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New York Times, 11 May 10, by Scott Shane
Senators Demand Tighter Rules on No-Fly List and Addition to Terror Group List
'... top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee called Tuesday for improvements in the no-fly list and the addition of the Pakistani Taliban to the government’s official list of terrorist organizations.'

New York Times, 20 Apr 10, by Daniel Williams
The Search for White Jihadists
'Al Qaeda and its ideological allies are using English-language Web sites and forums to encourage non-Arabic speakers to make war on the West ...'

New York Times, 15 Apr 10, by Scott Shane
Nuclear Fear of Cold War Now Applies to Terrorists
'Documents from the 1950s tell a familiar story, in which Communist agents played the role of today’s Al Qaeda.'

New York Times, 06 Apr 10, by Mike McIntire
Ensnared by Error on Growing U.S. Watch List
'Terrorist watch lists are likely to expand as officials recalibrate standards for identifying potential threats.'

New York Times, 06 Apr 10, by Scott Shane
U.S. Approves Targeted Killing of American Cleric
'The Obama administration has taken the extraordinary step of authorizing the targeted killing of an American citizen, the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to have shifted from encouraging attacks on the United States to directly participating in them, intelligence and counterterrorism officials said Tuesday.'

Christian Science Monitor, 07 Mar 10, by Mark Sappenfield
Graham to Obama: scrap New York terror trial, I'll stand with you
'Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday outlined his plan to help President Obama close Guantánamo if the administration agrees to abandon a civilian New York terror trial for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in favor of a military tribunal.'

Washington Post, 14 Mar 10, by Carrie Johnson
Critics: Military trial of terror suspects could open cases to legal uncertainty
'Using a military commission to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants for their alleged role in the Sept. 11 attacks could open the case to significant legal uncertainty and expose fresh details of detainee abuse in a proceeding that might not get underway for two years or longer, national security experts and plan critics say.'

Washington Post, 20 Feb 10, by Carrie Johnson and Julie Tate
Authors of waterboarding memos won't be disciplined
'Bush administration lawyers who wrote memos that paved the way for waterboarding of terrorism suspects and other harsh interrogation tactics "exercised poor judgment" but will not face discipline for their actions ...'

New York Times, 20 Jan 10, by John F. Burns
Britain Tightens Antiterror Measures on Air Travel
'Acting on intelligence failures exposed by the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on Dec. 25, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a major tightening of British aviation security measures on Wednesday, including the creation of a new no-flight list of terrorist suspects similar to one maintained by the United States.'

Christian Science Monitor, 20 Jan 10, by Patrik Jonsson
Terrorism? Fort Hood report doesn’t mention Islamic extremism.
'... former Army Secretary Togo West ... said a key finding of the investigation is that the military does not adequately understand the process of what he called “self-radicalization.”'

Washington Post, 08 Jan 10, by Karen DeYoung and Michael A. Fletcher
U.S. was more focused on al-Qaeda's plans abroad than for homeland, report on airline bomb plot finds
'By concentrating on the strategic threat posed by the al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen and its plans for attacking U.S. targets there, U.S. intelligence agencies failed to focus on the group's preparations for a direct strike in this country, a White House review of the Dec. 25 attempted airline bombing has concluded.'

Washington Post, 08 Jan 10, by Spencer S. Hsu
U.S. to push foreign governments to use full-body scanners at airports
'In his remarks [Thursday], Obama focused on expanding international aviation security partnerships.'

BBC News, 08 Jan 10
Excerpts: Obama intelligence review speech
'... in which he outlines the conclusions of a review of the intelligence failures uncovered by the White House inquiry into the attempted airliner bombing on 25 December.'

Washington Post, 06 Jan 10, by Karen DeYoung and Michael A. Fletcher
Attempt to bomb airliner could have been prevented, Obama says
'President Obama said Tuesday that U.S. intelligence agencies could have prevented the attempt to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day, and used a grim and forceful White House statement to demand rapid improvements in efforts to protect Americans from attack.'

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