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CIA Officers Made Grave Mistakes, Then Got Promoted

WASHINGTON (AP) - In December 2003, security forces boarded a bus in Macedonia and snatched a German citizen named Khaled el-Masri. For the next five months, el-Masri was a ghost. Only a select group of CIA officers knew he had been whisked to a secret prison for interrogation in Afghanistan. But he was the wrong guy. A...

Britain Waters Down Tough Anti-Terror Laws

LONDON -- The British government has unveiled a major shakeup of anti-terror laws, rolling back legislation that allowed terrorist suspects to be held under virtual house arrest and police to stop and search people without grounds for suspicion. The announcement follows a six-month examination of Britain's tough...

What Can Be Done to Improve Airport Security?

Security experts warn that Monday's suicide bombing in Moscow exposed every airport's Achilles' heel: the vulnerable areas outside interior screening checkpoints where typically hundreds of people roam freely before boarding a plane or picking up a loved one. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today blamed the attack at...

Clinton in Yemen to Press Counterterror Efforts

SANAA, Yemen -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton flew into Yemen on Tuesday on an unannounced visit to shore up and repair damaged ties with a fragile and problematic ally that is fast becoming the main focus of American counterterrorism efforts. Under tight security, Clinton landed in the capital of Sanaa,...

British Police Arrest 12 in Anti-Terrorist Raids

LONDON -- Twelve men suspected of plotting a terrorist attack were arrested in a series of dawn raids across Britain, police announced today. The suspects, who range in age from 17 to 28, were detained by unarmed officers at 5 a.m. this morning "on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of...

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Moscow Gardeners Plant Marijuana Instead Of Lawn

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia returns in her second round match against Sara Errani of Italy at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday June 1, 2012.

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SLIDESHOW: Soft On Terror? A Look Back On GOP Attacks On Obama's Terrorism Policy

A couple days after President Obama announced that he had ordered the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen who had become a leading propagandist for Al Qaeda in Yemen, he received congratulations from an unlikely place.

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What Has Counterterrorism Cost?

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Considering the Costs and Benefits of Counterterrorism

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New Counterterrorism Strategy Unveiled By White House Official

President Barack Obama's top adviser on homeland security unveiled a new national strategy for counterterrorism Tuesday, formalizing actions taken over the past two and a half years.

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05/30/12 White House: Drone Attacks, âKill List' Necessary to... Source: Newsmax.com President Barack Obama will do whatever is necessary to protect Americans, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told Fox News in response to criticism about drone attacks and a so-called "kill list."
05/30/12 Obama's evolution on counter-terrorism Source: Lucknow Sentinel The New York Times yesterday printed a loooooong but fascinating story on the President's evolution on matters of counter-terrorism and national security.
05/30/12 ANKARA: Clinton to discuss Syria crisis, Iran nuclear... Source: Armenian News Network / Groong Turkish Press May 29 2012 Clinton to discuss Syria crisis, Iran nuclear row in talks in Turkey US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Turkey on June 7 to attend a forum on international counterterrorism.

Background on counterterrorism

Counter-terrorism (also spelled counterterrorism) is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to attack terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.

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