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Evidence of Extremist Infiltration of Military Grows

August 27, 2008 – The racist skinhead logged on with exciting news: He’d just enlisted in the United States Army. “Sieg Heil, I will do us proud,” he wrote. It was a June 3 post to AryanWear Forum 14, a … Continue reading

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Report: Push for Iraq War Preceded Intelligence Findings

August 22, 2008 – Editor’s Note: George Washington University’s National Security Archive released a report Friday on prewar Iraq intelligence which found “the U.S. intelligence community buckled sooner in 2002 than previously reported to Bush administration pressure for data justifying … Continue reading

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U.S. Military Halts Shipment of Deadly Toxins

August 21, 2008, Washington, DC – The military routinely used FedEx to ship biological warfare agents Military leaders have suspended some activities at biological research laboratories to review safety rules for some of the world’s deadliest germs and toxins, including … Continue reading

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All Border Crossing by U.S. Citizens Now Tracked by Department of Homeland Security

August 20, 2008 – The federal government has been using its system of border checkpoints to greatly expand a database on travelers entering the country by collecting information on all U.S. citizens crossing by land, compiling data that will be … Continue reading

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For Terrorists, a War on Aid Groups

August 19, 2008 – Five years ago, at roughly 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 19, 2003, in Baghdad, a suicide bomber in a flatbed truck pulled up outside the lightly fortified office of the United Nations’s leading diplomat, Sergio Vieira de … Continue reading

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Psychologists Clash on Aiding Interrogations

August 15, 2008 – They have closely studied suspects, looking for mental quirks. They have suggested lines of questioning. They have helped decide when a confrontation is too intense, or when to push harder. More than those in the other … Continue reading

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A Detainnee Speaks: I’m Home, but Still Haunted by Guantanamo

August 17, 2008 – I’ve covered the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since 2004 as military correspondent for The Post. Jumah al Dossari first caught my attention in October 2005, when I heard the story of his gruesome … Continue reading

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Pakistani President Expected to Resign

August 15, 2008, Islamabad, Pakistan – Faced with mounting pressure from former political allies and dwindling support from his international backers, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, once a top U.S. ally, is expected to resign in the next few days, according … Continue reading

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It’s ‘Open War,’ Taliban Says After Deadly Pakistan Bombing

August 12, 2008, Peshawar, Pakistan – A bomb targeting a Pakistani Air Force bus carrying personnel from a military base killed at least 14 people, including a child, and wounded 11 others Tuesday on a major road near the center … Continue reading

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Editorial Column: Attention All “Evil-Doers,” This Really IS a Religious War

August 7, 2008 – Like many a good oppressed American Christian, retired Lt. Gen. William “my God was bigger than his” Boykin has now written of his unbearable persecution and suffering in a book. As expected, Boykin, in Never Surrender: … Continue reading

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