Americans convicted in Italy for 2003 rendition

Nov 4, 09 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the CIA agents convicted in Italy today of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in 2003 says the mission "broke the law" and that she feels "abandoned and betrayed" by the US government. The case involving ex-officer Sabrina DeSousa and 22 other Americans is the first challenge to... More »

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CIA • rendition • Italy • kidnapping • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • terror suspects • extraordinary rendition • Pete Hoekstra • Sabrina DeSousa

Italy Convicts CIA Agents of Kidnapping

2003 case is first to challenge practice of extraordinary rendition

Nov 4, 09 11:12 AM CST
(AP) - An Italian judge today convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric on a Milan street, in a landmark case involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program in the war on terrorism. Judge Oscar Magi acquitted three other Americans, citing diplomatic immunity. Former Milan CIA station chief Robert... More »

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CIA • rendition • Italy • kidnapping • cleric • terror suspects • extraordinary rendition

'Tortured' Rendition
Victim Told
He Can't Sue

Canadian sent to
Syria plans to appeal

Nov 3, 09 4:01 AM CST
(Newser) - A Canadian citizen sent to Syria after being mistakenly arrested at JFK Airport cannot sue US authorities, a court has ruled. Maher Arar, who says he was tortured during the year he was held in Syrian custody, was told by a New York court that it has no legal right... More »

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CIA • rendition • Syria • Canada • lawsuit • terror suspects • Maher Arar

(AP) - Najibullah Zazi has pleaded not guilty to plotting a terrorist attack on New York City using common chemicals. The Afghan immigrant's lawyer entered the plea today in Brooklyn. Zazi was ordered held without bail during the brief hearing. Zazi's defense attorney says what he's seen so far "does not... More »

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terrorism • New York City • terror suspects • Najibullah Zazi

(Newser) - When he pushed his family's coffee cart on the streets of New York, Najibullah Zazi greeted people with friendly hellos and made a point to remember how regulars liked their joe. Now, feds say he trained with al-Qaeda and planned a massive bomb attack on the same city. The New ... More »

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Denver • terror plots • street vendors • terror suspects • religious extremism • Najibullah Zazi

NYPD Yanks
Top Cop From
Terror Unit

Official replaced after unit's imam informant
tipped off suspect

Sep 24, 09 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A top official from one of the NYPD's two counterterror units has been replaced after his unit disrupted a federal terror probe by inadvertently alerting the prime suspect to the investigation. Paul Ciorra of the Intelligence Division—which sometimes competes with the city's Counterterrorism Bureau and clashes with federal partners—... More »

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NYPD • New York City • terror plots • counterterrorism • terror suspects • Najibullah Zazi

OPINION

 Closing Spruced-Up 
 Gitmo Would 
 Be a Waste 

Task force steams ahead with quality-of-living improvements

Sep 24, 09 1:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Money is being poured into improving the quality of life for Guantanamo detainees just as the government works toward closing the detention center, writes a puzzled Judith Miller after a tour. Recreation facilities and classrooms are being expanded, and inmates have access to satellite TV. Prisoners are given a choice... More »

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War on Terror • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • terror suspects • detainees

Feds Arrest Denver Terror Suspect

Shuttle driver, father in
custody after cutting
off talks with FBI

Sep 19, 09 11:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Denver shuttle bus driver who may or may not be a terrorist with al-Qaeda links has been taken into custody by federal authorities, the Denver Post reports. Najibullah Zazi and his father were arrested late tonight, but the charges weren't immediately known. The FBI had questioned Zazi on three... More »

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Denver • terror suspects • al-Qaeda • Najibullah Zazi

Man In Terror Probe Skips FBI Questioning

Defense team denies
he is considering
a plea deal

Sep 19, 09 4:01 PM CDT
(AP) - A man under investigation in a terrorism probe in New York and Colorado did not report for a fourth day of FBI questioning today so he could spend a much-needed day with his attorney, the attorney's spokeswoman said. Najibullah Zazi had been scheduled to go to the Federal Building in... More »

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FBI • New York City • terror suspects • Najibullah Zazi

NYC Terror Suspect May Have al-Qaeda Ties After All

Zazi admits possible run-ins in Pakistan

Sep 18, 09 9:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man federal officials are questioning in Denver over a terror plot in New York might in fact have some ties to al-Qaeda, the Times reports. After first denying any connections, Najibullah Zazi has told officials he could have come into contact with extremists in his native Pakistan, and there... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • terror plots • terror suspects • al-Qaeda • Queens, New York • Islamic terrorism • Najibullah Zazi

