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Obama meets families of USS Cole, Sept. 11 victims (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 07:15 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama held an emotional meeting Friday with relatives of victims of the bombing of the USS Cole and the Sept. 11 attacks who are still waiting for justice to be served years after the deadly acts of terrorism.

Obama talks with US terror victim families (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 06:39 PM CST AFP - President Barack Obama Friday had an "emotional" meeting with families of victims of the USS Cole bombing and the September 11 attacks to explain his plans to close the Guantanamo Bay 'war on terror' camp.

Obama tells 9/11 families modified military commissions possible (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 06:05 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — After an emotional, private meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama, survivors and victims' relatives of two al Qaida attacks said Friday that the president quelled some of their fears about closing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention center, promised them an "open-door" policy and a hand in shaping anti-terror policies, and said he is considering a modified military commission system to try detainees.

FBI investigates DC letter with powder, dead fish (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 02:05 PM CST AP - FBI officials say they are investigating reports of a letter containing white powder and a dead fish that was sent to a Department of Homeland Security employee in Washington.

Russia sends conciliatory message to Obama (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 01:59 PM CST Reuters - Russia said on Friday that President Barack Obama's new administration offered a "window of opportunity" to resolve deep divisions over U.S. missile shield plans in central Europe.

Fish, powder in package at Homeland Security (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 01:23 PM CST Reuters - A package containing a dead fish and white powder prompted a brief evacuation at offices of the Department of Homeland Security on Friday, the FBI said.

French Terror Conviction: Lesson for U.S.? (Time.com) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 12:35 PM CST Time.com - A German radical is sentenced to 18 years for his role in a 2002 terror attack in Tunisia. Are regular courts the answer to Washington's Guantanamo problem?

Obama CIA pick backtracks on "torture" charge (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 11:35 AM CST Reuters - President Barack Obama's pick to head the CIA retreated on Friday from a charge that the United States sent terrorism suspects to other countries so they could be tortured under questioning.

Panetta Hedges on Rendition Remarks (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 11:08 AM CST CQPolitics.com - Leon E. Panetta, the Obama administration's pick to lead the CIA, backed away Friday from earlier remarks that he suspected the United States had transferred terror suspects to other countries so that they could be tortured.

Cole Bombing Charges Dropped; Obama to Meet Families (Bloomberg) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 10:35 AM CST Bloomberg - Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. dropped charges against the alleged mastermind of the bomb attack on the USS Cole while the Obama administration considers how to handle terrorist suspects detained at Guantanamo, the Defense Department said.

Afghanistan can be 'quagmire' for Al Qaeda: Lieberman (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 08:58 AM CST AFP - The US-led "war on terror" will end when moderate Muslims stand up to extremism in Afghanistan, US Senator Joseph Lieberman wrote Friday in the Wall Street Journal.

Cole Bombing Charges Dropped; Obama to Meet With 9/11 Families (Bloomberg) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 11:19 PM CST Bloomberg - Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. dropped charges against the alleged mastermind of the bomb attack on the USS Cole while the Obama administration considers how to handle terrorist suspects detained at Guantanamo, the Defense Department said.

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