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Did that really happen? In America?
My periodic "Did You Know" columns tend to raise the blood pressure of more conservative readers who are embarrassed/angry/frustrated by the increasingly aggressive counter-cultural policies of the hard left and their allies in Hollywood, on campus, and...
Tags: Fort Hood Shootings (2009), University of Maryland, College Park, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Authors
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ANALYSIS-Alienation draws some vulnerable immigrants to jihad
ReutersBy Myra MacDonald LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - In the United States, two Chechen immigrants are accused of the Boston Marathon bombings. In Canada, a doctoral student at a Montreal university is one of two non-citizens accused this week of plotting to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Newspaper and Magazine
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U.S. lawmakers ask if FBI mishandled case of one Boston suspect
ReutersBy Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Republican lawmakers questioned Sunday whether the FBI had fumbled the case of one of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects, saying it was one of a series in which someone the agency had...Tags: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Television Industry, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Fort Hood (military base)
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After the Boston bombings, returning to our post-9/11 rituals
In the two months after 9/11, I called Baltimore County police to check out a black-and-tan backpack left by an office door in Towson, reported an abandoned carry-on bag at BWI to Maryland State Police and refused to watch a bulky valise for a stranger...
Tags: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Terrorism, The New York Times, Crime, Law and Justice, Al-Qaeda
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Rand Paul's filibuster worked
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul got a lot of attention Wednesday for mounting an honest-to-God filibuster of President Barack Obama's nominee for CIA director, John Brennan. The nation's political class marveled at his real-life Mr. Smith act, the funny stuff his...
Tags: John O. Brennan, Crime, Law and Justice, Strom Thurmond, Washington, DC, Al-Qaeda
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Will Obama launch a drone attack on U.S. soil?
Who would have thought that within President Barack Obama beats the heart of a civil rights antediluvian? Could Obama, beloved of the American Civil Liberties Union, be guilty of harboring thoughts of calling down a fatal drone attack on an American...
Tags: John O. Brennan, Gun Control, The New York Times, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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Obama must codify the drone war
— In choice of both topic and foil, Rand Paul's now legendary Senate filibuster was a stroke of political genius. The topic was, ostensibly, very narrow: Does the president have the constitutional authority to put a drone-launched Hellfire missile...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, The Washington Post
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Targeting drones
A famous book on negotiation is called "Getting to Yes." Sometimes, though, the better achievement is arriving at "no." That's what Eric Holder and Rand Paul did the other day. It came in a letter from the attorney general to the Republican senator from...
Tags: Terrorism, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Al-Qaeda, Yemen
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Regrettable error
Change of SubjectNow we're talking about a larger, more controversial issue: the killing by drone in Yemen of al-Qaida operative Anwar al-Awlaki. Outside American soil, the Constitution does not rule, no matter how much Paul would like it to....Charles Krauthammer in his.... -
Time to rethink, rewrite the rules of conduct for warfare
WASHINGTON - In choice of both topic and foil, Rand Paul's now legendary Senate filibuster was a stroke of political genius. The topic was, ostensibly, very narrow: Does the president have the constitutional authority to put a drone-launched Hellfire...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, The Washington Post
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Rand Paul Is Right About Drones
The Hartford CourantRand Paul's now legendary Senate filibuster was a stroke of political genius. The topic was, ostensibly, very narrow: Does the president have the constitutional authority to put a drone-launched Hellfire missile through your kitchen — you, a good...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Eric Holder, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Kevin Williamson, Bowling, Government, FBI
Apr 28, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 21, 2013
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Apr 20, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Mar 7, 2013
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Mar 12, 2013
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Mar 18, 2013
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Mar 10, 2013
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Mar 17, 2013
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Mar 17, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Mar 14, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Mar 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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