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Hamaswood? Top Terror Tourist Traps

(July 20) -- Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based paramilitary group, now has its own museum. Hamas, in Gaza, has a cultural center. It seems the latest phase of the war on terrorism may be the battle for popular culture. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that countries and groups on all sides of the conflict are opening...

How Real Is Pakistan's New Tack on Taliban?

(Feb. 25) -- Revelations this week that Pakistan has arrested up to half of the resident Afghan Taliban leadership, known as the Quetta Shura, has raised hopes that a reluctant neighbor is finally coming around to supporting the U.S.- led war in Afghanistan. The arrests over the last few weeks -- including the detention...

DOJ Finds No Misconduct by Bush Interrogation Lawyers

WASHINGTON (Feb. 20) -- The Justice Department is closing the books on its probe of the Bush administration lawyers whose legal memorandums authorized the CIA to waterboard terrorism suspects, but the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he remains offended by the memos and will hold hearings An internal review...

Bulk of Anti-Terror Funding Pegged to 9/11 Suspect

(Feb. 1) -- At first glance, the $213 million that the Obama administration wants to add to the federal budget in anti-terrorism funding for high-risk cities next year seems like a substantial increase. It would boost the pot of urban homeland security money by 24 percent over the current level. But a closer look at the...

Is Yemen the New Afghanistan?

WASHINGTON (Dec. 28) -- A plot to to blow up an airliner over Detroit. The shooting rampage at Fort Hood. The attack on the USS Cole. What could they possibly have in common? Call it the Yemen connection. The botched attempt by a Nigerian man to bring down a Northwest Airlines jet over Detroit on Christmas Day is the...

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Constitution Check: Is the Constitutionality of the "War on Terrorism" a Settled Issued?

In a continuing series of posts, Lyle Denniston provides responses based on the Constitution and its history to public statements about the meaning of the Constitution and what duties it imposes or rights it protects.

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