Is Obama’s war on terror working?
Were thousand of innocent New Yorkers -- and the White House -- merely very fortunate when the Times Square car bomb failed to detonate? So say critics of the Obama administration, especially among...
View ArticleIn this era, “homeland security” is an oxymoron
Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani-American charged with attempting to blow up a carload of explosives in Times Square, is the latest of many 9/11-II hopefuls. He left a trail of clues about his...
View ArticlePakistan: Times Sq. bomb suspect didn’t act alone
Pakistan's interior minister said Friday he believed the Times Square bombing suspect did not act alone, but he had seen no evidence suggesting the Pakistan Taliban were involved.Authorities in...
View ArticleThe Daily Show on the Christian conservative gaycation
Between bombing attempts, oil spills, financial crises -- Jon Stewart's getting a little bit ADD. But don't worry, he knows what matters most: Christian fundamentalists, and their Internet-hired male...
View ArticleMy daughter almost had a terrorist’s name
A few months ago, I gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl. During my pregnancy, my husband and I both took great pleasure in making lists of names, scouring the Internet and pestering friends...
View ArticleNYPD bomb squad gives all-clear in Times Square
Update: The bomb squad of the New York Police Department squad says a suspicious cooler in Times Square is not a threat.Streets have been reopened to traffic.- - - - -Police have cleared streets around...
View ArticleFaisal Shahzad was not trained anywhere
Would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad probably did not receive "training" in terrorism from the Pakistani Taliban, or anyone else. Based on how poorly he planned and carried out his slapstick...
View ArticlePetraeus: Times Square terrorist was unassisted
Gen. David Petraeus says the Times Square bombing suspect apparently operated as a "lone wolf" who did not work with other terrorists.The general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan tells The...
View ArticlePolice claim Shahzad bombed Times Square cheaply
Confessed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad appears to have financed his failed plot with a wad of $100 bills, but the amount of money needed to execute the scheme was fairly modest.There were plane...
View ArticleLiberals are making the wrong case against racial profiling
Watch one of the many cable news debates about racial profiling, and it will probably go something like this: First a pundit will ask why, if there are patterns in who attempts terrorist attacks, we...
View ArticleThe assimilated terrorist: An outsider no longer
He was an American citizen with a three-bedroom suburban home, a wife and two kids. He shopped at Macy's and ate Oreos. His picture was on Facebook. He had an MBA and a job as a financial analyst. His...
View ArticleFBI executes searches related to Times Square plot
Federal agents were searching locations in Massachusetts and New York in connection with the failed Times Square car bomb, and two people were arrested, federal authorities and a witness said...
View ArticleSleepy Kit Bond naps through intelligence briefing
The United States Senate is so very old and tired. At a briefing on Tuesday about the attempted Times Square bomber's supposed links to the Pakistani Taliban, Senate Intelligence Committee ranking...
View ArticleTerrorism: The inevitable blowback from drone attacks
Imagine, if you can, an alternate universe.Imagine that in this alternate universe, a foreign military power begins flying remote-controlled warplanes over your town, using on-board missiles to kill...
View ArticleTimes Square bomb suspect’s detention challenged
A New York defense lawyer has demanded that the suspect in the botched car bombing in Times Square be brought to court.Ron Kuby sent a letter to a chief judge Tuesday that accused authorities of...
View ArticleTimes Square car bomb suspect appears in N.Y. court
A Pakistani-American man accused of driving a homemade car bomb into Times Square appeared in a court Tuesday for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago.Faisal Shahzad, of Bridgeport, Conn., was...
View ArticleNYC bomb suspect looked at other targets
A law enforcement official says the Times Square bomb suspect had considered bombing New York's Grand Central station or other targets before settling on Times Square.The official tells The Associated...
View ArticleTimes Square car bomb suspect pleads guilty in NYC
A Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing, saying he wanted it known that unless the U.S. stops attacking Muslim lands, "we will be...
View ArticleStudy: Internet Jihadists are silly conspiracy theorists
If there's one point on which Republicans and Jihadists agree, it's that we should be terrified of brilliant, unstoppable Jihadists who will stop at nothing to destroy our way of life. The reality,...
View ArticleBomb threat reported at Newtown church
Mourners in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six adults were gunned down in a school Friday, were forced to evacuate the local Catholic church Sunday after reports of a bomb threat. "It's...
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