Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Pelosi Says She Stands by Previous Statement on CIA (Bloomberg)
• Plot renews fears of radical Islam in prison (AP)
• Pelosi: Nothing more to say on her CIA allegation (AP)
• Gates defends decision to close Guantanamo prison (AP)
• What Pelosi knew about waterboarding, and when (AP)
• Upholding values will shield US from terror: Obama (AFP)
• Terror plot suspects have lengthy criminal records (AP)
• Pelosi Says She Stands by Previous Statement on CIA Briefing (Bloomberg)
• Defiant Obama slams Bush's Guantanamo 'mess' (AFP)
• Suspects in NY synagogue plot to be held in jail (Reuters)
• Australia ups swine flu pandemic threat level (AFP)
• Defiant Obama slams Bush Guantanamo 'mess' (AFP)
• Obama Debates Cheney in Dueling Speeches on Terrorism Policy (Bloomberg)

Pelosi Says She Stands by Previous Statement on CIA (Bloomberg) Posted: 22 May 2009 03:19 PM PDT Bloomberg - May 22 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stood by her statement that the Central Intelligence Agency misled Congress about harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists and refused to discuss the political controversy triggered by her assertion.

Plot renews fears of radical Islam in prison (AP) Posted: 22 May 2009 02:14 PM PDT AP - The arrest of four Muslim ex-convicts in an alleged homegrown terror plot in the Bronx is renewing fears about the spread of Islamic extremism in the nation's prisons.

Pelosi: Nothing more to say on her CIA allegation (AP) Posted: 22 May 2009 02:05 PM PDT AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she won't talk any more about her charge that the CIA lied in 2002 about using waterboarding on terrorism suspects. "I have made the statement that I'm going to make on this," she told reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference. "I don't have anything more to say about it. I stand by my comment."

Gates defends decision to close Guantanamo prison (AP) Posted: 22 May 2009 01:27 PM PDT AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Obama administration had no choice but to order the shutdown of the prison at Guantanamo because "the name itself is a condemnation" of U.S. anti-terrorism strategy. In an interview broadcast Friday on NBC's "Today" show, Gates called the facility on the island of Cuba "probably one of the finest prisons in the world today." But at the same time, he said it had become "a taint" on the reputation of America.

What Pelosi knew about waterboarding, and when (AP) Posted: 22 May 2009 12:15 PM PDT AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the CIA and Bush administration of misleading her at a secret 2002 briefing on the use of harsh interrogations in the war on terror.

Upholding values will shield US from terror: Obama (AFP) Posted: 22 May 2009 09:34 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama Friday warned America risked its security when it compromised its values, seeking support for his bid to sketch a new legal framework for anti-terror policies.

Terror plot suspects have lengthy criminal records (AP) Posted: 22 May 2009 08:48 AM PDT AP - The four men accused of plotting to bomb New York City synagogues and shoot down military airplanes with missiles are down-and-out ex-convicts living on the margins in a faded industrial city.

Pelosi Says She Stands by Previous Statement on CIA Briefing (Bloomberg) Posted: 22 May 2009 07:51 AM PDT Bloomberg - May 22 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she stands by her previous statement that the Central Intelligence Agency misled Congress about interrogations of suspected terrorists in 2002.

Defiant Obama slams Bush's Guantanamo 'mess' (AFP) Posted: 22 May 2009 04:26 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama has vowed no retreat on closing Guantanamo Bay, branding the prison a "mess" and charging that Bush-era anti-terror tactics were rooted in fear and ideology.

Suspects in NY synagogue plot to be held in jail (Reuters) Posted: 22 May 2009 03:21 AM PDT Reuters - Four Muslim men suspected of a plot to blow up two New York synagogues and shoot down military planes were ordered to remain in jail on Thursday in what police called homegrown terrorism.

Australia ups swine flu pandemic threat level (AFP) Posted: 22 May 2009 01:59 AM PDT AFP - Australia upped its pandemic threat level, invoking sweeping powers allowing for the closure of schools, public places and major events as the number of confirmed swine flu cases reached 12.

Defiant Obama slams Bush Guantanamo 'mess' (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2009 11:58 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama has vowed no retreat on closing Guantanamo Bay, branding the prison a "mess" and charging that Bush-era anti-terror tactics were rooted in fear and ideology.

Obama Debates Cheney in Dueling Speeches on Terrorism Policy (Bloomberg) Posted: 21 May 2009 09:01 PM PDT Bloomberg - May 22 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney clashed yesterday in back-to-back speeches over past and present policies on terrorism, defending their own decisions and criticizing each other’s.

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