ON TERROR :

Washington Post, 12 Aug 10, by Peter Finn
U.S. lacks policy on housing detainees convicted in military commissions
'The Defense Department has no written policy on how detainees convicted in military commissions should be housed after they are sentenced, despite a 2008 Pentagon directive to create a plan for such prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, a military judge said.'

New York Times, 11 Aug 10, by Jeremy W. Peters
Guantánamo Offers a Look, but Little Else
'The military takes journalists on tours of Guantánamo Bay to counter “misrepresentations” about treatment of detainees there, but much remains off limits.'

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.'

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