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July 2008
- Obama, in Israel, Vows to Work for Peace as President
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 22, 08 5:16 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama touched down in Israel late today, promising work on peace negotiations “starting from the minute I’m sworn into office.” He said that while the “historic and special relationship” between the US and Israel “is not going to change,” an American president could be more concerned with “the legitimate difficulties that the Palestinian people are experiencing,” the AP reports. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • terrorism • Hamas • Palestine • Fatah • Arab Israeli conflict
- ETA Behind Blasts in Northern Spain
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jul 21, 08 9:48 AM CDT
  
  The Basque separatist group ETA detonated five bombs in northern Spain yesterday in a coordinated attack, the Telegraph reports, though only one injury was reported. Four bombs went off in tourist resorts; a fifth targeted a bank near Bilbao. The explosions marked the traditional summer bombing campaign ETA has waged in an attempt to disrupt Spanish tourism. More »
  
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  terrorism • Spain • bomb • Basque separatists • Spain terror attacks • ETA • Bilbao
- US Terror Watch List Tops 400K
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 14, 08 5:53 PM CDT
  
  Washington's terror suspect list has topped the 1-million milestone, Reuters reports. That adds up to 400,000 people, including duplicates, about 50,000 of whom are tagged with “no-fly” status. The American Civil Liberties Union slammed the list as poorly managed and too long to be effective. The ACLU has a convincing ally, the AP notes: a former Justice official with the same name as a terror suspect. More »
  
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  terrorism • War on Terror • ACLU • TSA • suspected terrorists • terror attacks • watch list • terrorist watch list
- Big Brother Comes to Sweden
  
  newser | Spiked | Jul 13, 08 1:01 PM CDT
  
  Don’t believe the hype: “Sweden is no cuddly liberal democracy,” writes Nathalie Rothschild for Spiked, berating her home country for “introducing the most Draconian surveillance law in Europe.” Known as the FRA law but nicknamed "Lex Orwell " by opponents, the legislation gives intelligence agencies the right to intercept all incoming foreign communication. “Emulate Sweden? No thanks.” More »
  
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  terrorism • surveillance • FISA • Sweden • eavesdropping • government spying • Big Brother
- Pakistan: US Not Hunting bin Laden on Our Turf
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 13, 08 8:31 AM CDT
  
  Pakistan's foreign minister said yesterday that his country has no plans to allow US or other foreign troops into the country to search for Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda members, AP reports. Shah Mahmood Qureshi says that Pakistani troops, plus "grassroots" efforts to stop terrorism before it can begin, are sufficient measures for combating militant activity. More »
  
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  Pakistan • al-Qaeda • terrorism • US military • Osama bin Laden • Pakistan militants • sovereignty
- Obama Advisers Rip Mac Plan to Expel Russia From G-8
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 9, 08 6:00 PM CDT
  
  John McCain is off-base in his suggestion Russia should be booted from the Group of 8, two former Clinton cabinet officials—and current Obama advisers—write in the Los Angeles Times . Sure, Moscow has departed from democracy, Madeline Albright and William Perry allow, but the US stands a better chance of changing the nation's ways if it's not hung up on “symbolism and protocol.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • Russia • terrorism • Madeleine Albright • G-8
- 6 Killed in Shootout at US Consulate in Istanbul
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 9, 08 4:35 AM CDT
  
  At least six people were killed today in a shootout when gunmen opened fire outside the American consulate in Istanbul, CNN reports. Three of the dead were police officers manning a security post outside the consulate. Three gunmen were also killed, according to Turkish officials. No consulate employees or US citizens were killed, authorities said. More »
  
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  terrorism • Turkey • Istanbul • terrorist attack • US Consulate
- Park Service Inches Toward Reopening Liberty's Crown
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Jul 4, 08 3:24 PM CDT
  
  The National Park Service has posted an open call for proposals from engineering and architectural firms for opening the crown of the Statue of Liberty to visitors again, the New York Daily News reports. The agency has long contended that the narrow staircase leading to the monument’s observation deck, closed since 9/11, posed an unacceptable terror risk. More »
  
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  terrorism • New York • 9/11 attacks • Lady Liberty • Liberty Island
- WTC Rebuilding an Emblem of Can't-Do Politics
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 3, 08 12:37 PM CDT
  
  We’re having an entertaining campaign season, Daniel Henninger allows in the Wall Street Journal , but the US' fundamental political system is in deep trouble: “It’s an open question whether we have one, or are losing the one we’ve got.” He finds a microcosm in the World Trade Center rebuilding effort, “arguably the greatest political and bureaucratic fiasco in the history of the world.” More »
  
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  terrorism • World Trade Center • 9/11 attacks • government • 9/11 commission • rebuilding
- Mandela Finally Removed From US Terror List
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 2, 08 4:52 AM CDT
  
  Former South African President Nelson Mandela is finally being removed from US terrorism watch lists , CNN reports. The 90-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate was designated a terrorist because he battled against the old apartheid regime in South Africa. His name was never officially removed from the US lists until a new bill was signed into law yesterday by President Bush. More »
  
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  terrorism • State Department • South Africa • John Kerry • Nobel Peace Prize • Nelson Mandela • apartheid • African National Congress
June 2008
- US and Europe to Share Private Data
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 28, 08 7:13 AM CDT
  
