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"Afghanistan is Mr. Obama's war of choice"

By Gregor Peter Schmitz and Gabor Steingart — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

Foreign relations expert Richard Haass says in an interview that Afghanistan is no longer a necessary war

NYT condemns what it calls "Obama's cover-up"

By Glenn Greenwald — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

A leading pro-Obama outlet says he "has clung to Bush's expansive claims of national security and executive power."

Fighting against ourselves in Afghanistan

By Ann Jones — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

The U.S. trains forces in Afghanistan that then go to work for the Taliban

Bin Laden: U.S. support of Israel led to 9/11

By Juan Cole — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

Afghanistan's election mess could mean trouble for the U.S.

Would you still sign the 9/11 Truth petition?

By Vincent Rossmeier — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

We ask signatories of the statement that helped drive Van Jones from office if they stand by it. Updated

A Rumsfeld-era reminder about what causes Terrorism

By Glenn Greenwald — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

We can't combat Terrorism by sending our military into Muslim countries. Doing that only exacerbates the problem.

The e-mails behind a terror plot

By Vincent Rossmeier — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

Messages from men linked with al-Qaida in Pakistan who schemed to blow up planes with liquid explosives

Ridge walks back terror alert politicization claim

By Alex Koppelman — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

The former Homeland Security chief now says he wasn't pressured to raise the alert level for political reasons

How we're blowing airline security

By Patrick Smith — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

The TSA wastes a lot of time and money on an inefficient fight against the wrong enemy

Timeline: The golden age of air crimes

By Patrick Smith — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

A look back at some of the worst airline-related terrorism of the '70s, '80s and '90s

Nostalgia for white terrorism

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

New films tackle the Baader-Meinhof gang and the IRA's dirty war. Cue the rock music and put on those tight jeans!

Taliban attacks scare off voters

By Matthias Gebauer — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

Across Afghanistan, violence and threats kept voters at home

Ridge: Bush administration wanted terror politicized

By Alex Koppelman — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

The former Homeland Security head says he got pressure to raise the alert level before the 2004 election

Baghdad erupts once again

By Juan Cole — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

Nearly 100 dead, 500 wounded in six bombings in Baghdad

Judge grants habeas writ for Guantanamo detainee

By Gabriel Winant — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

U.S. may release Mohammed Jawad, who says he confessed under torture to attacking Americans

Twittering against terrorism

By Andrew Leonard — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

How many tweets will it take till we know, that too many Basque car bombs have exploded?

Glenn Beck stops making sense

By Gabriel Winant — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

Beck: It's not the right wing's fault that crazy lefties are killing people to protest Obama's policies. Say what?

James W. Von Brunn's anti-Semitic screed

By Mark Benjamin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

The alleged Holocaust Museum shooter published a book called "Kill the Best Gentiles." Read selections here.

From Guantánamo to paradise

By Spiegel staff — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

Seventeen Guantánamo inmates of Uighur origin may soon be leaving Cuba for Palau.

Obama changes the Middle East

By Gary Kamiya — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

This American president's empathy with the Arab/Muslim world could be a crucial first step in brokering peace.

Obama's Cairo mission: Don't be Bush

By Gary Kamiya — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

Five disastrous Middle East policies that the president must show he's rejected.

Ethnic profiling doesn't stop terror

By Andrew Curry — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

A new study finds the tactic is worse than useless in combating terrorism.

Another round for democracy

By Joe Conason — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

Cheney's hostile speech only highlighted President Obama's commitment to American standards of liberty

"As president, I refuse to allow this problem to fester"

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:00 PDT

President Obama gives a speech on Guantanamo Bay, torture and national security