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submitted by eooties 13 months ago, from nytimes.com
While the Bush administration had defended its program of wiretapping without warrants as a vital tool that saved lives, a new government review released Friday said the program’s effectiveness in fighting terrorism was unclear. More
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submitted by bafficio 14 months ago, from latimes.com
Presidents Obama and Dmitry Medvedev's summit yields agreements on building closer cooperation on military and health issues. Russia will let the U.S. use its airspace in the Afghanistan war. Stepping cautiously in their first summit meeting, President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev... More
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submitted by eooties 15 months ago, from washingtonpost.com
The Obama administration pressed ahead yesterday with its plans to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, flying a detainee to New York to face federal trial despite bipartisan opposition in Congress to bringing such prisoners to the United States for trial, resettlement or continued... More
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submitted by riverdrops 15 months ago, from nytimes.com
New York is not thought of as a big military state. But Representative John M. McHugh, who was selected Tuesday to be President Obama’s secretary of the Army, has long stood out among his New York colleagues for his attention to military matters. More
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submitted by chiasma 15 months ago, from nytimes.com
The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, administration officials said Thursday, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare. The military command would complement a civilian effort to be announced by President... More
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submitted by bafficio 15 months ago, from nytimes.com
North Korea announced on Monday that it had successfully conducted its second nuclear test, defying international warnings and dramatically raising the stakes in a global effort to persuade the recalcitrant Communist state to give up its weapons program. More
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submitted by grandie4 15 months ago, from nytimes.com
President Obama’s proposal for a new legal system in which terrorism suspects could be held in “prolonged detention” inside the United States without trial would be a departure from the way this country sees itself, as a place where people in the grip of the government either face criminal charges.. More
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submitted by chiasma 15 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
A top al-Qaida suspect held at Guantanamo Bay will be sent to New York for trial, an Obama administration official said Wednesday, a major step in President Barack Obama's plan to close the detention center by early next year. Ahmed Ghailani would be the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the... More
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submitted by trippie48 15 months ago, from nytimes.com
Members of Congress have been told in confidential briefings that Pakistan is rapidly adding to its nuclear arsenal even while racked by insurgency, raising questions on Capitol Hill about whether billions of dollars in proposed military aid might be diverted to Pakistan’s nuclear program. More
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submitted by rodeox 15 months ago, from nytimes.com
President Obama’s decisions this week to retain important elements of the Bush-era system for trying terrorism suspects and to block the release of pictures showing abuse of American-held prisoners abroad are the most graphic examples yet of how he has backtracked, in substantial if often nuanced... More
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submitted by trippie48 16 months ago, from nytimes.com
As the insurgency of the Taliban and Al Qaeda spreads in Pakistan, senior American officials say they are increasingly concerned about new vulnerabilities for Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, including the potential for militants to snatch a weapon in transport or to insert sympathizers into... More
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submitted by chiasma 16 months ago, from latimes.com
In a strikingly defensive explanation of his stance on Bush-era anti-terrorism tactics, President Obama on Wednesday acknowledged for the first time that the harsh interrogation techniques he has banned might have yielded useful information, but that he was nonetheless willing to rule them out on... More
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submitted by rodeox 16 months ago, from reuters.com
A review of defense programs produced every four years could bring big changes in the Pentagon's fiscal 2011 budget, beyond the sweeping overhaul already unveiled for 2010, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday. More
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submitted by agabriel 16 months ago, from reuters.com
North Korea said on Tuesday it was no longer bound by an international nuclear disarmament deal and would re-start its plant that makes arms-grade plutonium after the U.N. chastised it for launching a long-range rocket. More
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submitted by trippie48 17 months ago, from washingtonpost.com
The CIA no longer operates any secret overseas prisons, Director Leon Panetta said yesterday, and has not detained anyone since he became chief in February. Panetta's statement, contained in a message to the CIA workforce, also said the agency will no longer use contractors to conduct... More
