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Amid new security threats, some in U.S. Congress look to update 9/11 law
Reuters* Some say law stretched beyond original intent * Questions about Obama drone policy fuel talk of change * Backing from Democrats and Republicans By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - A few dozen words rushed into law days after the Sept....Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Rand Paul, Pakistan, Career and Workplace
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COLUMN - Obama can close Guantanamo
Reuters(Daphne Eviatar is a Reuters columnist but her opinions are her own.) By Daphne Eviatar May 1 (Reuters) - At his news conference on Tuesday, President Barack Obama for the first time in years spoke about the controversial detention center at...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, United Nations, Prisons, National Government
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Guantanamo ploy
President Obama is again on a crusade to close Guantanamo Bay. It's a subject he was afraid to bring up during the election. Does he not understand that the prisoners on the hunger strike are not protesting the prison, but the fact they have been...Tags: Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism
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A presidential bystander
WASHINGTON -- It's never a good sign for a president when he feels compelled to assure the public he still has a pulse. This is the unenviable position President Obama was in Tuesday morning when he held a news conference in the White House briefing...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, NBC (tv network)
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Study alleges 'indisputable' use of torture under Bush
NEW YORK — An independent review of the U.S. government's anti-terrorism response after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks found that it was "indisputable" the U.S. engaged in torture and the George W. Bush administration bore responsibility. The...
Tags: Politics, United Nations, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Parties and Movements, Central Intelligence Agency
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Opinion: U.S. Must Confront Terrorism's Presence
The Hartford CourantMake no mistake: The bombs that went off at the end of the Boston Marathon were acts of terror. We do not yet know whether they were foreign, domestic or homegrown acts of terror, but nonetheless, they were terrorist acts. Did the bombers act because it...Tags: FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Coast Guard, National Security, Deval Patrick
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With Al Qaeda shattered, U.S. counter-terrorism's future unclear
WASHINGTON — Skilled in tracking foreign terrorists, Jarret Brachman once was a sought-after expert on Al Qaeda, advising several federal agencies and speaking regularly around the country. Now the former research director of the Combating...Tags: FBI, U.S. Military, Pakistan, Politics, Arabian Peninsula
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18 Americans barred from Russia in tit-for-tat sanctions
MOSCOW -- Russian officials Saturday banned 18 American officials from entering the country, a day after the U.S. announced similar sanctions on 18 Russians in connection with the prosecution and subsequent death of Russian auditor Sergei Magnitsky. The...
Tags: FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, Accounting and Auditing, Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice
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U.S. Magnitsky list penalizes 18 Russians for alleged rights abuses
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has sanctioned 18 Russian officials for alleged violations of human rights in their country, adding new strain to the difficult U.S.-Russian relationship. U.S. officials released the names of 18 Russian officials...
Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Justice System, News Agency
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Obama appeals court pick has Republican support
WASHINGTON — President Obama, who has seen court nominees run into Republican roadblocks, may have found a winning strategy for putting a judge on the powerful U.S. appeals court here: He chose a highly regarded corporate lawyer whose resume...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Justice System
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Should U.S. close Gitmo prison?
President Obama said in a news conference this week that he was directing his staff to re-launch his effort to close the U.S. detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and would look for allies in Congress to help. The prison...
Tags: Strikes, Career and Workplace, Politics, Prisons, Barack Obama
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Elle's Women in Music issue highlights Adele
Adele is on one of three alternate covers of Elle's Women in Music issue, in May. Inside, she is lauded by peers including Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Lea Michele, John Mayer and the legendary Barbra Streisand. Alicia Keys and Rita Ora are on the other...
Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Walmart, Britney Spears, Tribeca
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