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War on Terror

"America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people." -George W. Bush

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July 2008
- Bush Could Decide by Weekend to Close Gitmo
  
  ABC News | Jul 3, 08 3:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush could decide by Saturday to close Guantanamo Bay as a prison for high-value detainees, insiders tell ABC. There is “generally wide agreement” among Bush's top advisers—Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates among them—that Gitmo should eventually be shuttered, but the landmark recent Supreme Court decision undermines the central reason to keep prisoners on the Cuban base—to prevent access to courts. More »
- Hitchens Agrees: Waterboarding Is Torture
  
  Vanity Fair | Jul 3, 08 3:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - "You may have read by now the official lie about this treatment, which is that it simulates the feeling of drowning," Christopher Hitchens writes of waterboarding in Vanity Fair . "You feel that you are drowning because you are drowning," concludes the author, who experienced the controversial interrogation technique himself. "I find I don't want to tell you how little time I lasted." More »
- WTC Rebuilding an Emblem of Can't-Do Politics
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 3, 08 12:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
- Afghan War Hamstrung by Troop Shortage
  
  Washington Post | Jul 3, 08 12:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The US needs more troops in Afghanistan but lacks the available forces because of the Iraq war, the nation’s top military officer said yesterday. In his most pointed remarks to date, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen said that countering the country's resurgent Taliban and booming drug trade demands more than the 32,000 American troops stationed there, but that such a move necessitates "a reduced requirement in Iraq." More »
- Mac Supporter's Firm Funded Colombian Terrorists
  
  Huffington Post | Jul 2, 08 4:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A billionaire who co-hosted a $2 million party for John McCain last week paid almost as much to a Colombian paramilitary group through his former company, the Huffington Post reports. Under Carl Lindner, Chiquita funneled $1.7 million to AUC, a group the US deems a terrorist organization—and one watchdog ties “to many of the country’s most notorious civilian massacres." More »
- Mandela Finally Removed From US Terror List
  
  CNN | Jul 2, 08 4:52 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
- Rendition Victim Loses US Torture Appeal
  
  Reuters | Jul 1, 08 7:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Canadian software engineer has lost an appeal against the US for his torture in Syria on a technicality, Reuters reports. Syrian-born Maher Arar, whose story inspired the Hollywood movie Rendition , was forced off a flight in New York in 2002 and shipped to Syria, where he says he was tortured for more than a year. More »
- Gitmo Prisoner Charged in Cole Bombing
  
  Washington Post | Jul 1, 08 2:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A suspected al-Qaeda terrorist held at Guantanamo Bay for six years has been charged with masterminding the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors and injured 50 others. The treatment of Saudi prisoner Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri in custody, which included waterboarding by interrogators, will be a key element of his defense, reports the Washington Post. More »
June 2008
- Bush's North Korea Deal Is 'Total Intellectual Collapse'
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 30, 08 12:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The latest US deal with North Korea—taking the North off its state terror list in exchange for a nuclear declaration—is a travesty and intellectual capitulation in pursuit of burnishing President Bush's legacy, former UN ambassador John Bolton writes in a predictably scathing piece in the Wall Street Journal . It’s a final sign that the administration's toughness is history, argues Bolton, a longstanding hardliner on North Korea—and awful policy to boot. More »
- US and Pakistan Let al-Qaeda Regroup
  
  New York Times | Jun 30, 08 9:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nearly seven years after 9/11, America has not only failed to capture Osama bin Laden; it has also allowed al-Qaeda to rebuild itself in lawless northwest Pakistan, near the Afghan border. The New York Times conducted more than four dozen interviews to discover how rivalries among American agencies, trouble with Pervez Musharraf, and the distraction of Iraq allowed al-Qaeda to foil Operation Cannonball, a highly classified CIA initiative. More »
- Ex-Army Doc to Get $5.8M in Anthrax Case
  
