Elite Officer Recalls Bin Laden Hunt

Oct. 5, 2008(CBS) Shortly after 9/11, the Pentagon ordered a top secret team of American commandos into Afghanistan with a single, simple order: kill Osama bin Laden. It was America's best chance to eliminate the leader of al Qaeda. The inside story of exactly what happened in that mission, and how close it came ( Read more... )

The First Presidential Debate
September 26, 2008
Following is a transcript of the first presidential debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama in Oxford, Miss., as recorded by CQ Transcriptions:
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MCCAIN: First of all, I won't repeat the mistake that I regret enormously, and that is, after we were able to help the ( Read more... )

Decade worth of messages, interviews from bin Laden leaked to web
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Monday, September 15, 2008


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Tomorrow marks the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In a press conference today, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Dana Perino about the administration’s ongoing efforts to find Osama bin Laden, calling him the “mastermind” of 9/11. Perino interrupted the reporter, claiming bin Laden was not the true “mastermind” of the attacks:

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Funny, just when things are getting hot in Pakistan for the US, what with the cross-border raids and all of the bombings of civilians by CIA run Predator drones using Hellfire missiles, that aL-Qaeda shows up, raising hell about raising hell. Funny, that FOX News, the RNC and White House official propaganda outlet, is the first ( Read more... )

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Gitmo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years

By MIKE MELIA, Associated Press Writer 6 minutes ago

A U.S. military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a surprisingly light sentence on Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for at least a 30-year sentence to deter would-be terrorists.

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For changing lug nuts?

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - A military jury sentenced Osama bin Laden's former driver to 5 1/2 years in prison for aiding terrorism Thursday, making him eligible for release in just six months, despite prosecutors' pleas to give him no less than 30 years.

Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni who had faced a maximum ( Read more... )

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Military jury reaches verdict at Guantanamo trial

By MIKE MELIA, Associated Press Writer 6 minutes ago

A military jury reached a verdict Wednesday in the first Guantanamo war crimes trial.

A spokeswoman for the military tribunals said the panel of six American military officers will soon deliver the decision in the case against Osama bin Laden's ( Read more... )