2009年5月22日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


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

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, May 14, 2009 and reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantanamo detainees pray before dawn near a fence of razor-wire inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. 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. Those fears were heightened this week as lawmakers debated the fate of detainees if President Barack Obama shutters the prison at Guantanamo Bay. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)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

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)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

In this photo taken Wednesday, May 13, 2009 and reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantanamo detainees jog at dusk inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. In a speech Thursday, President Barack Obama defended his plans to close the Guantanamo prison camp. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)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

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seen here addressing the press on Capitol Hill said Friday she will visit China next week but declined to say if she would press Beijing on human rights with the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown looming.(AFP/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)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

US President Barack Obama (L) presents a diploma to a student graduating with distinction during the graduation ceremony at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. 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.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)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

In this courtroom sketch, terror suspects James Cromitie, right, David Williams, second from left, and Onta Williams, left, and Cromitie's lawyer, Vincent Briccetti, second from right, are seen in a courthouse in White Plains, New York, Thursday, May 21, 2009.  (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)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

The sun sets over Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba. President Barack Obama has vowed no retreat on closing Guantanamo Bay, branding the prison a 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

James Cromite (C), one of four suspects, is walked out of the FBI offices after being taken into custody in New York May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - 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

A school closed die to two students contracting swine flu in Melbourne. 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(AFP/William West)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

Protesters dressed as prison inmates call for the closing of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in front of the White House in Washington, DC, in February 2009. President Barack Obama Thursday vowed no retreat on closing Guantanamo Bay despite raging debate, branding the camp a 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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