  Associated Press | Jun 27, 08 7:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Justice Department will pay nearly $6 million to an ex-Army scientist for naming him in an anthrax probe 7 years ago, the AP reports. The feds settled out of court today for calling Steven Hatfill a "person of interest" in the still-unsolved case, but continued to "deny all liability in connection with Dr. Hatfill's claims,” a DOJ spokesman said. Hatfill, who has never been charged, accused officials of trying to smear him. More »
- Al-Qaeda Stuck in Web 1.0
  
  New York Times | Jun 26, 08 9:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - At its height, al-Qaeda had mastered how to amplify the effect of real-world attacks with virtual representations—videos, audio recordings, and articles reproducing its mayhem online. But as the Web has transformed into a more social entity, the terrorist organization is " stuck in 1.0," writes analyst Daniel Kimmage in the New York Times . If America and its allies want to win the war on terror, they should look to YouTube. More »
- US Can't Be Sure Pakistan's $5.6B Went to Fight Terror
  
  CNN | Jun 25, 08 12:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Defense Department cannot show that nearly $6 billion the US has sent to Pakistan since 2001 has been used, as intended, to fight terrorism. In a report yesterday, the Government Accountability Office said the Pentagon hadn’t properly tracked the funds, CNN reports, blindly signing off on questionable charges—leading critics to charge that Pakistan bolstered its own defense capability at US expense. More »
- Al-Qaeda Plenty Safe, Thriving on Web
  
  Washington Post | Jun 24, 08 1:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Americans might think of al-Qaeda as a cave-dwelling group of primitives, but the terror group operates one of the most sophisticated propaganda operations on the web, the Washington Post reports. Al-Qaeda releases documentary-quality videos every 3-4 days through tightly secured channels. “It’s beautifully crafted propaganda,” said one expert. “You’re left shaking your head and saying, ‘Yeah, I guess they’re right.’” More »
- Fall Gitmo Trials Could Present Campaign Landmine
  
  Politico | Jun 24, 08 11:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
- Gitmo Prisoner Must Be Tried or Freed, Court Rules
  
  New York Times | Jun 23, 08 5:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a rebuke of the Pentagon's Guantanamo policy, a federal appeals court has ruled that a prisoner was improperly designated an "enemy combatant," the New York Times reports. The ruling—issued Friday and announced today but not released in full because parts of it are classified—ordered that the prisoner have a new military hearing or be transferred or released. More »
- 'Good Cop' Enticed 9/11 Mastermind to Talk
  
  New York Times | Jun 22, 08 7:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A CIA interrogator’s rapport with a mastermind of the 9/11 attacks helped provide vast amounts of information on terrorism while raising tough questions about interrogation methods, the New York Times reports. Agent Deuce Martinez cajoled Khalid Sheikh Mohammed into discussing his thoughts in great detail—but it’s unclear whether Mohammed would have opened up without first facing interrogation techniques like waterboarding. More »
- Advisers to Bush: You Asked for It
  
  Washington Post | Jun 21, 08 3:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush ignored warnings that his detainee policy would spark a Supreme Court backlash, the Washington Post reports. Top lawyers both in and outside Washington said that jailing suspects without Congressional approval would push the court to rule on national security—but the White House either ignored the advice or disagreed. More »
- McCain Misfires by Targeting Prosecutions
  
  New Republic | Jun 20, 08 6:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
- Surveillance Law Gives Sweden Broad Powers
  
  BBC | Jun 19, 08 3:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sweden's intelligence service will have broad new powers to intercept cross-border calls and emails, without a warrant, under a law passed yesterday, the BBC reports. Critics, meanwhile, say it is impossible to fully distinguish domestic from international traffic without compromising the transmissions. Protesters handed out copies of George Orwell's 1984 outside parliament, the AP notes. More »

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Background

War on Terrorism
Wikipedia

The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is an umbrella term coined by the Bush administration to refer to the various military, political, and legal actions taken to "curb the spread of terrorism" following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

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