Denver Man in NYC Raids Denies Terror Link

Police swooped over alleged plot after city visit

Sep 16, 09 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Colorado man believed to be a central figure in a New York City terror investigation denies he has links to al-Qaeda or any other terrorist group, the New York Times reports. Police raided three apartments in Queens after Najibullah Zazi visited the city last week. Materials were removed for... More »

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New York City • Denver • terror suspects • terror cell • al-Qaeda • police raids • Najibullah Zazi

OPINION

Bush Must Apologize
for Torture

Don't let subordinates take the fall, Sullivan urges former president

Sep 9, 09 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The only way to remove the stain of torture from America's name is for the man who authorized it to step up and take responsibility, Atlantic editor Andrew Sullivan writes in an open letter to George W. Bush. Dodging blame while his subordinates take the fall—and watching the country... More »

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torture • Guantanamo Bay • waterboarding • terror suspects • George W. Bush • Mohammed al-Qahtani • enhanced interrogation techniques

(AP) - In late 2007, a year after the Bush administration abandoned its harshest interrogation methods, CIA operatives used severe sleep deprivation tactics against a terror detainee twice, keeping him awake for 5 and then 6 straight days, with permission from government lawyers to go over the 4-day limit. Interrogators kept the... More »

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CIA • torture • Osama bin Laden • sleep deprivation • harsh interrogation • terror suspects • detainees • enhanced interrogation techniques • Mohammed Rahim al-Afghani • Central Intelligence Agency

Pentagon Tells Red Cross Who's in Secret Prisons

Military grants group access to prisoners

Aug 22, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - After years of refusing the Red Cross information about terror suspects held in two secret camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon has quietly reversed course, the New York Times reports. The military has begun providing the identities of prisoners at the sites in Balad, Iraq, and Bagram, Afghanstan. Under... More »

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CIA • Pentagon • human rights • US military • Department of Defense • Red Cross • terror suspects

Prosecutors Compete
for 9/11 Case

Va., NY vie for high-profile trial of alleged mastermind

Aug 4, 09 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal prosecutors in New York and Virginia are fighting for the chance to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his co-conspirators on trial, the Washington Post reports. Justice Department sources say offices in Alexandria and Manhattan have been lobbying hard to prosecute the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, both stressing their... More »

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US attorney • trial • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • terror suspects • Eric Holder • 9/11 attacks • federal prosecution

WH Eyes US Prison, Court Complex for Gitmo Detainees

Obama mulls domestic military-civilian facility

Aug 2, 09 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pressed by President Obama's January 2010 deadline to close Guantanamo Bay, as well as congressional skittishness over holding terrorist suspects at prisons around the US, the administration is considering a plan to house them at a single maximum-security prison facility in Michigan or Kansas, the AP reports. The site would... More »

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Barack Obama • prison • Guantanamo Bay • terror suspects • detainees

Terror Suspect Led Typical Suburban Life

But Boyd fought in Afghanistan, said 'good Muslims' waged jihad

Jul 29, 09 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The arrest of construction worker Daniel Boyd and his sons for conspiring to support terrorists came as a complete shock to their neighbors in North Carolina, who describe the 39-year-old father as a friendly gardener and fisherman. But Boyd has followed an uncommon path. After converting to Islam in the... More »

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Islam • jihad • North Carolina • Islamic extremism • terror suspects • terror cell • suburbs • Muslim convert • domestic terrorism • Daniel Boyd

 7 NC Men 
 Charged With 
 Plotting Foreign 
 Terror Attacks 

Suspects accused of conspiring to carry out jihad attacks on Israel

Jul 28, 09 3:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A North Carolina construction worker, his two sons and four other men in the state have been charged with plotting to carry out terror attacks abroad, the BBC reports. The men, all but one of whom are US citizens, conspired to carry out jihad attacks in countries including Jordan and... More »

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jihad • terror plots • North Carolina • Islamic extremists • Raleigh • terror suspects • mujahedeen • Daniel Boyd

(Newser) - President Bush seriously considered deploying the military to arrest terror suspects in a Buffalo suburb in 2002, former Bush administration officials tell the New York Times. Dick Cheney was in favor of the almost unprecedented deployment of troops on American soil, the officials say, while Condoleezza Rice and others were... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • US military • John Yoo • terror suspects • George W. Bush • Buffalo

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