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The 9/11 lawsuits
A small but growing group of people who lost loved ones in the terror attacks are giving up federal compensation to sue airlines, airport security firms and the FAA.
By Kenneth Rapoza Jun 6, 2002
The FBI's dangerous drug-war obsession
Before Sept. 11, the FBI was too focused on busting pot smokers to see the warning signs of a looming terrorist attack.
By Arianna Huffington Jun 5, 2002
U.S. was warned that Moussaoui had close ties to al-Qaida, analyst says
French authorities alerted the FBI in August that the "20th hijacker" had trained in al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan, according to an intelligence expert -- but the U.S. did nothing.
By Damien Cave May 23, 2002
What if?
I used to ask myself what I could have done to save Eddie. Now I realize: I was asking the wrong person.
By A.R. Torres May 17, 2002
See no evil
The revelation that the White House was warned in August about a bin Laden hijacking plot -- and that Bush failed to disclose the warning -- shows an administration both incompetent and dishonest.
By David Talbot May 16, 2002
Back in the saddle
These days, because I am an airline pilot, people want to know if I'm scared. Of course I'm scared. I would be nervous flying with a pilot who wasn't.
By P. Smith Apr 11, 2002
Why won't Tommy talk?
Homeland security chief Tom Ridge continues to rebuff congressional efforts to have him testify about post-Sept. 11 America.
By Arianna Huffington Mar 20, 2002
Wrath of a terror widow
Yes, we are angry, often justifiably, but we are not ungrateful opportunists making a buck on the death of loved ones. That person is cartoonist Ted Rall.
By A.R. Torres Mar 15, 2002
The tourists that ate Florida
Before Sept. 11, residents loved to gripe at the out-of-state visitors clogging Orlando. But then they were gone.
By Elizabeth Randall Mar 11, 2002
Ariel Sharon's most powerful weapon: George W. Bush
How did a Texas oilman end up being a fervent supporter of the hard-line Israeli prime minister?
By Aluf Benn Mar 8, 2002
Terrorists under the bed
"Terrorism expert" Steven Emerson paints a terrifying picture of lethal Muslim fundamentalists among us in "American Jihad." But he doesn't know the difference between Osama bin Laden and Yasser Arafat.
By Eric Boehlert Mar 5, 2002
Bushed!
Osama bin Laden is still at large and Afghanistan is a mess -- so why is the president in a hurry to take his anti-terror campaign elsewhere?
By David Talbot Feb 26, 2002
Loving a ghost
I believed that if I could get through the trifecta of holidays after Sept. 11 without Eddie, I could get to the finish line of my grief. But I'd forgotten about Valentine's Day.
By A.R. Torres Feb 14, 2002
Cashing in on the war on terrorism
In exchange for its support since Sept. 11, Egypt has received billions in international aid and diminished scrutiny of its human rights abuses.
By Issandr El Amrani Feb 13, 2002
The deadly children of Ghazni
On the treacherous Kabul-Kandahar road, our correspondent falls into the hands of a gang of feral kids with Kalashnikovs.
By Phillip Robertson Feb 4, 2002
The reluctant icon
As a widow of Sept. 11 with a new baby, I am on America's patriotic payroll.
By A.R. Torres Jan 25, 2002
The prime-time smearing of Sami Al-Arian
By pandering to anti-Arab hysteria, NBC, Fox News, Media General and Clear Channel radio disgraced themselves -- and ruined an innocent professor's life.
By Eric Boehlert Jan 19, 2002
What lies beneath
It's been four months and New York looks normal, but it's not. Not for New Yorkers.
By John Parsley Jan 16, 2002
I was a cowboy for the CIA
A tough-guy field agent blasts wimpy pencil pushers and "politics" for keeping him from lassoing terrorist evildoers. He's right -- but you wouldn't want his kind in charge, either.
By Laura Miller Jan 15, 2002
The inherent danger of flying
Shoe bombs and suicidal 15-year-olds are heightening fears about airline security. But aside from creating more chaos at airports, what can we do?
By P. Smith Jan 15, 2002
Florida witch hunt
When a tenured professor loses his job for vocally backing the Palestinian cause, Jeb Bush applauds, Bill O'Reilly boos and academics say it's the worst threat to free speech since Sept. 11.
By Bruce Shapiro Jan 8, 2002
The making of a hawk
From Kuwait to Kosovo to Kabul, American firepower has been on the right side of history. The odyssey of a former dove.
By David Talbot Jan 3, 2002
MTV wants you!
In times of war, the counterculture halts at the water's edge!
By Carina Chocano Jan 3, 2002
The media's favorite Arab expert
Scholar Fouad Ajami has garnered more prime-time airplay than any other commentator on Arab-Muslim issues. But critics say he's far from a representative voice.
By Eric Boehlert Dec 21, 2001
A birthday that will live in infamy
If you were born on the 11th of September, you can make a wish and blow out the candles, but that silly old song will never sound the same.
By Cary Tennis Dec 21, 2001

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