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The Caged Life
These articles look into the treatment of the most isolated inamte at the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum (ADX), Thomas Silverstein.The use of long-term isolation to help manage prisoners is now a growing trend in America, especially during times when terrorism is considered at large.
Tags: 9/11: terror; security; safety; isolate; Bureau of Prisoners; BOP;
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The CIA and Interrogation
"Not a formal series, these 12 stories explored the Bush administration's internal struggles over the extreme interrogation methods it embraced after 9/11 in the fact of widespread accusation that it had authorized torture."
Tags: Bush; government; terrorism; interrogation; torture; CIA; evidence; Al Qaeda; Justice Department
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Terror Informant
Egyptian immigrant Osama Eldawoody speaks to CBS Evening News about his two years "infiltrating and informing on a small group of Pakistani-Americans who planned to bomb a major New York City subway station at Manhattan's Herald Square." While his efforts helped lead to "one of the few post-9/11 terror trial convictions in New York," he found himself in grave danger. His anonymity was not sustained, and he said there were fatwas - threats - against his life in the NY/NJ Muslim community. Eldawoody felt the government failed him, as his identity was revealed when he testified in court, and he has not received help in finding a new job.
Tags: Terrorism; fatwa; Osama Eldawoody; government informants; undercover investigation
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Twilight of The Assassins
"The first act of airline terrorism in the Americas was not 9/11 but thrity years ago, when seventy-three people died in the mid air bombing of a Cuban passengers plane. Now, one of the alleged masterminds lives freely in Miami, while another awaits trialon other charges in Texas. For decades, Fidel Castro (and later jaoined by Hugo Chavez) insisted that the CIA was ehind the bombing. However, the Bush administration has been loathe to release its 30 years of CIA and FBI files to finally resolve enduring suspicions.
Tags: bombing; airlines; airplanes; Fidel Castro; Cuba; CIA; FBI
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UNLV Institute for Security Studies
"The institute, formed in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was intended as UNLV's contribution to the war on terrorism. The institute began with a promise of delivering research and education in part by tapping into professionals who had worked at the Nevada Test Site." Yet it seems to not be meeting its promise.
Tags: terrorism; college; studies; September 11; security
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Unsafe at Any Altitude
Authors Susan and Joseph Trento assert the failings of the government to protect U.S. citizens from terrorism before and after 9/11. This includes an "inept" Transportation Security Administration which is not receiving a proper no-fly list from federal agencies, relying on information from Saudi Arabia regarding al-Qaeda, and alliances with groups that are now adversaries, that helped lead to 9/11.
Tags: Terrorism; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); commercial airlines; no-fly list; a-Qaeda; Bush Administration; Sept. 11, 2001
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The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of its Enemies Since 9/11
Suskind identifies the doctrine, formulated by Vice President Cheney,as one that "separates analysis from action and embraces suspicion as a threshold for the use of American power." Suskind says Cheney was "the primary architect of U.S. foreign policy" during the period the book profiles, from immediately following 9/11/2001 until 2004. Suskind says in his IRE contest questionnaire that he was able to reassure several sources that he was willing to go to jail for an indefinite period of time to avoid nasming sources; and gave an example of his unwillingness "to reveal sources within ther government to quash the disinformation from ther FBI. Suskind says "The incident is, tereby, instructive in regard to new rules of engagement: the government will release information to cloud an independent report if they are convinced the reporter will be unable, or unwilling to reveal his sources."
Tags: FBI; CIA; NSA; NSC; Iraq; Pentagon; bin Laden; Zawahiri; White House; war on terror; al Qaeda; disinformation; Weapons of Mass Destruction; WMD; Chemical weapons; human sources; humint; sigint; George Tenet; Condoleeza Rice; Zubaydah; DCI
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Post-9/11 funds often used for routine items
Over the past five years Maine has spent around $66 million in homeland security funds on items that would be useful in case of a terrorist attack. However the items are being used for more routine purposes.
Tags: 9/11; September 11, 2001; Homeland Security; terrorism; money
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9/11 Money Trough
The series examined what happened to the $21.4 billion that President Bush promised to help New York City recover in the aftermath of Sept. 11. The results are disheartening, finding widespread waste, fraud and mismanagement.
Tags: terrorism; 9/11; fraud; Government Accountability Office; FEMA; Ground Zero; World Trade Center; Federal Aid; SBA disaster loans
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Sept 11 - Lax loans
The governments $5 billion effort to help small businesses recover from the Sept 11 attacks was so loosely managed that it gave low-interest loans to companies that didn't need terrorism relief - or even know they were getting it.
Tags: 9/11; World Trade Center attacks; federal loans; small business loans; FOIA; NICAR; Small Business Administration; disaster loans