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May 23, 2013
20:02 • 1 day ago
I have asked the Department of Defense to designate a site in the United States where we can hold military commissions. I am appointing a new senior envoy at the State Department and Defense Department whose sole responsibility will be to achieve the transfer of detainees to third countries. I am lifting the moratorium on detainee transfers to Yemen so we can review them on a case-by-case basis.
President Obama, during his lengthy speech today on counterterrorism. Obama also stated his continued support for shutting down the facility, saying that “there is no justification beyond politics for Congress to prevent us from closing a facility that it should — should have never been opened.” source
15:35 • 2 days ago
President Obama just delivered a near hour-long speech on drone strikes and counterterrorism policy. There was a lot there; he announced, among other things, new steps the administration is taking to close Guantanamo Bay, changes in policies regarding drone strikes, and a more lenient policy for the transfer of Guantanamo detainees. He defended the strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki and the practice of drone strikes in general, but also acknowledged their limitations. You can read the full text of the speech here (Photo credit: AP) source

President Obama just delivered a near hour-long speech on drone strikes and counterterrorism policy. There was a lot there; he announced, among other things, new steps the administration is taking to close Guantanamo Bay, changes in policies regarding drone strikes, and a more lenient policy for the transfer of Guantanamo detainees. He defended the strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki and the practice of drone strikes in general, but also acknowledged their limitations. You can read the full text of the speech here (Photo credit: AP) source

May 22, 2013
22:53 • 2 days ago
The American people are owed a full explanation of how [Abdulrahman al-Awlaki] wound up dead. ‘We weren’t trying to kill the 16-year-old American we blew up’ isn’t sufficient explanation.
The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf on Eric Holder’s letter to Congress, in which Holder acknowledged that the Obama administrated has killed four US citizens via drone stroke—only one of whom was actually being targeted. source
17:12 • 2 days ago
The first page of the letter from Attorney General Eric Holder revealing that Americans have been killed in counterterrorism operations. Click to read more.

The first page of the letter from Attorney General Eric Holder revealing that Americans have been killed in counterterrorism operations. Click to read more.

15:26 • 3 days ago
May 15, 2013
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May 14, 2013
15:03 • 1 week ago

  • four U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Tuesday, after a roadside bomb detonated while the troops were patrolling an area in the Zhari district. source

April 25, 2013
14:32 • 1 month ago
April 22, 2013
16:23 • 1 month ago

  • 2 people were arrested by Canadian police on Monday in connection with an an alleged plot to attack a passenger train, which U.S. officials say connects Toronto and New York. The alleged attackers, neither of whom is a Canadian citizen, are accused of planning to derail the train. Authorities currently believe that the duo was receiving support from al-Qaeda, but have revealed few other details at this time. (Updated with new information, h/t JoeyLucas — Scott @ SFB) source

14:44 • 1 month ago
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April 18, 2013
12:25 • 1 month ago

So Paul Kevin Curtis, the suspect in the ricin mailing incidents (one to a Sen. Roger Wicker; one to President Obama), fancies himself a musician in that sort of broken, home-spun way you might remember from such films as “The Foot Fist Way.” I know what you’re thinking: “SFB, Danny McBride didn’t sing in ‘The Foot Fist Way!’” Well, as it turns out, this guy is also a master of martial arts, based on his Twitter profile pic. (Also, he sort of made it obvious it was probably the same person, using the same phrasing on social media as he did in the tainted letters he sent.) Above is a video of him singing the Prince classic “Little Red Corvette” to a room of terrified students. (ht Dave Weigel)

April 17, 2013
14:13 • 1 month ago
April 3, 2013
15:08 • 1 month ago

  • 44 people were killed after nine Taliban suicide bombers stormed a courtroom, in Afghanistan’s Farah province, where 10 other militants were facing trial. According to the Taliban, all 10 of those facing trial managed to escape during the attack, which claimed the lives of both civilians and Afghan security force members. source

March 19, 2013
17:46 • 2 months ago

  • 56 people were killed by twelve different bombings spread across Baghdad on Tuesday, exactly one decade after former President George W. Bush announced the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
  • 200 more were injured by the blasts, which reportedly targeted Shia areas across Iraq’s capital city. In response to the attacks, the Iraqi government has postponed provincial elections in Anbar and Nineveh which were previously scheduled for April 20. source

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