2009年3月16日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

White House ridicules Cheney attack (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 12:55 PM PDT

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney (C), seen here on January 15, 2009, mingles in the East Room of the White House after US President George W. Bush gave his final address to the nation from White House in Washington, DC. The White House issued a caustic response dripping with sarcasm after former vice president Dick Cheney accused President Barack Obama of making Americans less safe.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - The White House Monday issued a caustic response dripping with sarcasm after former vice president Dick Cheney accused President Barack Obama of making Americans less safe from terror attacks.

Red Cross report: CIA tortured terror suspects (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 11:28 AM PDT

AP - The CIA's secret interrogation program amounted to torture for some of the 14 "high-value detainees" held by the agency, according to published excerpts of an internal 2006 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Inquiry sought in anthrax letter attacks of 2001 (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 11:18 AM PDT

A police officer stands in the driveway of the house where Fort Detrick employee Bruce Ivins lived on August 1, 2008 in Frederick, Maryland. More than seven years after the first bioterror attack on the United States, Congress is considering creating a commission to probe the government's response to the anthrax-laced letters that killed five people.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - More than seven years after the first bio-terror attack on the United States, Congress is considering creating a commission to probe the government's response to the anthrax-laced letters that killed five people.

Old cases may mean new trials for Gitmo detainees (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 11:04 AM PDT

In this March 1, 2003 file picture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. Since being captured in 2003, Mohammed has boasted of dozens of terror plots, including planning the 2001 attacks. (AP Photo/File)AP - Old terror case files are being dusted off as the Obama administration considers prosecuting high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees in civilian courts, focusing on crimes allegedly committed before Sept. 11, 2001. It's a tactic that could allow the government to limit testimony about harsh, more recent interrogations and to avoid revealing sensitive intelligence about al-Qaida.

11 suspects held for Northern Ireland killings (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 05:56 AM PDT

The coffins of British soldiers Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham, and Patrick Azimkar, 21, from London, leave Massereene army barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland, Thursday, March, 12, 2009. The two British soldiers were shot Saturday by Irish Republican dissidents. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Police arrested more suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents Monday in their investigation into this month's killings of British soldiers and police in Northern Ireland.

Obama Slow to Repudiate Bush in Race, Terrorism Court Cases (Bloomberg)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 09:01 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama delivers remarks to small business owners, community lenders, and members of Congress in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama Monday ripped into bailed-out company AIG, vowing to block multi-million-dollar bonus payouts by the giant insurer as public anger builds against Wall Street excess.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)Bloomberg - March 16 (Bloomberg) -- The change sweeping Washington has been slow to show up in President Barack Obama’s legal stances on issues such as terrorism and racial preferences.

Holt Bill Would Create Commission to Probe 2001 Anthrax Attacks (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 04:35 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Dissatisfied with the FBI's probe of the 2001 anthrax attacks and concerned about future bioterrorism, a senior member of the House Intelligence Committee wants a Sept. 11-style commission to do an independent probe.

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