  The US and the European Union will soon allow security agencies to swap private information, including credit card purchases, travel histories and web surfing. The potential agreement is a breakthrough in a standoff between American counterterrorism officials and their trans-Atlantic counterparts, whose countries tend to have more stringent privacy laws. Draft language for the agreement has finally been ironed out, after 17 months of haggling. More »
  
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  terrorism • European Union • privacy • counterterrorism • personal privacy
- Afghan Taliban Resurgence Alarms Pentagon
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 28, 08 6:59 AM CDT
  
  Taliban militants in Afghanistan have regrouped “into a resilient insurgency” that has US allies "losing ground and slipping backwards," a new Pentagon report concludes. Bombing attacks set a record in 2007, and are on track to top that in 2008. Security conditions in the war-torn country have declined sharply, and the Afghan government can’t control the narcotics trade or extend its reach nationwide, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • terrorism • Taliban • Pentagon • Afghanistan war
- Fall Gitmo Trials Could Present Campaign Landmine
  
  newser | Politico | Jun 24, 08 11:13 AM CDT
  
  If everything goes right, the trial of the five Guantanamo Bay detainees charged in connection with the 9/11 attacks could begin within days of their seventh anniversary—and just as the presidential campaign begins its most heated stretch, Politico reports. Such a development would usually be a gift to Republicans, but this year it could help—or devastate—either candidate. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • election 2008 • terrorism • Guantanamo Bay • September 11 • Guantanamo prisoners • military tribunal • habeas corpus • Khaled Sheik Mohammed
- McCain Rips Aide's Remarks on 'Helpful' Terror Attack
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jun 24, 08 2:44 AM CDT
  
  John McCain has denounced comments from one of his most senior political advisers that a terrorist attack would be "a big advantage" to the Republican candidate politically, the Washington Post reports. Aide Charlie Black also said in an interview in Fortune that Benazir Bhutto's assassination, while "unfortunate," helped McCain win primaries because it helped focus national attention on security. More »
  
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  John McCain • election 2008 • terrorism • McCain 2008 • Charlie Black
- McCain Misfires by Targeting Prosecutions
  
  newser | New Republic | Jun 20, 08 6:35 PM CDT
  
  Terrorism may be the one issue on which John McCain out-polls his presidential rival, Jonathan Chait writes in the New Republic , yet he has faltered by slamming Obama's call to prosecute terrorists. None other than 9/11 hawk Rudy Giuliani wanted prosecutions too—and other options, like guns and bombs, don't always work. Would anyone want an anti-terror air strike in downtown New York? More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • terrorism • 9/11 attacks
- Bin Laden's 'Right-Hand Man' Released
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jun 18, 08 10:36 AM CDT
  
  The British government will appeal the release of a terrorism suspect described as Osama bin Laden's "right-hand man in Europe," the Telegraph reports. A judge ruled that Abu Qatada should be released because he has not been convicted of a crime and is not facing deportation. The British government has thus far failed to deport him to his native Jordan. More »
  
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  terrorism • United Kingdom • terrorist • September 11 • Osama bin Laden • 9/11 attacks • Jacqui Smith
- Big Brother Sees Washington
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jun 16, 08 1:55 PM CDT
  
  If you plan to go outdoors in Washington, DC, comb your hair first, because someone's probably going to see you. The capital is ramping up a video surveillance system that puts most others in the entire world to shame, the LA Times reports. Unsurprisingly, the 5,625-camera network has captured the attention of privacy and civil-liberties advocates, and they're not happy. More »
  
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  terrorism • Washington DC • Department of Homeland Security • surveillance • ACLU • domestic surveillance • camera • CCTV footage
- Secret UK Terrorism Files Left on Train—Again
  
  newser | Independent (UK) | Jun 15, 08 7:48 AM CDT
  
  For the second time this week, confidential British government documents on fighting terrorism were left on a train and passed to the media. The papers blast countries like Iran for financial policies that can be used to terrorists’ advantage, reports the Independent , which released no other details about the documents. Earlier this week, a top intelligence official left secret files on a train which were handed to the BBC. More »
  
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  Great Britain • terrorism • train • confidential information • terrorism financing
- Brown Hangs Tough to Win Terrorism Vote
  
  newser | BBC | Jun 12, 08 9:51 AM CDT
  
  Prime Minister Gordon Brown prevailed in a crunch vote last night to extend Britain's period of detention without trial for terror suspects to 6 weeks, the BBC reports. Brown avoided defeat by convincing a small Northern Ireland party to support him after 36 members of his Labour Party joined the opposition to vote against the bill. More »
  
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  terrorism • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • British terror attacks • Northern Ireland • detention without trial • Democratic Unionist Party
- Ex-PM Blasts UK Government on Civil Liberties
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jun 6, 08 11:07 AM CDT
  
  The British parliament is set for a nail-bitingly close vote on a law that will allow the police to hold terror suspects without charge for 42 days—by far the longest in the free world. As Gordon Brown pushes the law and attempts to prevent his first Commons defeat, John Major writes in the London Times that the law is an indefensible part of a new "siege society." More »
  
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  terrorism • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • British terror attacks • detention without trial

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